UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



 

FORM 10-Q



 

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

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2012

OR

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

For the Transition Period from  to 

Commission File Number: 001-32384



 

MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 
Delaware   43-2052503
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

125 West 55 th Street
New York, New York 10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 231-1000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)



 

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year if Changed Since Last Report): N/A



 

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

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

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

     
Large Accelerated Filer x    Accelerated Filer o   Non-accelerated Filer o   Smaller Reporting Company o

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

There were 46,758,875 limited liability company interests without par value outstanding at October 30, 2012.

 

 


 
 

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MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY LLC
  
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     1  
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk     33  
Controls and Procedures     33  
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2012 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2011     34  
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations for the Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited)     35  
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited)     36  
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited)     37  
Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)     38  
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

    56  

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

    56  

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

    56  

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

    56  

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

    56  

Item 5.

Other Information

    56  

Item 6.

Exhibits

    56  

Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC is not an authorized deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia) and its obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 (MBL). MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC.

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PART I
  
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC should be read in conjunction with the consolidated condensed financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere herein. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties and are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Our actual results and timing of certain events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Unless required by law, we can undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements. Readers should also carefully review the risk factors set forth in other reports and documents filed from time to time with the SEC.

Except as otherwise specified, “Macquarie Infrastructure Company,” “MIC,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Company and its subsidiaries together from June 25, 2007 and, prior to that date, to the Trust, the Company and its subsidiaries. Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc., which we refer to as our Manager, is part of the Macquarie Group, comprised of Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide.

We own, operate and invest in a diversified group of infrastructure businesses that provide basic services, such as chilled water for building cooling and gas utility services to businesses and individuals primarily in the U.S. The businesses we own and operate are energy-related businesses consisting of: a 50% interest in International Matex Tank Terminals, or IMTT, Hawaii Gas and our controlling interest in District Energy; and an aviation-related business, Atlantic Aviation.

Our infrastructure businesses generally operate in sectors with limited competition and significant barriers to entry, including high initial development and construction costs, the existence of long-term contracts or the requirement to obtain government approvals and a lack of immediate cost-efficient alternatives to the services provided. Overall they tend to generate sustainable long-term cash flows.

Overview

In analyzing the financial condition and results of operations of our businesses, we focus primarily on cash generation, and our ability to distribute cash to shareholders in particular. The ability of our businesses to generate cash, broadly, is tied to their ability to effectively manage the volume of products/ services sold and the margin earned on those sales. Offsetting these are required payments on debt facilities, taxes and capital expenditures necessary to maintain the productivity of the fixed assets of the businesses, among others.

At IMTT, we focus on the amount of storage under contract and the rates at which that storage is leased to third parties and on making appropriate expenditures in maintaining fixed assets of the business. Management of IMTT believes that the average rate on all storage contracts will be modestly higher in 2012 compared with 2011. Storage utilization is expected to be consistent with 2011, subject to certain tanks being removed from service for cleaning and inspection.

During the third quarter of 2012, our gas processing and distribution business rebranded itself as Hawaii Gas. At Hawaii Gas, our focus is on the number of customers served by each of the utility and non-utility portions of the business, and in the case of the non-utility portion, the margins achieved on sales of gas as well. Hawaii Gas has an active marketing program that seeks to develop new customers throughout Hawaii. We periodically pursue rate cases that allow for adjustment of the rates in the utility portion of the business, although we do not intend to pursue any significant rate case for the remainder of 2012. The pricing of non-utility gas will be adjusted to reflect changes in the cost of the product and the costs associated with delivering it to customers. In addition to the existing utility and non-utility operations, Hawaii Gas is developing strategies related to the importation and distribution of Liquefied Natural Gas, or LNG. Small scale importation of LNG is expected to be underway in late 2012 or early 2013.

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At District Energy, we focus on attracting and maintaining relationships with building owners and managers such that they choose to install or continue to use the business’ cooling services. Absent a resurgence in new construction in downtown Chicago, we expect District Energy to produce financial results consistent with prior years’, although full year results remain subject to slight variation based on the extent to which the temperatures and humidity in Chicago are above or below historic norms.

Our energy-related businesses were largely resistant to the recent economic downturn, primarily due to the contracted or utility-like nature of their revenues combined with the essential services they provide and the contractual or regulatory ability to pass through most cost increases to customers. We believe these businesses are generally able to generate consistent cash flows throughout the business cycle.

At Atlantic Aviation, our focus is on attracting and maintaining relationships with general aviation aircraft owners and pilots such that they are incentivized to use our FBOs. General aviation activity has improved since the first quarter of 2009. However, forecasting flight activity levels remains difficult. Nonetheless, we believe that flight activity levels will continue to increase in 2012, subject to continued economic recovery in the United States.

Improvement in general aviation activity levels has resulted in improvement in the operating performance of Atlantic Aviation. Atlantic Aviation is generating a substantial amount of cash; however all of the cash is being used to reduce Atlantic Aviation’s indebtedness. Those repayments are expected to enhance the terms on which we may be able to refinance this debt prior to its maturity in 2014.

Distributions From IMTT For Fiscal Year 2012

Distributions calculated in accordance with the Shareholders’ Agreement between MIC and its co-investor in IMTT (“Voting Trust”) for the first half of 2012 were $100.6 million ($50.3 million per shareholder). By unanimous agreement, this amount has been paid to each shareholder.

Distributions calculated in accordance with the Shareholders’ Agreement between MIC and the Voting Trust for the third quarter of 2012 were $30.4 million ($15.2 million per shareholder). On October 25, 2012, the Board of IMTT unanimously declared a distribution of this amount. The third quarter of 2012 distribution is expected to be paid on October 31, 2012.

Dividends

Since January 1, 2011, MIC has paid or declared the following dividends:

       
Declared   Period Covered   $ per LLC Interest   Record Date   Payable Date
October 29, 2012     Third quarter 2012     $ 0.6875       November 12, 2012       November 15, 2012  
July 30, 2012     Second quarter 2012     $ 0.625       August 13, 2012       August 16, 2012  
April 30, 2012     First quarter 2012     $ 0.20       May 14, 2012       May 17, 2012  
February 1, 2012     Fourth quarter 2011     $ 0.20       March 5, 2012       March 8, 2012  
October 31, 2011     Third quarter 2011     $ 0.20       November 14, 2011       November 17, 2011  
August 1, 2011     Second quarter 2011     $ 0.20       August 15, 2011       August 18, 2011  
May 2, 2011     First quarter 2011     $ 0.20       May 11, 2011       May 18, 2011  

Our Board has expressed its intent to distribute substantially all of the cash generated by our businesses to our shareholders in the form of a quarterly cash dividend. Not all of the cash flow generated by our businesses is currently available for distribution. The payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.6875 per share is being paid out of cash generated by our operating entities, supplemented by cash on hand. Following the successful refinancing of Atlantic Aviation’s debt facilities prior to their maturity in October of 2014, and contingent upon the continued stable performance of MIC’s businesses, and subject to prevailing economic conditions, our Board will consider increasing the amount of the quarterly cash dividend.

We expect that dividends paid in 2012 are likely to be characterized as a dividend for tax purposes. Holders of MIC LLC interests are encouraged to seek their own tax advice with regards to their investment in MIC.

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Income Taxes

We file a consolidated federal income tax return that includes the taxable income of Hawaii Gas and Atlantic Aviation. IMTT and District Energy file separate federal income tax returns. Distributions from IMTT and District Energy may be characterized as non-taxable returns of capital and reduce our tax basis in these businesses, or as a taxable dividend. We will include in our taxable income the dividend portion of any distributions, which are eligible for the 80% dividends received deduction. We also receive and include in taxable income interest income from District Energy on intercompany debt.

As a result of having federal net operating loss, or NOL, carryforwards, we do not expect to make regular federal tax payments at least through the 2014 tax year. However, we expect to pay an Alternative Minimum Tax of approximately $264,000 for 2012, which includes $161,000 related to District Energy. We expect that the Alternative Minimum Tax paid for 2012 will be available as a credit against regular federal income taxes in the future. The cash state and local taxes paid by our individual businesses are discussed in the sections entitled “Income Taxes” for each of these businesses.

Pursuant to the tax sharing agreements, the individual businesses included in our consolidated federal income tax return pay MIC an amount equal to the federal income taxes each would have paid on a standalone basis if they were not part of the MIC consolidated federal income tax return.

Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010

In December of 2010, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was signed. The Act provides for 100% tax depreciation for certain fixed assets placed in service after September 8, 2010 and before January 1, 2012, and 50% tax depreciation for certain fixed assets placed in service during 2012 for federal income tax purposes. Generally, states do not allow this tax depreciation deduction in determining state taxable income. Importantly, Illinois and Louisiana, two states in which we have significant operations, do permit the use of federal tax depreciation deductions in calculating state taxable income. The Company took and will take into consideration the benefits of these accelerated depreciation provisions of the Act when evaluating capital expenditure plans for the remainder of 2012.

Results of Operations

Consolidated

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results To Date:

strong performance from our energy-related businesses reflecting:
an increase in average storage rates at IMTT;
an increase in non-utility contribution margin at Hawaii Gas; and
an increase in consumption gross profit at District Energy.
improved contribution from Atlantic Aviation reflecting:
increased volume of general aviation (“GA”) fuel sold and higher weighted average GA fuel margins; and
lower interest expense driven by reduced debt levels; partially offset by
reduced de-icing revenue.

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Results of Operations: Consolidated  –  (continued)

Our consolidated results of operations are as follows:

               
  Quarter Ended September 30,   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)   Nine Months Ended September 30,   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2012   2011   $   %   2012   2011   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Revenue
                                                                       
Revenue from product sales   $ 166,385     $ 159,834       6,551       4.1     $ 508,468     $ 474,480       33,988       7.2  
Revenue from product sales –  utility     35,535       35,088       447       1.3       110,656       105,782       4,874       4.6  
Service revenue     56,214       55,420       794       1.4       160,053       154,590       5,463       3.5  
Financing and equipment lease income     1,119       1,236       (117 )       (9.5 )       3,448       3,784       (336 )       (8.9 )  
Total revenue     259,253       251,578       7,675       3.1       782,625       738,636       43,989       6.0  
Costs and expenses
                                                                       
Cost of product sales     111,677       107,475       (4,202 )       (3.9 )       346,778       326,026       (20,752 )       (6.4 )  
Cost of product sales – utility     31,001       29,205       (1,796 )       (6.1 )       94,497       86,842       (7,655 )       (8.8 )  
Cost of services     15,044       15,860       816       5.1       41,489       40,704       (785 )       (1.9 )  
Gross profit     101,531       99,038       2,493       2.5       299,861       285,064       14,797       5.2  
Selling, general and administrative     51,571       50,706       (865 )       (1.7 )       157,301       150,685       (6,616 )       (4.4 )  
Fees to manager-related party     29,353       3,465       (25,888 )       NM       39,108       11,253       (27,855 )       NM  
Depreciation     7,596       10,072       2,476       24.6       22,704       25,905       3,201       12.4  
Amortization of intangibles     8,800       8,637       (163 )       (1.9 )       25,892       33,400       7,508       22.5  
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets     (1,706 )       518       2,224       NM       (1,379 )       1,743       3,122       179.1  
Total operating expenses     95,614       73,398       (22,216 )       (30.3 )       243,626       222,986       (20,640 )       (9.3 )  
Operating income     5,917       25,640       (19,723 )       (76.9 )       56,235       62,078       (5,843 )       (9.4 )  
Other income (expense)
                                                                       
Interest income     110       3       107       NM       116       104       12       11.5  
Interest expense (1)     (15,144 )       (14,638 )       (506 )       (3.5 )       (39,076 )       (48,973 )       9,897       20.2  
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee     6,989       2,436       4,553       186.9       23,295       14,068       9,227       65.6  
Other income, net     249       1,200       (951 )       (79.3 )       245       805       (560 )       (69.6 )  
Net (loss) income before income taxes     (1,879 )       14,641       (16,520 )       (112.8 )       40,815       28,082       12,733       45.3  
Benefit (provision) for income taxes     1,758       (5,137 )       6,895       134.2       (14,698 )       (11,635 )       (3,063 )       (26.3 )  
Net (loss) income   $ (121 )     $ 9,504       (9,625 )       (101.3 )     $ 26,117     $ 16,447       9,670       58.8  
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests     1,758       3,128       1,370       43.8       2,766       1,396       (1,370 )       (98.1 )  
Net (loss) income attributable to MIC LLC   $ (1,879 )     $ 6,376       (8,255 )       (129.5 )     $ 23,351     $ 15,051       8,300       55.1  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $9.4 million and $20.3 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively. For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, interest expense includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $8.7 million and $31.2 million, respectively.

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Results of Operations: Consolidated  –  (continued)

Gross Profit

Consolidated gross profit for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 increased reflecting improved results in the non-utility business at Hawaii Gas. In addition, gross profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 reflects primarily the increase in both fuel and non-fuel gross profit at Atlantic Aviation.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 primarily due to legal costs at the holding company level, most significantly those incurred in the arbitration proceedings and related matters between MIC and its IMTT co-investor. Selling, general and administrative expenses were also higher at Hawaii Gas and District Energy for these periods.

Fees to Manager

Our Manager is entitled to a quarterly base management fee based primarily on our market capitalization, and a performance fee, based on the performance of our stock relative to a U.S. utilities index. For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, we recorded a performance fee payable of $23.5 million to our Manager. Our Manager elected to reinvest this performance fee in additional LLC interests. LLC interests for the third quarter of 2012 performance fee will be issued to our Manager during the fourth quarter of 2012. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, our Manager did not earn a performance fee.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, we incurred base management fees of $15.6 million and $11.3 million, respectively. The unpaid portion of the base management fees at the end of each reporting period is included in due to manager-related party in the consolidated condensed balance sheets. The following table shows our Manager’s election to reinvest its quarterly base management fees and performance fees, if any, in additional LLC interests:

       
Period   Base Management
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  Performance
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  LLC Interests Issued   Issue Date
2012 Activities:
                                   
Third quarter 2012   $ 5,844     $ 23,509       (1)       (1)  
Second quarter 2012     4,760             113,847       August 30, 2012  
First quarter 2012     4,995             147,682       May 31, 2012  
2011 Activities:
                                   
Fourth quarter 2011   $ 4,222     $       135,987       March 20, 2012  
Third quarter 2011     3,465             130,344       November 30, 2011  
Second quarter 2011     4,156             179,623       August 31, 2011  
First quarter 2011     3,632             144,742       June 6, 2011  

(1) LLC interests for the third quarter of 2012 base management fee and performance fee will be issued to our Manager during the fourth quarter of 2012.

Depreciation

Depreciation for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 were lower due to the consolidation of two FBOs that Atlantic Aviation operated at one airport during 2011. Atlantic Aviation vacated a portion of its leased premises and recorded non-cash write-offs of $2.9 million primarily associated with leasehold improvements. The decrease in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 also reflects the non-cash asset impairment charge of $1.4 million recorded at Atlantic Aviation during the quarter ended June 30, 2011. This non-cash impairment charge resulted from adverse trading conditions specific to three small locations.

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Results of Operations: Consolidated  –  (continued)

Amortization of Intangibles

Amortization of intangibles expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were lower due to the non-cash impairment charge of $7.3 million recorded at Atlantic Aviation during the quarter ended June 30, 2011. This impairment charge resulted from adverse trading conditions specific to three small locations.

Interest Expense and Losses on Derivative Instruments

Interest expense includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $9.4 million and $20.3 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $8.7 million and $31.2 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Non-cash losses on derivatives recorded in interest expense are attributable to the change in fair value of interest rate instruments and includes the reclassification of amounts from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings.

Excluding the portion related to non-cash losses on derivatives, interest expense decreased for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 primarily due to the lower term loan principal balance at Atlantic Aviation.

Equity in Earnings and Amortization Charges of Investee

The increase in equity in the earnings for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 reflects our share of the decrease in non-cash derivative losses and our share of the increase in operating results from IMTT.

Income Taxes

For 2012, we expect that any consolidated taxable income will be fully offset by our NOL carryforwards. At December 31, 2011, our federal NOL balance was $135.2 million. This balance excludes the NOL carryforwards of District Energy (see District Energy —  Income Taxes below). For 2012, we expect to pay a federal Alternative Minimum Tax of approximately $264,000, which includes $161,000 related to District Energy.

As we own less than 80% of IMTT and District Energy, these businesses are not included in our consolidated federal tax return. These businesses file separate federal income tax returns. We expect that distributions from District Energy in 2012 will be treated as taxable dividends and qualify for the 80% Dividends Received Deduction. With respect to IMTT, we expect that approximately $10.0 million of distributions received will be taxable as a dividend, with the balance being a return of capital.

As of September 30, 2012, our projected full year federal and state income taxes will be approximately 36.0% of net income before taxes. Accordingly, our provision for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 is approximately $14.7 million, of which $3.1 million is for state and local income taxes. The difference between our effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% is primarily attributable to state and local income taxes and adjustments for our less than 80% owned businesses.

Valuation allowance:

From the date of sale of the noncontrolling interest in District Energy and onwards, we evaluate the need for a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets without taking into consideration the deferred tax liabilities of District Energy. As of December 31, 2011, our valuation allowance was approximately $10.5 million. In calculating our consolidated income tax provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we provided for an increase in the valuation allowance of $1.8 million. During 2011, we increased the valuation allowance by $1.3 million for certain state NOL carryforwards.

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Results of Operations: Consolidated  –  (continued)

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items and Free Cash Flow

We have disclosed EBITDA excluding non-cash items for our Company and each of our operating segments in Note 9, “Reportable Segments”, in our consolidated condensed financial statements, as a key performance metric relied on by management in evaluating our performance. EBITDA excluding non-cash items is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and non-cash items, which includes impairments, derivative gains and losses and adjustments for other non-cash items reflected in the statements of operations. We believe EBITDA excluding non-cash items provides additional insight into the performance of our operating businesses relative to each other and similar businesses without regard to their capital structure, and their ability to service or reduce debt, fund capital expenditures and/or support distributions to the holding company.

We also disclose Free Cash Flow, as defined by us, as a means of assessing the amount of cash generated by our businesses and supplementing other information provided in accordance with GAAP. We define Free Cash Flow as cash from operating activities, less maintenance capital expenditures and changes in working capital.

We believe that reporting Free Cash Flow will provide our investors with additional insight into our future ability to deploy cash, as GAAP metrics such as net income and cash from operating activities do not reflect all of the items that our management considers in estimating the amount of cash generated by our operating entities. In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we have disclosed Free Cash Flow for our consolidated results and for each of our operating segments.

We note that Free Cash Flow does not fully reflect our ability to freely deploy generated cash, as it does not reflect required payments to be made on our indebtedness, pay dividends and other fixed obligations or the other cash items excluded when calculating Free Cash Flow. We also note that Free Cash Flow may be calculated in a different manner by other companies, which limits its usefulness as a comparative measure. Therefore, our Free Cash Flow should be used as a supplemental measure and not in lieu of our financial results reported under GAAP.

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A reconciliation of net (loss) income attributable to MIC LLC to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and EBITDA excluding non-cash items to Free Cash Flow, on a consolidated basis, is provided below:

               
               
  Quarter Ended September 30,   Change
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Nine Months Ended September 30,   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2012   2011   $   %   2012   2011   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Net (loss) income attributable to MIC LLC (1)   $ (1,879 )     $ 6,376                       $ 23,351     $ 15,051                    
Interest expense, net (2)     15,034       14,635                         38,960       48,869                    
(Benefit) provision for income taxes     (1,758 )       5,137                         14,698       11,635                    
Depreciation (3) )     7,596       10,072                         22,704       25,905                    
Depreciation – cost of services (3)     1,685       1,664                         5,036       4,969                    
Amortization of intangibles (4)     8,800       8,637                         25,892       33,400                    
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets     (1,850 )       (204 )                         (1,803 )       949                    
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee (5)           (2,436 )                               (14,068 )                    
Base management fees settled/to be settled in LLC interests     5,844       3,465                         15,599       11,253                    
Performance fees to be settled in LLC interests     23,509                               23,509                          
Other non-cash expense, net     2,695       4,286                      5,420       3,973                 
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 59,676     $ 51,632       8,044       15.6     $ 173,366     $ 141,936       31,430       22.1  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 59,676     $ 51,632                       $ 173,366     $ 141,936                    
Interest expense, net (2)     (15,034 )       (14,635 )                         (38,960 )       (48,869 )                    
Interest rate swap breakage fees – Hawaii Gas (2)     (8,701 )                               (8,701 )                          
Interest rate swap breakage fees – Atlantic Aviation (2)     (95 )       (515 )                         (595 )       (2,247 )                    
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (2)     (1,770 )       (4,093 )                         (14,384 )       (7,326 )                    
Amortization of debt financing costs (2)     1,347       1,014                         3,290       3,074                    
Cash distributions received in excess of equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee (6)                                   54,625                          
Equipment lease receivables, net     885       778                         2,595       2,271                    
Benefit/provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes     (1,913 )       (1,827 )                         (4,239 )       (2,955 )                    
Changes in working capital     5,357       (6,476 )                   (2,414 )       (18,719 )              
Cash provided by operating activities     39,752       25,878                         164,583       67,165                    
Changes in working capital     (5,357 )       6,476                         2,414       18,719                    
Maintenance capital expenditures     (5,371 )       (5,197 )                      (13,832 )       (12,271 )                 
Free cash flow   $ 29,024     $ 27,157       1,867       6.9     $ 153,165     $ 73,613       79,552       108.1  

(1) Net (loss) income attributable to MIC LLC excludes net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $1.8 million and $2.8 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $3.1 million and $1.4 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.
(2) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments, non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees and interest rate swap breakage fees at Hawaii Gas and Atlantic Aviation.

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(3) Depreciation — cost of services includes depreciation expense for District Energy, which is reported in cost of services in our consolidated condensed statements of operations. Depreciation and Depreciation — cost of services does not include acquisition- related step-up depreciation expense of $2.0 million and $5.9 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and $2.0 million and $5.5 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, in connection with our investment in IMTT, which is reported in equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee in our consolidated condensed statements of operations.
(4) Amortization of intangibles does not include acquisition-related step-up amortization expense of $85,000 and $256,000 for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and $85,000 and $520,000 for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, in connection with our investment in IMTT, which is reported in equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee in our consolidated condensed statements of operations.
(5) Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee in the above table includes our 50% share of IMTT's earnings, offset by the distributions we received only up to our share of the earnings recorded in the calculation for EBITDA excluding non-cash items. For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, we recognized equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee income of $7.0 million and $23.3 million, respectively, in the consolidated condensed statement of operations, which was fully offset by the cash distributions received during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.
(6) Cash distributions received in excess of equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee in the above table is the excess cumulative distributions received to the cumulative earnings recorded in equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee, since our investment in IMTT, adjusted for the current periods equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee in the calculation from net (loss) income attributable to MIC LLC to EBITDA excluding non-cash items above. The cumulative allocation of the $128.8 million distributions received during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $77.9 million recorded in net cash provided by operating activities and $50.9 million recorded in net cash provided by investing activities, as a return of investment, on the consolidated condensed statements of cash flows.

Energy-Related Businesses

IMTT

We account for our 50% interest in IMTT under the equity method. To enable meaningful analysis of IMTT’s performance across periods, IMTT’s overall performance is discussed below, rather than IMTT’s contribution to our consolidated results.

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results To Date:

terminal gross profit increased principally due to an increase in average tank rental rates and fuel cost savings; partially offset by
higher repairs and maintenance costs; and
a decrease in environmental response service gross profit, principally due to a lower level of spill response activity.

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  Quarter Ended September 30,       Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2012   2011   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)   2012   2011   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     $   $   $   %   $   $   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Revenue
                                                                       
Terminal revenue     111,532       102,794       8,738       8.5       332,316       310,245       22,071       7.1  
Environmental response revenue     7,069       11,775       (4,706 )       (40.0 )       18,052       22,105       (4,053 )       (18.3 )  
Total revenue     118,601       114,569       4,032       3.5       350,368       332,350       18,018       5.4  
Costs and expenses
                                                                       
Terminal operating costs     49,509       46,289       (3,220 )       (7.0 )       141,886       140,459       (1,427 )       (1.0 )  
Environmental response operating costs     5,913       7,288       1,375       18.9       15,515       16,031       516       3.2  
Total operating costs     55,422       53,577       (1,845 )       (3.4 )       157,401       156,490       (911 )       (0.6 )  
Terminal gross profit     62,023       56,505       5,518       9.8       190,430       169,786       20,644       12.2  
Environmental response gross profit     1,156       4,487       (3,331 )       (74.2 )       2,537       6,074       (3,537 )       (58.2 )  
Gross profit     63,179       60,992       2,187       3.6       192,967       175,860       17,107       9.7  
General and administrative expenses     7,605       7,995       390       4.9       22,405       23,575       1,170       5.0  
Depreciation and amortization     16,992       16,052       (940 )       (5.9 )       51,016       48,087       (2,929 )       (6.1 )  
Operating income     38,582       36,945       1,637       4.4       119,546       104,198       15,348       14.7  
Interest expense, net (1)     (10,533 )       (24,319 )       13,786       56.7       (28,914 )       (45,313 )       16,399       36.2  
Other income     417       94       323       NM       1,680       1,214       466       38.4  
Provision for income taxes     (11,631 )       (5,537 )       (6,094 )       (110.1 )       (37,867 )       (24,984 )       (12,883 )       (51.6 )  
Noncontrolling interest     (451 )       94       (545 )       NM       (636 )       185       (821 )       NM  
Net income     16,384       7,277       9,107       125.1       53,809       35,300       18,509       52.4  
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items:
                                                                       
Net income     16,384       7,277                         53,809       35,300                    
Interest expense, net (1)     10,533       24,319                         28,914       45,313                    
Provision for income taxes     11,631       5,537                         37,867       24,984                    
Depreciation and amortization     16,992       16,052                         51,016       48,087                    
Other non-cash expense (income)     369       (102 )                      647       (156 )                 
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     55,909       53,083       2,826       5.3       172,253       153,528       18,725       12.2  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     55,909       53,083                         172,253       153,528                    
Interest expense, net (1)     (10,533 )       (24,319 )                         (28,914 )       (45,313 )                    
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (1)     461       15,345                         98       18,653                    
Amortization of debt financing costs (1)     805       808                         2,419       2,426                    
Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes     (5,962 )       (6,181 )                         (14,565 )       (13,765 )                    
Changes in working capital     5,382       (17,621 )                   17,680       (30,468 )              
Cash provided by operating activities     46,062       21,115                         148,971       85,061                    
Changes in working capital     (5,382 )       17,621                         (17,680 )       30,468                    
Maintenance capital expenditures     (15,303 )       (14,539 )                      (30,756 )       (36,058 )                 
Free cash flow     25,377       24,197       1,180       4.9       100,535       79,471       21,064       26.5  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments and non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees.

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Revenue and Gross Profit

The increase in terminal revenue primarily reflects growth in storage revenue. Storage revenue grew due to an increase in average rental rates of 9.2% and 6.9% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, as compared with the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011. MIC believes that full year average storage rates will increase for 2012 compared with 2011 by between 6.5% and 7.5%.

Capacity utilization was 93.3% and 94.5% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, compared with 94.1% and 94.0% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, due to the timing of tanks taken out of service for cleaning and inspection during 2012 as compared with 2011. MIC believes the full year capacity utilization will be at 2011 levels.

Terminal operating costs were higher for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 as compared with the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 primarily due to higher repairs and maintenance as a result of Hurricane Isaac and higher labor costs. In addition, terminal operating costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 reflected higher real estate taxes, partially offset by lower fuel costs, reflecting a lower cost of natural gas.

Gross profit from environmental response services decreased with a lower level of spill response activity during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 as compared with the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses decreased for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 as compared with the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 primarily due to reclassification of loan commitment fees to interest expense.

Terminal EBITDA

Terminal EBITDA, which excludes environmental response services, for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 increased by 11.4% and 14.5%, respectively, as compared to the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 as compared with the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 as IMTT placed capital assets in service, resulting in higher asset balances.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net, includes non-cash losses of $5.1 million and $14.3 million on derivative instruments for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $20.0 million and $32.9 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Excluding the non-cash losses on derivative instruments, interest expense increased primarily due to the increase in outstanding debt balance for the period. Cash interest paid was $9.0 million and $25.7 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and $8.7 million and $25.5 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.

Income Taxes

The business files a consolidated federal income tax return and state income tax returns in the states in which IMTT operates.

For the year ending December 31, 2012, IMTT expects to pay $14.5 million of federal income taxes and $6.0 million of state income taxes. IMTT’s actual federal tax liability could be higher or lower depending on the value of capital assets placed in service during the year and the extent to which IMTT is able to realize the benefits of bonus depreciation on those assets. The “Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes” of $14.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 in the table above, includes $10.3 million of federal income taxes and $4.3 million of state income taxes.

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For 2011, IMTT recorded $28.9 million of federal income tax expense and $5.9 million of state income tax expense. IMTT made federal tax payments related to 2011 of $7.7 million and state tax payments of $4.7 million. The federal income tax expense exceeded the cash taxes primarily due to the benefit of accelerated tax depreciation, which is discussed below.

A significant difference between IMTT’s book and federal taxable income relates to depreciation of terminalling fixed assets. For book purposes, these fixed assets are depreciated primarily over 15 to 30 years using the straight-line method of depreciation. For federal income tax purposes, these fixed assets are depreciated primarily over 5 to 15 years using accelerated methods. Most terminalling fixed assets placed in service in 2010, 2011 and 2012 did or should qualify for the federal 50% or 100% tax depreciation, except assets placed in service in Louisiana and financed with GO Zone Bonds. A significant portion of Louisiana terminalling fixed assets constructed since Hurricane Katrina were financed with Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds (“GO Zone Bonds”). GO Zone Bond financed assets are depreciated, for tax purposes, primarily over 9 to 20 years using the straight-line depreciation method. Most of the states in which the business operates do not allow the use of the federal tax depreciation calculation methods.

Hawaii Gas

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results To Date:

an increase in non-utility contribution margin driven by margin management; partially offset by
higher operating costs primarily due to an increase in costs related to the LNG initiative, overtime, medical and benefits costs.

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  Quarter Ended September 30,       Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2012   2011   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)   2012   2011   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     $   $   $   %   $   $   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Contribution margin
                                                                       
Revenue – non-utility     26,894       28,056       (1,162 )       (4.1 )       88,271       82,342       5,929       7.2  
Cost of revenue – non-utility     11,393       15,041       3,648       24.3       40,520       45,413       4,893       10.8  
Contribution margin – non-utility     15,501       13,015       2,486       19.1       47,751       36,929       10,822       29.3  
Revenue – utility     35,535       35,088       447       1.3       110,656       105,782       4,874       4.6  
Cost of revenue – utility     26,202       25,547       (655 )       (2.6 )       81,568       76,758       (4,810 )       (6.3 )  
Contribution margin - utility     9,333       9,541       (208 )       (2.2 )       29,088       29,024       64       0.2  
Total contribution margin     24,834       22,556       2,278       10.1       76,839       65,953       10,886       16.5  
Production     2,819       1,867       (952 )       (51.0 )       6,952       5,321       (1,631 )       (30.7 )  
Transmission and distribution     5,339       5,009       (330 )       (6.6 )       16,436       14,428       (2,008 )       (13.9 )  
Gross profit     16,676       15,680       996       6.4       53,451       46,204       7,247       15.7  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     4,760       4,414       (346 )       (7.8 )       14,575       12,672       (1,903 )       (15.0 )  
Depreciation and amortization     1,965       1,843       (122 )       (6.6 )       5,808       5,418       (390 )       (7.2 )  
Operating income     9,951       9,423       528       5.6       33,068       28,114       4,954       17.6  
Interest expense, net (1)     (5,695 )       (2,415 )       (3,280 )       (135.8 )       (9,102 )       (7,912 )       (1,190 )       (15.0 )  
Other (expense) income     (153 )       70       (223 )       NM       (285 )       (209 )       (76 )       (36.4 )  
Provision for income taxes     (1,631 )       (2,689 )       1,058       39.3       (9,343 )       (7,901 )       (1,442 )       (18.3 )  
Net income (2)     2,472       4,389       (1,917 )       (43.7 )       14,338       12,092       2,246       18.6  
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items:
                                                                       
Net income (2)     2,472       4,389                         14,338       12,092                    
Interest expense, net (1)     5,695       2,415                         9,102       7,912                    
Provision for income taxes     1,631       2,689                         9,343       7,901                    
Depreciation and amortization     1,965       1,843                         5,808       5,418                    
Other non-cash expenses     869       736                      2,671       1,918                 
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     12,632       12,072       560       4.6       41,262       35,241       6,021       17.1  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     12,632       12,072                         41,262       35,241                    
Interest expense, net (1)     (5,695 )       (2,415 )                         (9,102 )       (7,912 )                    
Interest rate swap breakage fees (1)     (8,701 )                               (8,701 )                          
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (1)     4,386       35                         3,089       932                    
Amortization of debt financing costs (1)     507       119                         746       358                    
Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes     (1,513 )       (562 )                   (5,888 )       (4,107 )              
Changes in working capital     4,822       (1,030 )                   1,117       (7,479 )              
Cash provided by operating activities     6,438       8,219                         22,523       17,033                    
Changes in working capital     (4,822 )       1,030                         (1,117 )       7,479                    
Maintenance capital expenditures     (2,056 )       (2,368 )                      (5,241 )       (6,288 )                 
Free cash flow     (440 )       6,881       (7,321 )       (106.4 )       16,165       18,224       (2,059 )       (11.3 )  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments, non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees and interest rate swap breakage fees.
(2) Corporate allocation expense, intercompany fees and the tax effect have been excluded from the above table as they are eliminated on consolidation at the MIC Inc. level.

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Management believes that the presentation and analysis of contribution margin, a non-GAAP performance measure, is meaningful to understanding the business’ performance under both a utility rate structure and a non-utility unregulated pricing structure. Regulation of the utility portion of Hawaii Gas’s operations provides for the pass through of increases or decreases in feedstock costs to customers. Changes in the cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, or LPG, distributed to non-utility customers can be recovered in pricing, subject to competitive conditions.

Contribution margin should not be considered an alternative to revenue, gross profit, operating income, or net income, determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. A reconciliation of contribution margin to gross profit is presented in the above table. The business calculates contribution margin as revenue less direct costs of revenue other than production and transmission and distribution costs. Other companies may calculate contribution margin differently or may use different metrics and, therefore, the contribution margin presented for Hawaii Gas is not necessarily comparable with metrics of other companies.

Contribution Margin and Operating Income

Non-utility contribution margin improved as the result of margin management and input cost reduction. The volume of gas sold in the non-utility business decreased by 1.4% for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2011 impacted by an unplanned shutdown of a commercial customer’s operation. The volume of gas sold in the non-utility business increased by 5.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

Utility contribution margin was lower for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 impacted by higher transportation costs. Utility contribution margin was slightly higher for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 driven by a 1.9% increase in the volume of gas sold.

As previously noted, in January of 2012, Tesoro announced plans to consider selling all of its operations in Hawaii, including its refinery on Oahu. The Tesoro refinery currently supplies Hawaii Gas with naphtha, which it converts into Synthetic Natural Gas, or SNG, for its Oahu utility business. As Hawaii Gas had been concerned about its ability to rely upon the Tesoro facility in the long-term for its supply of naphtha, it has been actively evaluating alternatives for some time in the event that the facility closes or limits supply. The alternatives include some combination of: extended usage of the backup utility propane air unit; importation of naphtha; sourcing of naphtha from the Chevron refinery; and the importation of Liquefied Natural Gas, or LNG. Hawaii Gas believes that it will be able to supply Oahu utility customers with gas irrespective of whether the Tesoro refinery continues to operate.

Hawaii Gas is developing strategies related to the importation and distribution of LNG and has placed orders for equipment to import LNG in small scale from the west coast of North America as an emergency backup feedstock. Hawaii Gas filed an application in August of 2012 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for authorization to import LNG in small scale as an emergency backup feedstock. Subject to FERC approval, this small scale importation of LNG is expected to be underway in late 2012 or early 2013.

Production, transmission and distribution and selling, general and administrative expenses are composed primarily of labor related expenses and professional fees. On a combined basis, these costs were higher for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 reflecting higher operating costs primarily due to an increase in costs related to overtime and medical and benefits costs. In addition, the increases for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 include costs related to strategic initiatives for LNG importation and corporate rebranding.

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Energy-Related Business: Hawaii Gas  –  (continued)

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net, includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $5.1 million and $7.3 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $1.9 million and $6.4 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Excluding the non-cash losses on derivative instruments, interest expense was lower for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2011 primarily due to the refinancing of debt in August of 2012 on more favorable terms.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2012, Hawaii Gas paid $8.7 million in interest rate swap breakage fees in relation to the refinance of the business’ long-term debt facilities. Excluding cash paid for interest rate swap breakage fees, cash interest paid was $1.0 million and $5.5 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, compared with $2.2 million and $6.5 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.

Income Taxes

Income from Hawaii Gas is included in our consolidated federal income tax return, and is subject to Hawaii state income taxes. The tax expense in the table above includes both state taxes and the portion of the consolidated federal tax liability attributable to the business. For the year ending December 31, 2012, the business expects to pay cash state income taxes of approximately $1.5 million, for which a provision of $1.1 million was recorded for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The “Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes” of $5.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 in the above table, includes $4.8 million of federal income taxes payable to MIC for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. Any current federal income tax liability is expected to be offset in consolidation by the application of NOLs.

The business’ federal taxable income differs from book income primarily as a result of differences in the depreciation of fixed assets. The state of Hawaii does not allow the federal bonus depreciation deduction of 100% for 2011 or 50% for 2012 in determining state taxable income.

District Energy

Customers of District Energy pay two charges to receive chilled water services: a fixed charge based on contracted capacity and a variable charge based on the consumption of chilled water. Capacity charges are typically adjusted annually at a fixed rate or are indexed to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The terms of the business’ customer contracts provide for the pass through of increases or decreases in electricity costs, the largest component of the business’ direct expenses.

The financial results discussed below reflect 100% of District Energy’s performance during the periods presented below.

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results To Date:

an increase in consumption revenue, net of electricity costs, driven by warmer average temperatures; and
an increase in capacity revenue from new customers and annual inflation-linked increases in contract capacity rates.

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  Quarter Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2012   2011   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)   2012   2011   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     $   $   $   %   $   $   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Cooling capacity revenue     5,613       5,523       90       1.6       16,675       16,282       393       2.4  
Cooling consumption revenue     10,490       11,091       (601 )       (5.4 )       20,853       19,445       1,408       7.2  
Other revenue     702       688       14       2.0       2,023       2,281       (258 )       (11.3 )  
Finance lease revenue     1,119       1,236       (117 )       (9.5 )       3,448       3,784       (336 )       (8.9 )  
Total revenue     17,924       18,538       (614 )       (3.3 )       42,999       41,792       1,207       2.9  
Direct expenses – electricity     5,901       6,697       796       11.9       12,587       12,318       (269 )       (2.2 )  
Direct expenses – other (1)     5,237       5,056       (181 )       (3.6 )       14,866       15,246       380       2.5  
Direct expenses – total     11,138       11,753       615       5.2       27,453       27,564       111       0.4  
Gross profit     6,786       6,785       1       0.0       15,546       14,228       1,318       9.3  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     823       764       (59 )       (7.7 )       2,675       2,449       (226 )       (9.2 )  
Amortization of intangibles     345       345                   1,027       1,023       (4 )       (0.4 )  
Operating income     5,618       5,676       (58 )       (1.0 )       11,844       10,756       1,088       10.1  
Interest expense, net (2)     (2,065 )       (4,566 )       2,501       54.8       (6,521 )       (11,750 )       5,229       44.5  
Other income     436       1,201       (765 )       (63.7 )       568       1,312       (744 )       (56.7 )  
(Provision) benefit for income taxes     (1,560 )       (865 )       (695 )       (80.3 )       (2,171 )       132       (2,303 )       NM  
Noncontrolling interest     (203 )       (212 )       9       4.2       (622 )       (638 )       16       2.5  
Net income (loss)     2,226       1,234       992       80.4       3,098       (188 )       3,286       NM  
Reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA excluding non-cash items:
                                                                       
Net income (loss)     2,226       1,234                         3,098       (188 )                    
Interest expense, net (2)     2,065       4,566                         6,521       11,750                    
Provision (benefit) for income taxes     1,560       865                         2,171       (132 )                    
Depreciation (1)     1,685       1,664                         5,036       4,969                    
Amortization of intangibles     345       345                         1,027       1,023                    
Other non-cash expenses     156       313                      425       651                 
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     8,037       8,987       (950 )       (10.6 )       18,278       18,073       205       1.1  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     8,037       8,987                         18,278       18,073                    
Interest expense, net (2)     (2,065 )       (4,566 )                         (6,521 )       (11,750 )                    
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (2)     (589 )       1,865                         (1,458 )       3,808                    
Amortization of debt financing costs (2)     177       171                         522       511                    
Equipment lease receivable, net     885       778                         2,595       2,271                    
Provision/benefit for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes     (619 )       (1,277 )                         (892 )       (1,092 )                    
Changes in working capital     419       (789 )                   (1,453 )       (608 )              
Cash provided by operating activities     6,245       5,169                         11,071       11,213                    
Changes in working capital     (419 )       789                         1,453       608                    
Maintenance capital expenditures     (478 )       (164 )                      (642 )       (289 )                 
Free cash flow     5,348       5,794       (446 )       (7.7 )       11,882       11,532       350       3.0  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Includes depreciation expense of $1.7 million and $5.0 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and $1.7 million and $5.0 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.
(2) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments and non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees.

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Energy-Related Business: District Energy  –  (continued)

Gross Profit

Gross profit increased primarily due to warmer average temperatures during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 resulting in higher consumption revenue, net of electricity costs. Additionally, cooling capacity revenue increased from new customers and annual inflation-related increases in contract capacity rates in accordance with customer contract terms. Other direct expenses increased for the quarter and decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 due to the timing of system maintenance work.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 primarily due to higher legal fees.

Other Income

Other income decreased for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 due to lower payments received under agreements to manage the business’ energy consumption during periods of peak demand on the Illinois electricity grid.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net, includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $1.2 million and $3.8 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $3.7 million and $9.3 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Excluding the non-cash losses on derivative instruments, interest expense was slightly higher for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

Cash interest paid was $2.5 million and $7.5 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and $2.5 million and $7.5 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.

Income Taxes

District Energy files a separate federal income tax return and a separate Illinois state income tax return. As of December 31, 2011, the business had approximately $16.4 million in federal NOL carryforwards available to offset positive taxable income and $23.1 million in Illinois state NOL carryforwards, for which utilization is deferred until 2015. For 2012, District Energy expects to pay a federal Alternative Minimum Tax of approximately $161,000 and state income taxes of approximately $845,000. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, a federal and state income tax expense of $892,000 was recorded and is reflected in the “Provision/benefit for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes” in the above table. The business does not expect to pay regular federal income taxes in 2012 or 2013 due to the utilization of NOL carryforwards.

Aviation-Related Business

Atlantic Aviation

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results To Date:

higher volume of general aviation (“GA”) fuel sold and higher weighted average GA fuel margins, partially offset by reduced de-icing revenue; and
lower cash interest expense driven by reduced debt levels.

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Aviation-Related Business: Atlantic Aviation  –  (continued)

               
  Quarter Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2012   2011   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)   2012   2011   Change Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     $   $   $   %   $   $   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Revenue
                                                                       
Fuel revenue     139,491       131,778       7,713       5.9       420,197       392,138       28,059       7.2  
Non-fuel revenue     39,409       38,118       1,291       3.4       120,502       116,582       3,920       3.4  
Total revenue     178,900       169,896       9,004       5.3       540,699       508,720       31,979       6.3  
Cost of revenue                                                                        
Cost of revenue – fuel     96,925       89,217       (7,708 )       (8.6 )       295,800       270,949       (24,851 )       (9.2 )  
Cost of revenue – non-fuel     3,906       4,108       202       4.9       14,036       13,141       (895 )       (6.8 )  
Total cost of revenue     100,831       93,325       (7,506 )       (8.0 )       309,836       284,090       (25,746 )       (9.1 )  
Fuel gross profit     42,566       42,561       5       0.0       124,397       121,189       3,208       2.6  
Non-fuel gross profit     35,503       34,010       1,493       4.4       106,466       103,441       3,025       2.9  
Gross profit     78,069       76,571       1,498       2.0       230,863       224,630       6,233       2.8  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     43,983       43,430       (553 )       (1.3 )       130,830       130,105       (725 )       (0.6 )  
Depreciation and amortization     14,086       16,521       2,435       14.7       41,761       52,864       11,103       21.0  
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets     (1,706 )       518       2,224       NM       (1,379 )       1,743       3,122       179.1  
Operating income     21,706       16,102       5,604       34.8       59,651       39,918       19,733       49.4  
Interest expense, net (1)     (7,381 )       (7,655 )       274       3.6       (23,448 )       (29,209 )       5,761       19.7  
Other (expense) income     (10 )       (18 )       8       44.4       38       (195 )       233       119.5  
Provision for income taxes     (6,531 )       (3,396 )       (3,135 )       (92.3 )       (15,815 )       (4,236 )       (11,579 )       NM  
Net income (2)     7,784       5,033       2,751       54.7       20,426       6,278       14,148       NM  
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items:
                                                              
Net income     7,784       5,033                         20,426       6,278                    
Interest expense, net (1)     7,381       7,655                         23,448       29,209                    
Provision for income taxes     6,531       3,396                         15,815       4,236                    
Depreciation and amortization     14,086       16,521                         41,761       52,864                    
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets     (1,850 )       (204 )                         (1,803 )       949                    
Other non-cash (income) expenses     (39 )       207                      (268 )       310                 
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     33,893       32,608       1,285       3.9       99,379       93,846       5,533       5.9  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     33,893       32,608                         99,379       93,846                    
Interest expense, net (1)     (7,381 )       (7,655 )                         (23,448 )       (29,209 )                    
Interest rate swap breakage fees (1)     (95 )       (515 )                         (595 )       (2,247 )                    
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (1)     (5,567 )       (5,993 )                         (16,015 )       (12,066 )                    
Amortization of debt financing costs (1)     663       724                         2,022       2,205                    
Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes     (997 )       (326 )                   (1,972 )       (942 )              
Changes in working capital     1,904       (4,620 )                   2,549       (7,482 )              
Cash provided by operating activities     22,420       14,223                         61,920       44,105                    
Changes in working capital     (1,904 )       4,620                         (2,549 )       7,482                    
Maintenance capital expenditures     (2,837 )       (2,665 )                      (7,949 )       (5,694 )                 
Free cash flow     17,679       16,178       1,501       9.3       51,422       45,893       5,529       12.0  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments, non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees and interest rate swap breakage fees.
(2) Corporate allocation expense, intercompany fees and the tax effect have been excluded from the above table as they are eliminated on consolidation at the MIC Inc. level.

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Aviation-Related Business: Atlantic Aviation  –  (continued)

Revenue and Gross Profit

The majority of the revenue and gross profit earned by Atlantic Aviation is generated through fueling GA aircraft at airports in the U.S., of which there were 63 at September 30, 2012. Revenue is categorized according to who owns the fuel used to service these aircraft. If our business owns the fuel, it records the cost to purchase that fuel as cost of revenue-fuel. The business’ corresponding fuel revenue is its cost to purchase that fuel plus a margin. The business generally pursues a strategy of maintaining, and where appropriate increasing, dollar-based margins, thereby passing any increase in fuel prices through to the customer.

Atlantic Aviation also has into-plane arrangements whereby it fuels aircraft with fuel owned by another party. It collects a fee for this service that is recorded as non-fuel revenue. Non-fuel revenue also includes various services such as hangar rentals, de-icing, landing fees, tie-down fees and miscellaneous services.

The business’ fuel-related revenue and gross profit are driven by the volume of fuel sold and dollar-based margin/fee per gallon. This applies to both fuel and into-plane revenue. Customers will sometimes move from one category to the other.

Management believes discussing total fuel-related revenue and gross profit, including both fuel sales and into-plane arrangements (as recorded in the non-fuel revenue line) and related key metrics on an aggregate basis, provides a more meaningful analysis of Atlantic Aviation’s gross profit than a discussion of each item. For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, the business derived 67.4% and 65.9%, respectively, of total gross profit from fuel and fuel-related services compared with 68.0% and 65.8% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.

The increase in gross profit for both the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 resulted from an increase in volume of fuel sold and higher margins. GA fuel-related gross profit was 5.4% and 5.3% higher for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, as compared with the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011. De-icing gross profit was 67.3% lower for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, due to the unseasonably mild winter in the northeastern and central U.S. in 2012 and the sale of FBOs during 2011.

On a same store basis, total gross profit increased by 4.0% and 3.3% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively. On a same store basis, the volume of GA fuel-related sold increased by 3.8% and 2.6% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and GA average fuel margin increased by 1.4% and 2.3% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively. The increase in GA fuel-related gross profit was partially offset by decline in de-icing revenue and non-GA-related gross profit.

Atlantic Aviation continues to seek lease extensions prior to maturity and to increase the portfolio’s weighted average lease life, which was extended from 17.6 years at June 30, 2012 to 18.4 years at September 30, 2012. Atlantic Aviation believes that some competitors have priced bids for airport concessions on uneconomic terms. If this practice continues, it may adversely impact Atlantic Aviation’s ability to win new concessions or extend existing concessions in the near term. In the longer term, Atlantic Aviation believes this practice is unsustainable as the operators will be unable to support their bids and customers will not accept the increased pricing that such concession fees will require. Atlantic Aviation continues to monitor the potential impact of these practices.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, were slightly higher compared with the quarter ended September 30, 2011 due primarily to higher employee expenses, partially offset by lower credit card fees and insurance costs. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were flat compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2011 primarily due to higher employee expenses, partially offset by lower lease costs associated with the disposal of FBOs in 2011, lower insurance premiums and lower credit card fees.

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Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 were lower compared with the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 due to the consolidation of two FBOs it operated at one airport. Atlantic Aviation vacated a portion of its leased premises and recorded non-cash write-offs of $2.9 million primarily associated with leasehold improvements. In addition, depreciation and amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 included non-cash impairment charge of $8.7 million recorded during the quarter ended June 30, 2011. The impairment charge resulted from adverse conditions specific to three small locations.

Gain (Loss) on disposal of Assets

During 2011, Atlantic Aviation concluded that several of its sites did not have sufficient scale or serve a market with sufficiently strong growth prospects to warrant continued operations at these sites. Atlantic Aviation has sold certain FBOs and reinvested the proceeds to acquire two FBOs in Oregon during the third quarter of 2011. Accordingly, Atlantic Aviation recorded a $949,000 non-cash losses on disposal of assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2012, Atlantic Aviation sold an FBO for $5.3 million and recorded a $1.8 million gain on disposal of assets.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net, includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $2.8 million and $9.0 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $3.1 million and $15.6 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Excluding the non-cash losses on derivative instruments, interest expense for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 was lower due to lower principal balances on the term loan debt.

In connection with the debt prepayments, Atlantic Aviation incurred interest rate swap breakage fees. Cash paid for interest rate swap breakage fees was $95,000 and $595,000 for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and $515,000 and $2.2 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Excluding cash paid for interest rate swap breakage fees, cash interest paid was $12.2 million and $37.3 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and $12.7 million and $38.9 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.

Income Taxes

Income generated by Atlantic Aviation is included in our consolidated federal income tax return. The business files state income tax returns in more than 30 states in which it operates. The tax expense in the table above includes both state taxes and the portion of the consolidated federal tax liability attributable to the business.

The business had $24.4 million of state NOL carryforwards at December 31, 2011. State NOL carryforwards are specific to the state in which the NOL was generated and various states impose limitations on the utilization of NOL carryforwards. Therefore, the business may incur state income tax liabilities in the future, even if its consolidated state taxable income is less than $24.4 million.

Atlantic Aviation expects to generate current year federal taxable income that will be offset by a portion of its federal NOLs. At December 31, 2011, Atlantic Aviation had $43.9 million in federal NOLs. For 2012, the business expects to pay a federal Alternative Minimum Tax of approximately $621,000 to MIC under the federal tax sharing agreement and pay state income taxes of approximately $1.8 million. Of those amounts, $2.0 million was recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and is reflected in the “Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes” in the above table.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Consolidated

Our primary cash requirements include normal operating expenses, debt service, debt principal payments, payments of dividends and capital expenditures. Our primary source of cash is operating activities, although we may borrow against existing credit facilities for growth capital expenditures, issue additional LLC interests or sell assets to generate cash.

We believe that our operating businesses will have sufficient liquidity and capital resources to meet future requirements, including servicing long-term debt obligations and making distribution payments to MIC. We base our assessment of the sufficiency of our liquidity and capital resources on the assumptions that:

our businesses and investments overall generate, and are expected to continue to generate, significant operating cash flow;
the ongoing maintenance capital expenditures associated with our businesses are readily funded from their respective operating cash flow or available financing;
all significant short-term growth capital expenditures will be funded with cash on hand or from committed undrawn credit facilities; and
we will be able to refinance, extend and/or repay the principal amount of maturing long-term debt on terms that can be supported by our businesses.

We have capitalized our businesses, in part, using project-finance style debt. Project-finance style debt is limited-recourse, floating rate, non-amortizing debt with a medium term maturity of between five and seven years. We are prepaying the principal balance in the following two circumstances:

Atlantic Aviation  — apply all excess cash flow generated in the fourth quarter of 2012 and thereafter to prepay the principal balance on its term loan facility regardless of leverage ratio as calculated under the facility; and
District Energy  — apply all excess cash flow generated in the third quarter of 2012 and thereafter to prepay the principal balance on its term loan facility.

We expect each of our businesses to successfully refinance its long-term debt on economically reasonable terms at or before maturity.

We have no debt at the holding company.

The section below discusses our sources and uses of cash on a consolidated basis and for each of our businesses and investments. All intercompany activities such as corporate allocations, capital contributions to our businesses and distributions from our businesses have been excluded from the tables as these transactions are eliminated in consolidation.

Analysis of Consolidated Historical Cash Flows from Operations

       
  Nine Months Ended September 30,   Change
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2012   2011
($ In Thousands)   $   $   $   %
Cash provided by operating activities     164,583       67,165       97,418       145.0  
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities     31,153       (29,537 )       60,690       NM  
Cash used in financing activities     (67,725 )       (40,374 )       (27,351 )       (67.7 )  

NM — Not meaningful

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Liquidity and Capital Resources: Consolidated  –  (continued)

Operating Activities

Consolidated cash provided by operating activities comprises primarily the cash from operations of the businesses we own, as described in each of the business discussions below. The cash flow from our consolidated business’ operations is partially offset by expenses paid by the holding company, including base management fees paid in cash, professional fees and cost associated with being a public company.

The increase in consolidated cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was primarily due to:

cash distributions received in 2012 from IMTT classified as cash from operating activities compared with no distributions received during 2011;
improved operating performance, timing of fuel purchases and lower cash interest paid on reduced debt levels and interest rate swap break fees at Atlantic Aviation; and
improved operating performance in the non-utility business at Hawaii Gas; partially offset by
interest rate swap breakage fees of $8.7 million paid at Hawaii Gas in relation to the refinance of the business’ long-term debt facilities; and
increase in litigation costs primarily from the IMTT arbitration incurred at the holding company level.

Distributions from IMTT are reflected in our consolidated cash provided by operating activities only up to our cumulative 50% share of IMTT’s earnings recorded since our investment in IMTT. Cumulative distributions in excess of this are reflected in our consolidated cash from investing activities as a return of investment in unconsolidated business. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, $77.9 million in distributions were included in cash from operating activities compared with no distributions received from IMTT during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

Investing Activities

The increase in consolidated cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was due primarily to distributions received during 2012 from IMTT, classified as a return of investment in unconsolidated business of $50.9 million, and the absence of cash used for the acquisition of two Oregon FBOs at Atlantic Aviation during 2011. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in the cash received from the sale of FBOs during 2012 compared to 2011.

Financing Activities

The increase in consolidated cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was primarily due to:

increased dividends paid to our shareholders during 2012;
absence of proceeds from the drawdown of long-term debt and borrowings on line of credit facilities at Atlantic Aviation during 2011; and
debt financing costs paid for the refinancing of Hawaii Gas’ debt facilities in 2012; partially offset by
lower debt repayments at Atlantic Aviation during 2012.

See below for further description of the cash flows related to our businesses.

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Energy-Related Businesses

IMTT

The following analysis represents 100% of the cash flows of IMTT, rather than just the composition of cash flows that are included in our consolidated cash flows. We believe this is the most appropriate and meaningful approach to discussion of the historical cash flow trends of IMTT. We account for our 50% ownership of this business using the equity method.

       
  Nine Months Ended September 30,   Change
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2012   2011
($ In Thousands)   $   $   $   %
Cash provided by operating activities     148,971       85,061       63,910       75.1  
Cash used in investing activities     (96,538 )       (24,349 )       (72,189 )       NM  
Cash used in financing activities     (104,077 )       (14,061 )       (90,016 )       NM  

NM — Not meaningful

Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities at IMTT is generated primarily from storage rentals and ancillary services that are billed monthly and paid on various terms. Cash used in operating activities is mainly for payroll and benefits costs, maintenance and repair of fixed assets, utilities and professional services, interest payments and payments to tax jurisdictions. Cash provided by operating activities increased primarily as a result of improved operating results and lower working capital requirements as a result of the timing of payments of various accrued expenses, including incentive payments associated with the BP Oil spill in 2010.

Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities primarily relates to capital expenditures and an investment in a tax-exempt bond escrow.

Total capital expenditures increased from $77.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 to $94.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase in cash used in investing activities was primarily due to the release of a tax-exempt bond escrow during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and higher capital expenditures during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “Act”) provides for 100% tax depreciation for certain fixed assets placed in service after September 8, 2010 and before January 1, 2012, and 50% tax depreciation for certain fixed assets placed in service during 2012 for federal income tax purposes. Generally, states do not allow this tax depreciation deduction in determining state taxable income. Importantly, Louisiana, in which IMTT has significant operations, does permit the use of federal tax depreciation in calculating state taxable income. IMTT took and will take into consideration the benefits of these accelerated depreciation provisions of the Act when evaluating capital expenditure plans for the remainder of 2012.

Maintenance and Environmental Capital Expenditure

IMTT incurs maintenance and environmental capital expenditures to prolong the useful lives of existing revenue-producing assets. Maintenance and environmental capital expenditures include the refurbishment of storage tanks, piping, dock facilities and environmental capital expenditures, principally in relation to improvements in containment measures and remediation.

IMTT incurred $30.7 million and $36.1 million of maintenance and environmental expenditures during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, principally in relation to refurbishments of tanks, docks and other infrastructure.

For the full-year 2012, MIC believes IMTT will spend approximately $50.0 million on maintenance capital expenditures. IMTT anticipates that maintenance capital expenditures will remain at elevated levels through 2014 due to required tank cleaning and inspections.

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Growth Capital Expenditure

IMTT incurred growth capital expenditures of $63.5 million and $41.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Since January 1, 2011, IMTT has brought revenue generating growth projects into service costing $41.6 million. These projects are expected to generate $6.9 million of annualized gross profit and EBITDA as outlined in the table below.

   
  Anticipated Incremental Gross Profit/EBITDA   Anticipated Cumulative Gross Profit/EBITDA
2011   $ 2.4 million     $ 2.4 million  
2012     4.3 million       6.7 million  
2013     0.2 million       6.9 million  

At September 30, 2012, IMTT had growth projects with an estimated total cost of $216.5 million underway, including $34.3 million of support infrastructure projects. The projects are expected to generate an additional $42.0 million of annualized gross profit and EBITDA as outlined in the table below. To date, $80.2 million has been spent on these projects.

   
  Anticipated Incremental Gross Profit/EBITDA   Anticipated Cumulative Gross Profit/EBITDA
2011   $ 0.6 million     $ 0.6 million  
2012     6.3 million       6.9 million  
2013     23.2 million       30.1 million  
2014     11.9 million       42.0 million  

Support infrastructure is growth capital expenditure that does not directly generate incremental gross profit or EBITDA as it has no contractual revenue stream associated with it. However, it does facilitate the ongoing growth of IMTT. Examples of such projects include new docks and berths, new truck racks and other inter-modal transport facilities and new or improved pumps and piping.

Financing Activities

Cash used in financing activities increased primarily due to higher distributions to shareholders, partially offset by higher borrowings on the revolving credit facility during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

At September 30, 2012, the outstanding balance on IMTT’s total debt facilities was $793.8 million. This consisted of $336.3 million in letter of credit backed tax exempt bonds, $184.7 million in bank owned tax exempt bonds, $246.0 million in revolving credit facilities and $26.8 million in shareholder loans. The weighted average interest rate of the outstanding debt facilities, including any interest rate swaps and fees associated with outstanding letters of credit was 4.30%. Cash interest paid was $25.7 million and $25.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

At September 30, 2012, the undrawn balance on the $1.025 billion revolving credit facility was $435.2 million.

The financial covenant requirements under IMTT's revolving credit facility, and the calculation of these measures at September 30, 2012, were as follows:

Leverage Ratio < 4.75x (default threshold). The ratio at September 30, 2012 was 3.31x.
Interest Coverage Ratio > 3.00x (default threshold). The ratio at September 30, 2012 was 6.25x.

For a description of the material terms of IMTT’s credit facilities, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. IMTT has not had any material changes to these credit facilities since February 22, 2012, our 10-K filing date.

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Energy-Related Business –  Hawaii Gas

       
  Nine Months Ended September 30,   Change
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2012   2011
($ In Thousands)   $   $   $   %
Cash provided by operating activities     22,523       17,033       5,490       32.2  
Cash used in investing activities     (11,305 )       (10,935 )       (370 )       (3.4 )  
Cash provided by financing activities     7,320       10,000       (2,680 )       (26.8 )  

Operating Activities

The principal source of cash provided by operating activities is customer receipts. The business incurs payments for fuel, materials, pipeline repairs, vendor services and supplies, payroll and benefit costs, revenue-based taxes and payment of administrative costs. Customers are generally billed monthly and make payments on account. Vendors and suppliers generally bill the business when services are rendered or when products are shipped.

The increase in cash from operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was driven primarily by higher non-utility contribution margin as the result of margin management and an increase in volume of gas sold. In addition, the increase in cash from operating activities was driven by lower working capital requirements due to lower fuel costs, partially offset by interest rate swap breakage fees of $8.7 million paid by the business in relation to the refinance of its long-term debt facilities.

Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities is composed primarily of capital expenditures. Capital expenditures for the non-utility business are funded by cash from operating activities and capital expenditures for the utility business are funded by drawing on credit facilities as well as cash from operating activities.

The following table sets forth information about capital expenditures at Hawaii Gas ($ in thousands):

   
  Maintenance   Growth
Nine months ended September 30, 2012, accrual basis   $     5,241     $     5,073  
Change in accrued capital expenditure balance from December 31, 2011     601       456  
Nine months ended September 30, 2012, cash basis   $ 5,842     $ 5,529  
Nine months ended September 30, 2011, accrual basis   $ 6,288     $ 4,135  
Change in accrued capital expenditure balance from December 31, 2010     723       (159 )  
Nine months ended September 30, 2011, cash basis   $ 7,011     $ 3,976  
2012 full year projected   $ 6.7 million     $ 8.6 million  

Maintenance Capital Expenditure

Maintenance capital expenditures include replacement of pipeline sections, improvements to the business’ transmission system and SNG plant, improvements to buildings and other property and the purchase of equipment. Maintenance capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were lower compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as a result of required pipeline maintenance and inspection projects related to the integrity management program spending in 2011.

Growth Capital Expenditure

Growth capital expenditures include the purchase of meters, regulators and propane tanks for new customers, the cost of installing pipelines for new residential and commercial construction, new product initiatives, the renewable natural gas pilot plant and the expansion of gas storage facilities. Growth capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were higher compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2011 driven mainly by new customer installations, meter and regulator purchases and equipment purchases to import LNG in small scale.

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Energy-Related Business: Hawaii Gas  –  (continued)

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “Act”) provides for 100% tax depreciation for certain fixed assets placed in service after September 8, 2010 and before January 1, 2012, and 50% tax depreciation for certain fixed assets placed in service during 2012 for federal income tax purposes. Generally, states do not allow this federal tax depreciation deduction in determining state taxable income. Hawaii Gas took and will take into consideration the benefits of these accelerated depreciation provisions of the Act when evaluating its capital expenditure plans for the remainder of 2012.

Financing Activities

The main drivers of cash from financing activities are debt financings for capital expenditures and the repayment of outstanding credit facilities. At September 30, 2012, the outstanding balance on the business’ debt facilities consisted of $180.0 million in term loan facility borrowings. The change in cash provided by financing activities was due to the costs related to the refinancing of Hawaii Gas’s long term debt facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The business paid $5.5 million and $6.5 million in cash interest related to its debt facilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, excluding interest rate swap breakage fees in relation to the refinance of the business’ long-term debt facilities.

On August 8, 2012, the Company completed the refinancing of Hawaii Gas’s long-term debt facilities. Hawaii Gas used the proceeds to refinance all of its debt and to put in place financing that will partially fund future growth initiatives. The operating company issued $100.0 million of 10-year, non-amortizing senior secured notes. The notes bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.22%. The holding company entered into a $80.0 million, 5-year, non-amortizing senior secured term loan agreement. The interest rate floats at LIBOR + 2.25%. The floating rate has effectively been fixed for 4 years at 2.89% using an interest rate swap. The proceeds of the senior secured notes and the term loan were used to repay the entire $180.0 million of debt comprised of two existing 5-year term loans and a revolving credit facility. Those facilities would have matured in June of 2013.

On October 5, 2012, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, or HPUC, approved the closing of the operating company’s $60.0 million, 5-year senior secured revolving credit facility that is expected to be available to partially fund capital expenditures and general corporate needs. This facility bears interest at LIBOR + 1.50%.

With the refinancing, the business anticipates annual interest expense savings of approximately $2.4 million. The weighted average interest rate of all outstanding debt facilities, including any interest rate swaps, at September 30, 2012, was 3.63%.

All of the new debt is secured by the assets of Hawaii Gas and its subsidiaries.

Additionally, the HPUC requires the consolidated debt to total capital for the holding company to be less than 65% and that $20.0 million be readily available in cash resources at Hawaii Gas or MIC. At September 30, 2012, the debt to total capital ratio was 61.15% and $20.0 million in cash resources was readily available.

The financial covenants precluding distributions under each of the business’ new credit facilities discussed above are as follows:

12 month backward interest coverage ratio less than 3.0x; and
Leverage ratio (total indebtedness to capitalization ratio) for any fiscal quarter greater than 65.0%.

At September 30 2012, the 12 month backward interest coverage ratio was 6.82x at the holding company and 13.12x at the operating company. The leverage ratio at September 30, 2012 was 61.15% at the holding company and 31.54% at the operating company.

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Energy-Related Business –  District Energy

The following analysis represents 100% of the cash flows of District Energy.

       
  Nine Months Ended September 30,   Change
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2012   2011
($ In Thousands)   $   $   $   %
Cash provided by operating activities     11,071       11,213       (142 )       (1.3 )  
Cash used in investing activities     (1,091 )       (1,429 )       338       23.7  
Cash used in financing activities     (4,353 )       (5,123 )       770       15.0  

Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities is driven primarily by customer receipts for services provided and leased equipment payments received (including non-revenue lease principal). Cash used in operating activities is driven by the timing of payments for electricity, vendor services or supplies and the payment of payroll and benefit costs. Cash from operating activities decreased slightly primarily due to unfavorable working capital movements and lower payments under agreements to manage the business’ energy consumption, partially offset by improved results. Working capital was unfavorable due to the timing of vendor and tax payments in the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

Non-revenue lease principal is the principal portion of lease payments received from equipment leases with various customers. This cash inflow is not included in EBITDA excluding non-cash items, as there is no impact on net income, but as a cash inflow to calculate cash from operating activities. Non-revenue lease principal was $2.6 million and $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities mainly comprises capital expenditures, which are generally funded by drawing on available facilities and cash from operations. Cash used in investing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 primarily funded system maintenance and growth capital expenditures for new customer connections.

The following table sets forth information about District Energy’s capital expenditures ($ in thousands):

   
  Maintenance   Growth
Nine months ended September 30, 2012, accrual basis   $     642     $     547  
Change in accrued capital expenditure balance from December 31, 2011     (68 )       (29 )  
Nine months ended September 30, 2012, cash basis   $ 574     $ 518  
Nine months ended September 30, 2011, accrual basis   $ 289     $ 988  
Change in accrued capital expenditure balance from December 31, 2010     276       (124 )  
Nine months ended September 30, 2011, cash basis   $ 565     $ 864  
2012 full year projected   $ 1.0 million     $ 656,000  

Maintenance Capital Expenditure

The business expects to spend approximately $1.0 million per year on capital expenditures relating to the replacement of parts, system reliability, customer service improvements and minor system modifications. Maintenance capital expenditures will be funded from available facilities and cash from operating activities. These expenditures were higher during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 due to the timing of spend on ordinary course maintenance projects.

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Growth Capital Expenditure

Prior to this quarter, District Energy had signed contracts with new customers and previously committed to spend approximately $1.8 million on interconnection of these customers. As of September 30, 2012, $1.7 million had been spent. The business anticipates it will receive reimbursements from customers for approximately $1.1 million, of which it had received $963,000 as of September 30, 2012. Growth capital expenditures were lower during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 due to the timing of spend related to connecting new customers.

Financing Activities

At September 30, 2012, the outstanding balance on the business’ debt facilities consisted of a $150.0 million term loan facility and a $20.0 million capital expenditure facility, which was fully drawn at September 30, 2012. The weighted average interest rate of the outstanding debt facilities, including the interest rate swaps and fees associated with outstanding letters of credit at September 30, 2012, was 5.52%. Cash interest paid was $7.5 million for both the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2012, District Energy amended its interest rate basis swap contract that expires in June of 2013. This contract effectively changed the interest rate index on existing swap contracts from the 90-day LIBOR rate to the 30-day LIBOR rate plus a margin of 9 basis points, lowering the weighted average interest rate to 5.46% until June of 2013. This transaction is expected to result in approximately $65,000 lower interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2012 and approximately $65,000 lower interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2013.

The decrease in cash used in financing activities was primarily due to decreased distributions paid to the noncontrolling interest shareholders.

In accordance with the terms of its loan agreement, District Energy will be applying 100% of its excess cash flow generated during the third quarter of 2012 and thereafter to repay its debt facilities through the loan maturity in September 2014. On October 15, 2012, the business paid $5.6 million to its lenders.

On April 26, 2012, District Energy’s revolving loan facility of $18.5 million, which is currently undrawn and is being utilized to back $7.0 million letters of credit as required by the City of Chicago, was amended and extended so that the revolver will be co-terminus with the term loan and capital expenditure facility. The revolver amount was lowered to $8.4 million with a higher margin.

The financial covenants triggering distribution lock-up or default under the business’ credit facility are as follows:

Backward Interest Coverage Ratio < 1.5x (distribution lock-up) and < 1.2x (default). The ratio at September 30, 2012 was 2.23x.
Leverage Ratio (funds from operations less interest expense to net debt) for the previous 12 months less than 6.0% (distribution lock-up) and 4.0% (default). The ratio at September 30, 2012 was 8.57%.

For a description of the material terms of District Energy’s credit facilities, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. We have not had any material changes to these credit facilities since February 22, 2012, our 10-K filing date.

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Aviation-Related Business

Atlantic Aviation

       
  Nine Months Ended September 30,   Change
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2012   2011
($ In Thousands)   $   $   $   %
Cash provided by operating activities     61,920       44,105       17,815       40.4  
Cash used in investing activities     (7,350 )       (17,173 )       9,823       57.2  
Cash used in financing activities     (22,977 )       (26,874 )       3,897       14.5  

Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities at Atlantic Aviation is generated from sales transactions primarily paid by credit cards. Some customers have extended payment terms and are billed accordingly. Cash is used in operating activities mainly for payments to vendors of fuel and professional services, as well as payroll costs and payments to tax jurisdictions. Cash provided by operating activities increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2011 primarily due to:

improved operating results;
timing of payment of fuel purchases; and
lower cash interest paid on reduced debt levels and lower interest rate swap break fees.

Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities relates primarily to cash used for acquisitions and capital expenditures. Cash used in investing activities decreased in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as a result of the acquisition of two FBOs in Oregon during 2011 and a decrease in the cash received from the sale of FBOs during 2012 compared to 2011.

The following table sets forth information about capital expenditures at Atlantic Aviation ($ in thousands):

   
  Maintenance   Growth
Nine months ended September 30, 2012, accrual basis   $     7,949     $     4,532  
Change in accrued capital expenditure balance from December 31, 2011     214       285  
Nine months ended September 30, 2012, cash basis   $ 8,163     $ 4,817  
Nine months ended September 30, 2011, accrual basis   $ 5,694     $ 4,758  
Change in accrued capital expenditure balance from December 31, 2010     (250 )       902  
Nine months ended September 30, 2011, cash basis   $ 5,444     $ 5,660  
2012 full year projected   $ 11.5 million     $ 6.0 million  

Maintenance Capital Expenditure

Maintenance capital expenditures include repainting, replacing equipment as necessary and any ongoing environmental or required regulatory expenditure, such as installing safety equipment. These expenditures are generally funded from cash flow from operating activities.

Maintenance capital expenditures increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 as Atlantic Aviation upgraded FBO facilities at a number of locations. The increase primarily reflects a specific project at Los Angeles International Airport that was deferred from 2011, as well as consideration of the benefits afforded by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, as discussed below. The projected increase from 2011 to 2012 reflects a number of specific projects, which were mainly deferred from 2011.

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Aviation-Related Business: Atlantic Aviation  –  (continued)

Growth Capital Expenditure

Growth capital expenditures are incurred primarily where the business expects to receive an appropriate return relative to its cost of capital. Historically these expenditures have included development of hangars, terminal buildings and ramp upgrades. The business has generally funded these projects through its growth capital expenditure facility or capital contributions from MIC.

Growth capital expenditures incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 related primarily to the construction of a hangar and fuel farm. Growth capital expenditures incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 related primarily to the construction of a new FBO and hangars.

Projected growth capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2012 increased from the previous projected amount disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 due to the construction of an exclusive use hangar for a new customer who has signed a long-term use and occupancy contract.

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “Act”) provides for 100% tax depreciation for certain fixed assets placed in service after September 8, 2010 and before January 1, 2012, and 50% tax depreciation for certain fixed assets placed in service during 2012 for federal income tax purposes. Generally, states do not allow this federal tax depreciation deduction in determining state taxable income. The business took and will take into consideration the benefits of these accelerated depreciation provisions of the Act when evaluating its capital expenditure plans for the remainder of 2012.

Financing Activities

At September 30, 2012, the outstanding balance on Atlantic Aviation’s debt facilities includes $703.9 million in term loan facility borrowings and $50.0 million in capital expenditure facility borrowings. The interest rate applicable on these facilities is the three-month U.S. LIBOR plus a margin of 1.60%. This margin increased to 1.725% on October 16, 2012 through the maturity of the loan in October 2014.

Atlantic Aviation had interest rate swaps that hedged 100% of the term loan debt by swapping three-month U.S. LIBOR for a fixed rate of 5.1925%. These swaps expired on October 16, 2012 which will lower the current all-in rate on the term loan from 6.7925% to three-month U.S. LIBOR + 1.725% through maturity. This equates to an approximately $30.0 million decrease in annual interest expense assuming the current loan balances and LIBOR curve.

In order to limit Atlantic Aviation’ exposure to potential increases in LIBOR, in August of 2012, Atlantic Aviation entered into an interest rate cap for a cost of $347,000. This floating rate hedge will effectively cap three-month U.S. LIBOR for this facility at 2.25% from October 16, 2012 through maturity on a notional amount of $550.0 million.

Atlantic Aviation also has stand-alone debt facilities used to fund construction at its FBOs. At September 30, 2012, the outstanding balances on the stand-alone facilities were $4.4 million. The interest rates on these stand-alone facilities are fixed at 4.75%.

The weighted average interest rate of all outstanding debt facilities, including any interest rate swaps, at September 30, 2012, was 6.46%. The weighted average interest rate of all outstanding debt facilities following the expiration of the interest rate swaps on October 16, 2012 was 2.07%. Cash interest paid was $37.3 million and $38.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, excluding interest rate swap breakage fees, related to its debt facilities.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2012, Atlantic Aviation amended its interest rate basis swap contract that expired in October of 2012. This contract effectively changed the interest rate index on existing swap contracts from the 90-day LIBOR rate to the 30-day LIBOR rate plus a margin of 10 basis points, lowering the weighted average interest rate to 6.38% until October of 2012. This transaction, adjusted for the prepayments of outstanding principal on the term loan debt, is expected to reduce interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2012 by approximately $200,000.

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Aviation-Related Business: Atlantic Aviation  –  (continued)

The decrease in cash used in financing activities is primarily due to a larger prepayment of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan debt during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 of $34.5 million compared with $23.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. This decrease was partially offset by borrowings on its credit facilities during the quarter ended September 30, 2011. Per the terms of its amended credit agreement, if the leverage ratio is below 6.0x, 50% of Atlantic Aviation’s excess cash is used to repay the principal on the term loan and 50% is distributed to MIC. Starting in the fourth quarter of 2012 through the maturity of the facility, 100% of any excess cash will be used to repay the principal on the term loan.

The business prepaid $14.6 million of term loan principal and distributed $14.6 million to MIC on October 16, 2012. As a result of this prepayment, the proforma leverage ratio would decrease to 5.53x based upon the EBITDA generated by the business for the trailing twelve months to September 30, 2012, as calculated under the terms of the facility.

The financial covenant requirements under Atlantic Aviation’s credit facility, and the calculation of these measures at September 30, 2012, were as follows:

Debt Service Coverage Ratio > 1.2x (default threshold). The ratio at September 30, 2012 was 2.03x.
Leverage Ratio debt to adjusted EBITDA for the trailing twelve months < 6.75x (default threshold). The ratio at September 30, 2012 was 5.64x.

For a description of the material terms of Atlantic Aviation’s credit facilities, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. We have not had any material changes to these credit facilities since February 22, 2012, our 10-K filing date.

Commitments and Contingencies

At September 30, 2012, there were no material changes in our future commitments and contingencies from December 31, 2011, except for the mandatory prepayment under the cash sweep terms of Atlantic Aviation’s and District Energy’s credit facilities as discussed above. See Note 6, “Long-Term Debt”, to our consolidated condensed financial statements in Part I of this Form 10-Q for further discussion.

At September 30, 2012, we did not have any outstanding material purchase obligations. For a discussion of our other future obligations, due by period, under the various contractual obligations, off-balance sheet arrangements and commitments, please see “Liquidity and Capital Resources — Commitments and Contingencies” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2012. We have not had any material changes to our commitments except as discussed above.

In addition, at September 30, 2012, we did not have any material reserves for contingencies. We have other contingencies occurring in the normal course of business, including pending legal and administrative proceedings that are not reflected at this time as they are not ascertainable.

Our sources of cash to meet these obligations are as follows:

cash generated from our operations (see “Operating Activities” in “Liquidity and Capital Resources”);
refinancing our current credit facilities on or before maturity (see “Financing Activities” in “Liquidity and Capital Resources”); and
cash available from our undrawn credit facilities (see “Financing Activities” in “Liquidity and Capital Resources”).

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

For critical accounting policies and estimates, see “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Our critical accounting policies and estimates have not changed materially from the description contained in that Annual Report.

Business Combinations

Our acquisitions of businesses that we control are accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The amounts assigned to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with acquisitions are based on estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition, with the remainder, if any, recorded as goodwill. The fair values are determined by our management, taking into consideration information supplied by the management of acquired entities and other relevant information. Such information includes valuations supplied by independent appraisal experts for significant business combinations. The valuations are generally based upon future cash flow projections for the acquired assets, discounted to present value. The determination of fair values require significant judgment both by management and outside experts engaged to assist in this process.

Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Property, Plant and Equipment

Significant assets acquired in connection with our acquisition of Hawaii Gas, District Energy and Atlantic Aviation include contract rights, customer relationships, non-compete agreements, trademarks, property and equipment and goodwill.

Trademarks are generally considered to be indefinite life intangibles. Trademarks and goodwill are not amortized in most circumstances. It may be appropriate to amortize some trademarks. However, for unamortized intangible assets, we are required to perform annual impairment reviews and more frequently in certain circumstances.

During 2011, we adopted ASU No. 2011-08, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment , which permits an entity to make a qualitative assessment of whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount before applying the two-step goodwill impairment test, as discussed below. If an entity concludes it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, it need not perform the two-step impairment test.

If an entity concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value of reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, it needs to perform the two-step impairment test. This requires management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the calculation. The first step of the process consists of estimating the fair value of each reporting unit based on a discounted cash flow model using revenue and profit forecasts and comparing those estimated fair values with the carrying values, which included the allocated goodwill. If the estimated fair value is less than the carrying value, a second step is performed to compute the amount of the impairment by determining an “implied fair value” of goodwill. The determination of a reporting unit’s “implied fair value” of goodwill requires the allocation of the estimated fair value of the reporting unit to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. Any unallocated fair value represents the “implied fair value” of goodwill, which is compared with its corresponding carrying value. Hawaii Gas, District Energy and Atlantic Aviation are separate reporting units for purposes of this analysis. The impairment test for trademarks, which are not amortized, requires the determination of the fair value of such assets. If the fair value of the trademarks are less than their carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the difference. We cannot predict the occurrence of certain future events that might adversely affect the reported value of goodwill and/or intangible assets. Such events include, but are not limited to, strategic decisions made in response to economic and competitive conditions, the impact of the economic environment on our customer base, or material negative change in relationship with significant customers.

Property and equipment is initially stated at cost. Depreciation on property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the property and equipment after consideration of historical results and anticipated results based on our current plans. Our estimated useful lives represent the period the asset remains in service assuming normal routine maintenance. We review the estimated useful lives assigned to property and equipment when our business experience suggests that they do

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not properly reflect the consumption of economic benefits embodied in the property and equipment nor result in the appropriate matching of cost against revenue. Factors that lead to such a conclusion may include physical observation of asset usage, examination of realized gains and losses on asset disposals and consideration of market trends such as technological obsolescence or change in market demand.

Significant intangibles, including contract rights, customer relationships, non-compete agreements and technology are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the intangible asset after consideration of historical results and anticipated results based on our current plans. With respect to contract rights in our Atlantic Aviation business, we take into consideration the history of contract right renewals in determining our assessment of useful life and the corresponding amortization period.

We perform impairment reviews of property and equipment and intangibles subject to amortization, when events or circumstances indicate that assets are less than their carrying amount and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amount of those assets. In this circumstance, the impairment charge is determined based upon the amount by which the net book value of the assets exceeds their fair market value. Any impairment is measured by comparing the fair value of the asset to its carrying value.

The “implied fair value” of reporting units and fair value of property and equipment and intangible assets is determined by our management and is generally based upon future cash flow projections for the acquired assets, discounted to present value. We use outside valuation experts when management considers that it is appropriate to do so.

We test for impairment of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets annually as of October 1 st or when there is an indicator of impairment.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk, see Part II, Item 7A “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Our exposure to market risk has not changed materially since February 22, 2012, our 10-K filing date.

Controls and Procedures

Under the direction and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2012. There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2012 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
($ In Thousands, Except Share Data)

   
  September 30,
2012
  December 31,
2011
     (Unaudited)  
ASSETS
                 
Current assets:
                 
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 150,797     $ 22,786  
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $492 and $445, respectively     64,981       56,458  
Inventories     22,370       23,106  
Prepaid expenses     5,743       7,338  
Deferred income taxes     16,844       19,102  
Other     15,684       14,523  
Total current assets     276,419       143,313  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net     559,096       561,022  
Equipment lease receivables     29,258       32,189  
Investment in unconsolidated business     125,299       230,401  
Goodwill     514,640       516,175  
Intangible assets, net     635,611       662,135  
Other     22,568       23,398  
Total assets   $ 2,162,891     $ 2,168,633  
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY
                 
Current liabilities:
                 
Due to manager-related party   $ 29,498     $ 4,300  
Accounts payable     31,908       29,199  
Accrued expenses     26,994       23,827  
Current portion of long-term debt     97,577       34,535  
Fair value of derivative instruments     9,216       39,339  
Other     19,428       17,702  
Total current liabilities     214,621       148,902  
Long-term debt, net of current portion     1,010,726       1,086,053  
Deferred income taxes     192,101       177,262  
Fair value of derivative instruments     7,280       15,576  
Other     47,282       46,980  
Total liabilities     1,472,010       1,474,773  
Commitments and contingencies            
Members’ equity:
                 
LLC interests, no par value; 500,000,000 authorized; 46,758,875 LLC interests issued and outstanding at September 30, 2012 and 46,338,225 LLC interests issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011     918,562       951,729  
Additional paid in capital     21,447       21,447  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (19,654 )       (27,412 )  
Accumulated deficit     (218,731 )       (242,082 )  
Total members’ equity     701,624       703,682  
Noncontrolling interests     (10,743 )       (9,822 )  
Total equity     690,881       693,860  
Total liabilities and equity   $ 2,162,891     $ 2,168,633  

 
 
See accompanying notes to the consolidated condensed financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
($ In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)

       
  Quarter Ended   Nine Months Ended
     September 30, 2012   September 30, 2011   September 30, 2012   September 30, 2011
Revenue
                                   
Revenue from product sales   $ 166,385     $ 159,834     $ 508,468     $ 474,480  
Revenue from product sales – utility     35,535       35,088       110,656       105,782  
Service revenue     56,214       55,420       160,053       154,590  
Financing and equipment lease income     1,119       1,236       3,448       3,784  
Total revenue     259,253       251,578       782,625       738,636  
Costs and expenses
                                   
Cost of product sales     111,677       107,475       346,778       326,026  
Cost of product sales – utility     31,001       29,205       94,497       86,842  
Cost of services     15,044       15,860       41,489       40,704  
Selling, general and administrative     51,571       50,706       157,301       150,685  
Fees to manager-related party     29,353       3,465       39,108       11,253  
Depreciation     7,596       10,072       22,704       25,905  
Amortization of intangibles     8,800       8,637       25,892       33,400  
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets     (1,706 )       518       (1,379 )       1,743  
Total operating expenses     253,336       225,938       726,390       676,558  
Operating income     5,917       25,640       56,235       62,078  
Other income (expense)
                                   
Interest income     110       3       116       104  
Interest expense (1)     (15,144 )       (14,638 )       (39,076 )       (48,973 )  
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee     6,989       2,436       23,295       14,068  
Other income, net     249       1,200       245       805  
Net (loss) income before incomes taxes     (1,879 )       14,641       40,815       28,082  
Benefit (provision) for income taxes     1,758       (5,137 )       (14,698 )       (11,635 )  
Net (loss) income   $ (121 )     $ 9,504     $ 26,117     $ 16,447  
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests     1,758       3,128       2,766       1,396  
Net (loss) income attributable to MIC LLC   $ (1,879 )     $ 6,376     $ 23,351     $ 15,051  
Basic (loss) income per share attributable to MIC LLC interest holders   $ (0.04 )     $ 0.14     $ 0.50     $ 0.33  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic     46,684,627       46,088,783       46,524,980       45,908,258  
Diluted (loss) income per share attributable to MIC LLC interest holders   $ (0.04 )     $ 0.14     $ 0.50     $ 0.33  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: diluted     46,684,627       46,109,539       46,545,903       45,934,967  
Cash dividends declared per share   $ 0.6875     $ 0.20     $ 1.5125     $ 0.60  

(1) Interest expense includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $9.4 million and $20.3 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively. For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, interest expense includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $8.7 million and $31.2 million, respectively.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)
($ In Thousands)

       
  Quarter Ended   Nine Months Ended
     September 30, 2012   September 30, 2011   September 30, 2012   September 30, 2011
Net (loss) income   $ (121 )     $ 9,504     $ 26,117     $ 16,447  
Other comprehensive income, net of taxes:
                                   
Reclassification of realized losses of derivatives into earnings (1)     3,070       3,204       8,252       5,063  
Translation adjustment (2)                 104        
Other comprehensive income     3,070       3,204       8,356       5,063  
Comprehensive income   $ 2,949     $ 12,708     $ 34,473     $ 21,510  
Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests     1,933       3,395       3,364       2,324  
Comprehensive income attributable to MIC LLC   $ 1,016       9,313     $ 31,109     $ 19,186  

(1) Reclassification of realized losses of derivatives into earnings is presented net of taxes of $3.2 million and $6.6 million for the quarter and nine month ended September 30, 2012, respectively. Reclassification of realized losses of derivatives into earnings is presented net of taxes of $2.2 million and $7.1 million for the quarter and nine month ended September 30, 2011, respectively.
(2) Translation adjustment is presented net of taxes of $56,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

 
 
See accompanying notes to the consolidated condensed financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
($ In Thousands)

   
  Nine Months Ended
     September 30, 2012   September 30, 2011
Operating activities
                 
Net income   $ 26,117     $ 16,447  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                 
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment     27,740       30,874  
Amortization of intangible assets     25,892       33,400  
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets     (1,803 )       949  
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee     (23,295 )       (14,068 )  
Equity distributions from investees     77,920        
Amortization of debt financing costs     3,290       3,074  
Adjustments to derivative instruments     (23,680 )       (9,573 )  
Base management fees settled in LLC interests     15,599       11,253  
Performance fees settled in LLC interests     23,509        
Equipment lease receivable, net     2,595       2,271  
Deferred rent     314       272  
Deferred taxes     10,459       8,680  
Other non-cash expenses, net     2,340       2,305  
Changes in other assets and liabilities:
                 
Accounts receivable     (8,882 )       (11,380 )  
Inventories     2,232       (791 )  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     395       (3,450 )  
Due to manager-related party     68       1  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     4,622       (1,455 )  
Income taxes payable     727       548  
Other, net     (1,576 )       (2,192 )  
Net cash provided by operating activities     164,583       67,165  
Investing activities
                 
Acquisitions of businesses and investments, net of cash acquired           (23,068 )  
Proceeds from sale of assets     5,625       16,999  
Purchases of property and equipment     (25,443 )       (23,496 )  
Investment in capital leased assets           (24 )  
Return of investment in unconsolidated business     50,899        
Other     72       52  
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities     31,153       (29,537 )  
Financing activities
                 
Proceeds from long-term debt     191,142       13,406  
Net proceeds on line of credit facilities           4,400  
Dividends paid to holders of LLC interests     (47,716 )       (18,376 )  
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests     (4,286 )       (5,123 )  
Payment of long-term debt     (203,428 )       (34,570 )  
Debt financing costs paid     (2,815 )       (4 )  
Payment of notes and capital lease obligations     (622 )       (107 )  
Net cash used in financing activities     (67,725 )       (40,374 )  
Net change in cash and cash equivalents     128,011       (2,746 )  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period     22,786       24,563  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period   $ 150,797     $ 21,817  
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
                 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
                 
Accrued purchases of property and equipment   $ 1,742     $ 2,226  
Acquisition of equipment through capital leases   $ 2,624     $  
Issuance of LLC interests to manager for base management fees   $ 13,977     $ 11,002  
Issuance of LLC interests to independent directors   $ 571     $ 450  
Taxes paid   $ 3,734     $ 2,382  
Interest paid   $ 50,863     $ 55,178  

 
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

1. Organization and Description of Business

Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on April 13, 2004. Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, both on an individual entity basis and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is referred to in these financial statements as the “Company” or “MIC”. The Company owns, operates and invests in a diversified group of infrastructure businesses in the United States. Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. is the Company’s manager and is referred to in these financial statements as the Manager. The Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary within the Macquarie Group of companies, which is comprised of Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Macquarie Group Limited is headquartered in Australia and is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

MIC LLC is a non-operating holding company with a Board of Directors and other corporate governance responsibilities generally consistent with those of a Delaware corporation. MIC LLC has made an election to be treated as a corporation for tax purposes.

The Company owns its businesses through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Macquarie Infrastructure Company Inc., or MIC Inc. The Company’s businesses operate predominantly in the United States and consist of the following:

The Energy-Related Businesses:

a 50% interest in a bulk liquid storage terminal business (“International Matex Tank Terminals” or “IMTT”), which provides bulk liquid storage and handling services at ten marine terminals in the United States and two in Canada and is one of the largest participants in this industry in the U.S., based on storage capacity;
a gas processing and distribution business (“Hawaii Gas”), which is a full-service gas energy company, making gas products and services available in Hawaii; and
a 50.01% controlling interest in a district energy business (“District Energy”), which operates among the largest district cooling systems in the U.S., serving various customers in Chicago, Illinois and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Atlantic Aviation  — an airport services business providing products and services, including fuel and aircraft hangaring/parking, to owners and operators of general aviation aircraft at 63 airports in the U.S.

2. Basis of Presentation

The unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The preparation of consolidated condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires estimates and assumptions. Management evaluates these estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Actual results may differ from the estimates and assumptions used in the financial statements and notes. Operating results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2012.

The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2011 has been derived from audited financial statements but does not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. Certain reclassifications were made to the financial statements for the prior period to conform to current period presentation.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

2. Basis of Presentation  – (continued)

The interim financial information contained herein should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2011 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on February 22, 2012.

3. Income per Share

Following is a reconciliation of the basic and diluted number of shares used in computing income per share:

       
  Quarter Ended September 30,   Nine Months Ended September 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic     46,684,627       46,088,783       46,524,980       45,908,258  
Dilutive effect of restricted stock unit grants           20,756       20,923       26,709  
Weighted average number of shares
outstanding: diluted
    46,684,627       46,109,539       46,545,903       45,934,967  

The effect of potentially dilutive shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 is calculated assuming that the 18,208 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on May 31, 2012, which will vest during the second quarter of 2013, the 17,925 restricted stock unit grants on June 2, 2011, which vested during the second quarter of 2012, and the 5,209 restricted stock unit grants on August 12, 2011, which vested during the second quarter of 2012, had been fully converted to shares on those grant dates. The 18,208 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on May 31, 2012 were anti-dilutive for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, due to the Company’s net loss for that period.

The effect of potentially dilutive shares for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 is calculated assuming that the 17,925 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on June 2, 2011, which vested during the second quarter of 2012, and the 5,209 restricted stock unit grants on August 12, 2011, which vested during the second quarter of 2012, had been fully converted to shares on those dates. The effect of potentially dilutive shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 also assumes that the 31,989 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on June 3, 2010, which vested during the second quarter of 2011, had been fully converted to shares on that date.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

4. Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements

Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 consist of the following ($ in thousands):

   
  September 30,
2012
  December 31,
2011
Land   $ 4,618     $ 4,618  
Easements     5,624       5,624  
Buildings     24,989       24,938  
Leasehold and land improvements     332,705       329,710  
Machinery and equipment     372,733       359,455  
Furniture and fixtures     9,931       9,466  
Construction in progress     19,904       12,501  
Property held for future use     1,763       1,626  
       772,267       747,938  
Less: accumulated depreciation     (213,171 )       (186,916 )  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net   $ 559,096     $ 561,022  

5. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 consist of the following ($ in thousands):

   
  September 30,
2012
  December 31,
2011
Contractual arrangements   $ 745,841     $ 748,722  
Non-compete agreements     9,575       9,575  
Customer relationships     79,445       79,445  
Leasehold rights     3,330       3,330  
Trade names     15,671       15,671  
Technology     460       460  
       854,322       857,203  
Less: accumulated amortization     (218,711 )       (195,068 )  
Intangible assets, net   $ 635,611     $ 662,135  

The goodwill balance as of September 30, 2012 is comprised of the following ($ in thousands):

 
Goodwill acquired in business combinations, net of disposals   $ 637,840  
Less: accumulated impairment charges     (123,200 )  
Balance at September 30, 2012   $ 514,640  

During the quarter ended September 30, 2012, the Company reduced goodwill by $1.6 million in connection with the sale of an FBO at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport in Texas. Proceeds of $5.3 million were received and a $1.8 million gain on disposal of assets was recorded in the consolidated condensed statement of operations upon completion of the sale during the quarter ended September 30, 2012.

The Company tests for goodwill impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis on October 1 st of each year and between annual tests if a triggering event indicates impairment. There were no triggering events indicating impairment for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

6. Long-Term Debt

At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company’s consolidated long-term debt consists of the following ($ in thousands):

   
  September 30,
2012
  December 31,
2011
Hawaii Gas   $ 180,000     $ 170,000  
District Energy     170,000       170,000  
Atlantic Aviation     758,303       780,588  
Total     1,108,303       1,120,588  
Less: current portion     (97,577 )       (34,535 )  
Long-term portion   $ 1,010,726     $ 1,086,053  

Under the terms of Atlantic Aviation’s credit facility up to and including the quarter ended September 30, 2012, the business must apply all excess cash flow from the business to prepay additional debt whenever the leverage ratio (debt to adjusted EBITDA as defined under the loan agreement) is equal to or greater than 6.0x to 1.0 for the trailing twelve months and must use 50% of excess cash flow to prepay debt whenever the leverage ratio is equal to or greater than 5.5x to 1.0 and below 6.0x to 1.0. For the quarter ended December 31, 2012 and thereafter, Atlantic Aviation will be applying all excess cash flow generated to prepay the principal balance on its term loan facility regardless of leverage ratio as calculated under the facility.

For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012, Atlantic Aviation used $7.6 million and $23.8 million, respectively, of excess cash flow to prepay $7.5 million and $23.2 million, respectively, of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan and $95,000 and $595,000, respectively, in interest rate swap breakage fees. The Company has classified $86.6 million relating to Atlantic Aviation’s term loan debt in the current portion of long-term debt in the consolidated condensed balance sheet at September 30, 2012, as it expects to repay this amount within one year. On October 16, 2012, Atlantic Aviation used $14.6 million of excess cash flow to prepay the outstanding principal balance of the term debt under this facility.

Atlantic Aviation also has stand-alone debt facilities used to fund construction at its FBOs. At September 30, 2012, the outstanding balances on the stand-alone facilities were $4.4 million. The Company has classified $470,000 relating to the stand-alone debt facilities in the current portion of long-term debt in the consolidated condensed balance sheet at September 30, 2012.

As of September 30, 2012, the Company classified $10.5 million relating to District Energy’s debt in the current portion of long-term debt in the consolidated condensed balance sheet at September 30, 2012, as it expects to repay this amount within one year. Under the terms of District Energy’s credit facility, the business must apply all excess cash flow from the business to prepay additional debt starting with the quarter ended September 30, 2012 and thereafter, to repay its debt facilities through maturity in September 2014. On October 15, 2012, the business paid $5.6 million to its lenders.

On August 8, 2012, the Company completed the refinancing of Hawaii Gas’s long-term debt facilities. Hawaii Gas used the proceeds to refinance all of its debt and to put in place financing that will partially fund future growth initiatives. Hawaii Gas issued $100.0 million of 10-year, non-amortizing senior secured notes. The notes bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.22%. Hawaii Gas also entered into a $80.0 million, 5-year, non-amortizing senior secured term loan agreement. The interest rate floats at LIBOR + 2.25%. The floating rate has effectively been fixed for 4 years at 2.89% using an interest rate swap. The proceeds of the senior secured notes and the term loan were used to repay the entire $180.0 million of debt comprised of two existing 5-year term loans and a revolving credit facility. Those facilities would have matured in June of 2013.

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On October 5, 2012, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, or HPUC, approved the closing of Hawaii Gas’ $60.0 million, 5-year senior secured revolving credit facility that is expected to be available to partially fund capital expenditures and general corporate needs. This facility bears interest at LIBOR + 1.50%.

All of the new debt is secured by the assets of Hawaii Gas and its subsidiaries.

7. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company and its businesses have in place variable-rate debt. Management believes that it is prudent to limit the variability of a portion of the business’ interest payments. To meet this objective, the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to manage fluctuations in cash flows resulting from interest rate risk on a majority of its debt with a variable-rate component. These swaps change the variable-rate cash flow exposure on the debt obligations to fixed cash flows. Under the terms of the interest rate swaps, the Company receives variable interest rate payments and makes fixed interest rate payments, thereby creating the equivalent of fixed-rate debt for the portion of the debt that is swapped.

At September 30, 2012, the Company had $1.1 billion of current and long-term debt, $933.9 million of which was economically hedged with interest rate swaps and $174.4 million of which was unhedged.

Effective February 25, 2009 for Atlantic Aviation and effective April 1, 2009 for the Company’s other businesses, the Company elected to discontinue hedge accounting. In prior periods, when the Company applied hedge accounting, changes in the fair value of derivatives that effectively offset the variability of cash flows on the Company’s debt interest obligations were recorded in other comprehensive income or loss. From the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued, all movements in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are recorded directly through earnings. As interest payments are made, a portion of the other comprehensive loss recorded under hedge accounting is also reclassified into earnings. The Company will reclassify into earnings $1.8 million of net derivative losses, included in accumulated other comprehensive loss as of September 30, 2012, over the remaining life of the existing interest rate swaps, of which approximately $1.2 million will be reclassified over the next 12 months.

Excess cash flow generated at District Energy must be applied towards the principal balance of the term loan during the last two years before maturity. District Energy will record additional reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense when the business pays down its debt more quickly than anticipated.

On October 16, 2012, Atlantic Aviation’s interest rate swap expired on its existing credit facility. During the third quarter of 2012, Atlantic Aviation entered into an interest rate cap for $550.0 million notional effective October 16, 2012. This expires on October 15, 2014 and will effectively cap LIBOR for this facility at 2.25%.

As discussed in Note 6, “Long-Term Debt”, on August 8, 2012, the Company completed the refinancing of Hawaii Gas’s long-term debt facilities. Hawaii Gas used the proceeds to refinance all of its existing debt. In addition, Hawaii Gas paid off the outstanding balance on its interest rate swaps totaling $8.7 million. Hawaii Gas also reclassified the remaining derivative losses of $2.0 million, net of taxes, into earnings from accumulated other comprehensive losses.

As part of the refinancing, Hawaii Gas entered into an $80.0 million, 5-year, non-amortizing senior secured term loan agreement. The interest rate on the term loan floats at LIBOR + 2.25%. Effective August 8, 2012, Hawaii Gas entered into an interest rate swap for $80.0 million notional that expires on August 8, 2016. This interest rate swap effectively fixes the interest rate on the term loan at 2.89%.

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changed the interest rate index on each business’ existing swap contracts from the 90-day LIBOR rate to the 30-day LIBOR rate plus a margin of 10 basis points for Atlantic Aviation and 9 basis points for District Energy. This transaction is expected to result in approximately $280,000 lower interest expense for these businesses for the year ended December 31, 2012 and approximately $65,000 lower interest expense for District Energy for the six months ended June 30, 2013.

The Company measures derivative instruments at fair value using the income approach which discounts the future net cash settlements expected under the derivative contracts to a present value. These valuations utilize primarily observable (“level 2”) inputs, including contractual terms, interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals.

The Company’s fair value measurements of its derivative instruments and the related location of the liabilities associated with the hedging instruments within the consolidated condensed balance sheets at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows ($ in thousands):

   
  Assets (Liabilities) at Fair Value (1)
     Interest Rate
Contracts Not Designated
as Hedging Instruments
Balance Sheet Location   September 30, 2012   December 31,
2011
Fair value of derivative instruments – current assets (2)   $ 1     $  
Fair value of derivative instruments – non-current assets (2)     183        
Total interest rate derivative contracts – assets (2)   $ 184     $  
Fair value of derivative instruments – current liabilities (3)   $ (9,216 )     $ (39,339 )  
Fair value of derivative instruments – non-current liabilities (3)     (7,280 )       (15,576 )  
Total interest rate derivative contracts – liabilities (3)   $ (16,496 )     $ (54,915 )  

(1) Fair value measurements at reporting date were made using significant other observable inputs (“level 2”).
(2) Derivative contracts classified as assets represent interest rate caps.
(3) Derivative contracts classified as liabilities represent interest rate swaps.

The Company’s hedging activities for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and the related location within the consolidated condensed statement of operations were as follows ($ in thousands):

       
  Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
     Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized
in Interest Expense for the
Quarter Ended September 30,
  Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized
in Interest Expense for the
Nine Months Ended September 30,
Financial Statement Account   2012 (1)   2011 (2)   2012 (1)   2011 (2)
Interest expense – Interest rate cap   $ (164 )     $     $ (164 )     $  
Interest expense – Interest rate swaps     (9,204 )       (8,696 )       (20,088 )       (31,205 )  
Total   $ (9,368 )     $ (8,696 )     $ (20,252 )     $ (31,205 )  

(1) Net loss recognized in interest expense for the interest rate swap contracts for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 includes $6.1 million and $14.6 million, respectively, of derivative losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss and $3.1 million and $5.5 million,

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respectively, of unrealized derivative losses. Net loss recognized in interest expense for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 also includes $164,000 of unrealized derivative losses from an interest rate cap contract.
(2) Net loss recognized in interest expense for the interest rate swap contracts for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011 includes $5.2 million and $17.3 million, respectively, of derivative losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss and $3.5 million and $13.9 million, respectively, of unrealized derivative losses.

All of the Company’s derivative instruments are collateralized by all of the assets of the respective businesses.

8. Members’ Equity

The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 LLC interests. Each outstanding LLC interest of the Company is entitled to one vote on any matter with respect to which holders of LLC interests are entitled to vote.

9. Reportable Segments

The Company’s operations are broadly classified into the energy-related businesses and an aviation-related business, Atlantic Aviation. The energy-related businesses consist of two reportable segments: Hawaii Gas and District Energy. The energy related businesses also include a 50% investment in IMTT, which is accounted for under the equity method. Financial information for IMTT’s business as a whole is presented below ($ in thousands) (unaudited):

       
  As of, and for the Quarter Ended
September 30,
  As of, and for the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Revenue   $ 118,601     $ 114,569     $ 350,368     $ 332,350  
Net income   $ 16,384     $ 7,277     $ 53,809     $ 35,300  
Interest expense, net     10,533       24,319       28,914       45,313  
Provision for income taxes     11,631       5,537       37,867       24,984  
Depreciation and amortization     16,992       16,052       51,016       48,087  
Other non-cash expense (income)     369       (102 )       647       (156 )  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items (1)   $ 55,909     $ 53,083     $ 172,253     $ 153,528  
Capital expenditures paid   $ 36,720     $ 22,958     $ 95,406     $ 77,682  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net     1,159,773       1,073,007       1,159,773       1,073,007  
Total assets balance     1,247,984       1,223,645       1,247,984       1,223,645  

(1) EBITDA consists of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Non-cash items that are excluded consist of impairments, derivative gains and losses and all other non-cash income and expense items.

All of the business segments are managed separately and management has chosen to organize the Company around the distinct products and services offered.

Energy-Related Businesses

IMTT provides bulk liquid storage and handling services in North America through ten terminals located on the East, West and Gulf Coasts, the Great Lakes region of the United States and partially owned terminals in Quebec and Newfoundland, Canada. IMTT derives the majority of its revenue from storage and handling of

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petroleum products, various chemicals, renewable fuels, and vegetable and animal oils. Based on storage capacity, IMTT operates one of the largest third-party bulk liquid storage terminal businesses in the United States.

The revenue from Hawaii Gas segment is included in revenue from product sales. Revenue is generated from the distribution and sales of synthetic natural gas, or SNG, and liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG. Revenue is primarily a function of the volume of SNG and LPG consumed by customers and the price per thermal unit or gallon charged to customers. Because both SNG and LPG are derived from petroleum, revenue levels, without organic growth, will generally track global oil prices. The utility revenue of Hawaii Gas reflects fuel adjustment charges, or FACs, through which changes in fuel costs are passed through to customers.

The revenue from the District Energy segment is included in service revenue and financing and equipment lease income. Included in service revenue is capacity revenue, which relates to monthly fixed contract charges, and consumption revenue, which relates to contractual rates applied to actual usage. Financing and equipment lease income relates to direct financing lease transactions and equipment leases to the business’ various customers. Finance lease revenue, recorded on the consolidated condensed statement of operations, is the interest portion of lease payments received from equipment leases with various customers primarily in Las Vegas. The principal portion of the cash receipts on these equipment leases are recorded in the operating activities of the consolidated condensed cash flow statements. District Energy provides its services to buildings primarily in the downtown Chicago, Illinois area and to a casino and a shopping mall located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Atlantic Aviation

The Atlantic Aviation business segment derives the majority of its revenues from fuel sales and from other airport services, including de-icing, aircraft hangarage and other aviation services. All of the revenue of Atlantic Aviation is generated at airports in the U.S., of which there were 63 at September 30, 2012.

Selected information by segment is presented in the following tables. The tables do not include financial data for the Company’s equity investment in IMTT.

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Revenue from external customers for the Company’s consolidated reportable segments was as follows ($ in thousands) (unaudited):

       
  Quarter Ended September 30, 2012
     Energy-related Businesses    
     Hawaii
Gas
  District Energy   Atlantic Aviation   Total Reportable Segments
Revenue from Product Sales
                                   
Product sales   $ 26,894     $     $ 139,491     $ 166,385  
Product sales – utility     35,535                   35,535  
       62,429             139,491       201,920  
Service Revenue
                                   
Other services           702       39,409       40,111  
Cooling capacity revenue           5,613             5,613  
Cooling consumption revenue           10,490             10,490  
             16,805       39,409       56,214  
Financing and Lease Income
                                   
Financing and equipment lease           1,119             1,119  
             1,119             1,119  
Total Revenue   $ 62,429     $ 17,924     $ 178,900     $ 259,253  

       
  Quarter Ended September 30, 2011
     Energy-related Businesses    
     Hawaii Gas   District Energy   Atlantic Aviation   Total Reportable Segments
Revenue from Product Sales
                                   
Product sales   $ 28,056     $     $ 131,778     $ 159,834  
Product sales – utility     35,088                   35,088  
       63,144             131,778       194,922  
Service Revenue
                                   
Other services           688       38,118       38,806  
Cooling capacity revenue           5,523             5,523  
Cooling consumption revenue           11,091                11,091  
             17,302       38,118       55,420  
Financing and Lease Income
                                   
Financing and equipment lease           1,236             1,236  
             1,236             1,236  
Total Revenue   $ 63,144     $ 18,538     $ 169,896     $ 251,578  

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  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
     Energy-related Businesses    
     Hawaii
Gas
  District Energy   Atlantic Aviation   Total Reportable Segments
Revenue from Product Sales
                                   
Product sales   $ 88,271     $     $ 420,197     $ 508,468  
Product sales – utility     110,656                   110,656  
       198,927             420,197       619,124  
Service Revenue
                                   
Other services           2,023       120,502       122,525  
Cooling capacity revenue           16,675             16,675  
Cooling consumption revenue           20,853             20,853  
             39,551       120,502       160,053  
Financing and Lease Income
                                   
Financing and equipment lease           3,448             3,448  
             3,448             3,448  
Total Revenue   $ 198,927     $ 42,999     $ 540,699     $ 782,625  

       
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
     Energy-related Businesses    
     Hawaii
Gas
  District Energy   Atlantic Aviation   Total Reportable Segments
Revenue from Product Sales
                                   
Product sales   $ 82,342     $     $ 392,138     $ 474,480  
Product sales – utility     105,782                   105,782  
       188,124             392,138       580,262  
Service Revenue
                                   
Other services           2,281       116,582       118,863  
Cooling capacity revenue           16,282             16,282  
Cooling consumption revenue           19,445             19,445  
             38,008       116,582       154,590  
Financing and Lease Income
                                   
Financing and equipment lease           3,784             3,784  
             3,784             3,784  
Total Revenue   $ 188,124     $ 41,792     $ 508,720     $ 738,636  

In accordance with FASB ASC 280 Segment Reporting, the Company has disclosed earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items as a key performance metric relied on by management in the evaluation of the Company’s performance. Non-cash items include impairments, derivative gains and losses and adjustments for other non-cash items reflected in the statements of operations. The Company believes EBITDA excluding non-cash items provides additional insight into the performance of the operating businesses relative to each other and similar businesses without regard to their capital structure, and their ability to service or reduce debt, fund capital expenditures and/or support distributions to the holding company. EBITDA excluding non-cash items is reconciled to net income or loss.

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EBITDA excluding non-cash items for the Company’s consolidated reportable segments is shown in the tables below ($ in thousands) (unaudited). Allocations of corporate expenses, intercompany fees and the tax effect have been excluded as they are eliminated on consolidation.

       
  Quarter Ended September 30, 2012
     Energy-related Businesses    
     Hawaii
Gas
  District Energy   Atlantic Aviation   Total Reportable Segments
Net income   $ 2,472     $ 2,226     $ 7,784     $ 12,482  
Interest expense, net     5,695       2,065       7,381       15,141  
Provision for income taxes     1,631       1,560       6,531       9,722  
Depreciation     1,759       1,685       5,837       9,281  
Amortization of intangibles     206       345       8,249       8,800  
Gain on disposal of assets                 (1,850 )       (1,850 )  
Other non-cash expense (income)     869       156       (39 )       986  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 12,632     $ 8,037     $ 33,893     $ 54,562  

       
  Quarter Ended September 30, 2011
     Energy-related Businesses    
     Hawaii
Gas
  District Energy   Atlantic Aviation (1)   Total Reportable Segments
Net income   $ 4,389     $ 1,234     $ 5,033     $ 10,656  
Interest expense, net     2,415       4,566       7,655       14,636  
Provision for income taxes     2,689       865       3,396       6,950  
Depreciation     1,638       1,664       8,434       11,736  
Amortization of intangibles     205       345       8,087       8,637  
Gain on disposal of assets                 (204 )       (204 )  
Other non-cash expense     736       313       207       1,256  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 12,072     $ 8,987     $ 32,608     $ 53,667  

(1) Atlantic Aviation consolidated two FBOs it operated at one airport. Atlantic Aviation has vacated a portion of its leased premises and recorded non-cash write-offs of $2.9 million primarily associated with leasehold improvements in depreciation expense in the consolidated condensed statement of operations.

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  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
     Energy-related Businesses    
     Hawaii
Gas
  District Energy   Atlantic Aviation   Total Reportable Segments
Net income   $ 14,338     $ 3,098     $ 20,426     $ 37,862  
Interest expense, net     9,102       6,521       23,448       39,071  
Provision for income taxes     9,343       2,171       15,815       27,329  
Depreciation     5,191       5,036       17,513       27,740  
Amortization of intangibles     617       1,027       24,248       25,892  
Gain on disposal of assets                 (1,803 )       (1,803 )  
Other non-cash expense (income)     2,671       425       (268 )       2,828  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 41,262     $ 18,278     $ 99,379     $ 158,919  

       
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
     Energy-related Businesses    
     Hawaii
Gas
  District Energy   Atlantic Aviation (1)   Total Reportable Segments
Net income (loss)   $ 12,092     $ (188 )     $ 6,278     $ 18,182  
Interest expense, net     7,912       11,750       29,209       48,871  
Provision (benefit) for income taxes     7,901       (132 )       4,236       12,005  
Depreciation     4,801       4,969       21,104       30,874  
Amortization of intangibles     617       1,023       31,760       33,400  
Loss on disposal of assets                 949       949  
Other non-cash expense     1,918       651       310       2,879  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 35,241     $ 18,073     $ 93,846     $ 147,160  

(1) Includes non-cash impairment charges of $8.7 million recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, consisting of $7.3 million related to intangible assets (in amortization of intangibles) and $1.4 million related to property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements (in depreciation). In addition, during the quarter ended September 2011, Atlantic Aviation consolidated two FBOs it operated at one airport. Atlantic Aviation has vacated a portion of its leased premises and recorded non-cash write-offs of $2.9 million primarily associated with leasehold improvements in depreciation expense in the consolidated condensed statement of operations.

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Reconciliation of total reportable segments’ EBITDA excluding non-cash items to consolidated net (loss) income before income taxes are as follows ($ in thousands) (unaudited):

       
  Quarter Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended September 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Total reportable segments EBITDA excluding
                                   
non-cash items   $ 54,562     $ 53,667     $ 158,919     $ 147,160  
Interest income     110       3       116       104  
Interest expense     (15,144 )       (14,638 )       (39,076 )       (48,973 )  
Depreciation (1)     (9,281 )       (11,736 )       (27,740 )       (30,874 )  
Amortization of intangibles (2)     (8,800 )       (8,637 )       (25,892 )       (33,400 )  
Gain (loss) on disposal of assets     1,850       204       1,803       (949 )  
Selling, general and administrative – corporate     (2,005 )       (2,098 )       (9,221 )       (5,459 )  
Fees to manager     (29,353 )       (3,465 )       (39,108 )       (11,253 )  
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees     6,989       2,436       23,295       14,068  
Other expense, net     (807 )       (1,095 )       (2,281 )       (2,342 )  
Total consolidated net (loss) income before income taxes   $ (1,879 )     $ 14,641     $ 40,815     $ 28,082  

(1) Depreciation includes depreciation expense for District Energy, which is reported in cost of services in the consolidated condensed statement of operations. Depreciation also includes non-cash impairment charge of $1.4 million for nine months ended September 30, 2011 recorded by Atlantic Aviation. In addition, during the quarter ended September 2011, Atlantic Aviation consolidated two FBOs it operated at one airport. Atlantic Aviation has vacated a portion of its leased premises and recorded non-cash write-offs of $2.9 million primarily associated with leasehold improvements in depreciation expense in the consolidated condensed statement of operations.
(2) Includes non-cash impairment charges of $7.3 million for contractual arrangements recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 at Atlantic Aviation.

Capital expenditures for the Company’s reportable segments were as follows ($ in thousands) (unaudited):

       
  Quarter Ended September 30,   Nine Months Ended September 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Hawaii Gas   $ 3,816     $ 3,175     $ 11,371     $ 10,987  
District Energy     645       428       1,092       1,405  
Atlantic Aviation     5,649       4,306       12,980       11,104  
Total   $ 10,110     $ 7,909     $ 25,443     $ 23,496  

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Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, goodwill and total assets for the Company’s reportable segments as of September 30 th were as follows ($ in thousands) (unaudited):

           
  Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements   Goodwill   Total Assets
     2012   2011   2012   2011   2012   2011
Hawaii Gas   $ 164,088     $ 155,076     $ 120,193     $ 120,193     $ 375,911     $ 370,140  
District Energy     137,880       142,931       18,647       18,646       215,141       225,506  
Atlantic Aviation     257,128       258,907       375,800       377,255       1,356,770       1,373,293  
Total   $ 559,096     $ 556,914     $ 514,640     $ 516,094     $ 1,947,822     $ 1,968,939  

Reconciliation of reportable segments’ total assets to consolidated total assets ($ in thousands) (unaudited):

   
  As of September 30,
     2012   2011
Total assets of reportable segments   $ 1,947,822     $ 1,968,939  
Investment in IMTT     125,299       229,679  
Corporate and other     89,770       (26,773 )  
Total consolidated assets   $ 2,162,891     $ 2,171,845  

10. Related Party Transactions

Management Services Agreement with Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (the Manager)

As of September 30, 2012, the Manager held 4,785,861 LLC interests of the Company, which were acquired concurrently with the closing of the initial public offering in December 2004 and by reinvesting base management and performance fees in the Company’s LLC interests. In addition, the Macquarie Group held LLC interests acquired in open market purchases.

Since January 1, 2012, the Company paid the Manager cash dividends for LLC interests held for the following periods:

         
Declared   Period Covered   $ per LLC Interest   Record Date   Payable Date   Amount
Paid to
Manager
(in thousands)
October 29, 2012     Third quarter 2012     $ 0.6875       November 12, 2012       November 15, 2012     $    (1)     
July 30, 2012     Second quarter 2012     $ 0.625       August 13, 2012       August 16, 2012     $ 2,920  
April 30, 2012     First quarter 2012     $ 0.20       May 14, 2012       May 17, 2012     $ 905  
February 1, 2012     Fourth quarter 2011     $ 0.20       March 5, 2012       March 8, 2012     $ 878  

(1) The amount of dividend payable to the Manager for the third quarter of 2012 will be determined on November 12, 2012, the record date.

The Company has a management services agreement, or Management Agreement, with the Manager pursuant to which the Manager manages the Company’s day-to-day operations and oversees the management teams of the Company’s operating businesses. In addition, the Manager has the right to appoint the Chairman of the Board of the Company and an alternate, subject to minimum equity ownership, and to assign, or second, to the Company, on a full-time basis, employees to assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and second or make other personnel available as required.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

10. Related Party Transactions  – (continued)

In accordance with the Management Agreement, the Manager is entitled to a quarterly base management fee based primarily on the Company’s market capitalization, and a performance fee, based on the performance of the Company’s stock relative to a U.S. utilities index. For the quarter ended September 30, 2012, the Company recorded a performance fee payable of $23.5 million to the Manager. The Manager elected to reinvest this performance fee in additional LLC interests. LLC interests for the third quarter of 2012 performance fee will be issued to the Manager during the fourth quarter of 2012. The unpaid portion of the performance fee at the end of each reporting period is included in due to manager-related party in the consolidated condensed balance sheets. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Manager did not earn a performance fee.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company incurred base management fees of $15.6 million and $11.3 million, respectively. The unpaid portion of the base management fees at the end of each reporting period is included in due to manager-related party in the consolidated condensed balance sheets. The following table shows the Manager’s election to reinvest its quarterly base management fees and performance fees, if any, in additional LLC interests:

       
Period   Base Management Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  Performance
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  LLC Interests
Issued
  Issue Date
2012 Activities:
                                   
Third quarter 2012   $ 5,844     $ 23,509       (1)       (1)  
Second quarter 2012     4,760             113,847       August 30, 2012  
First quarter 2012     4,995             147,682       May 31, 2012  
2011 Activities:
                                   
Fourth quarter 2011   $ 4,222     $       135,987       March 20, 2012  
Third quarter 2011     3,465             130,344       November 30, 2011  
Second quarter 2011     4,156             179,623       August 31, 2011  
First quarter 2011     3,632             144,742       June 6, 2011  

(1) LLC interests for the third quarter of 2012 base management fee and performance fee will be issued to our Manager during the fourth quarter of 2012.

The Manager is not entitled to any other compensation and all costs incurred by the Manager, including compensation of seconded staff, are paid by the Manager out of its base management fee. However, the Company is responsible for other direct costs including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in the administration or management of the Company and its subsidiaries and investments, income taxes, audit and legal fees, acquisitions and dispositions and its compliance with applicable laws and regulations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Manager charged the Company $345,000 and $208,000 respectively, for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. The unpaid portion of the out-of-pocket expenses at the end of the reporting period is included in due to manager-related party in the consolidated condensed balance sheets.

Advisory and Other Services from the Macquarie Group

The Macquarie Group, and wholly-owned subsidiaries within the Macquarie Group, including Macquarie Bank Limited, or MBL, and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., or MCUSA, have provided various advisory and other services and incurred expenses in connection with the Company’s equity raising activities, acquisitions and debt structuring for the Company and its businesses. Underwriting fees are recorded in members’ equity as a direct cost of equity offerings. Advisory fees and out-of-pocket expenses relating to acquisitions are expensed as incurred. Debt arranging fees are deferred and amortized over the term of the credit facility.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

10. Related Party Transactions  – (continued)

During 2012, MIC engaged MCUSA as a Joint Bookrunner and Lead Placement Agent on the refinancing of a portion of Hawaii Gas’s long-term debt facilities. As discussed in Note 6, “Long-Term Debt”, on August 8, 2012, Hawaii Gas issued $100.0 million of 10-year, non-amortizing senior secured notes in connection with this engagement. During the quarter ended September 30, 2012, MIC incurred and paid $100,000 in fees to MCUSA relating to the services provided.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company has derivative instruments in place to fix the interest rate on certain outstanding variable-rate term loan facilities. Prior to September 30, 2012, MBL provided interest rate swaps for Hawaii Gas. As discussed in Note 7, “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, on August 8, 2012, the Company completed the refinancing of Hawaii Gas’s long-term debt facilities. At the same time, Hawaii Gas paid off the outstanding balance on its interest rate swaps totaling $8.7 million, of which $2.6 million was paid to MBL.

Prior to the refinancing of Hawaii Gas’ debt, the business had $160.0 million of its term loans hedged, of which MBL was providing the interest rate swaps for a notional amount of $48.0 million. The remainder of the swaps were from an unrelated third party. During 2012, up to the date of refinancing discussed above, Hawaii Gas made payments to MBL of $1.0 million in relation to these swaps.

Other Transactions

Macquarie, through the Macquarie Insurance Facility (MIF), has an aggregated insurance buying program. By combining the insurance premiums of Macquarie owned and managed funds, MIF has been able to deliver very competitive terms to businesses that participate in the facility. MIF earns a commission from the insurers. In February of 2012, the Company purchased its Directors and Officers liability insurance utilizing several of the MIF insurers. No payments were made to MIF by the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 for Directors and Officers liability insurance.

Atlantic Aviation, Hawaii Gas, and District Energy purchase and renew property and casualty insurance coverage on an ongoing basis from insurance underwriters who then pay commissions to MIF. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, no payments were made directly to MIF for property and casualty insurance.

Macquarie Energy North America Trading Inc., or MENAT, an indirect subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited, entered into an agreement with IMTT to rent a 147,000 barrel tank for one month during the quarter ended September 30, 2012. IMTT recorded revenue from MENAT of $151,000 for this transaction. As of September 30, 2012, IMTT had a receivable balance of $122,000.

Atlantic Aviation entered into a copiers lease agreement with Macquarie Equipment Finance, or MEF, an indirect subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, Atlantic Aviation incurred $17,000 in lease expense on these copiers. As of September 30, 2012, Atlantic Aviation had prepaid the October of 2012 monthly payment to MEF for $2,000, which is included in prepaid expenses in the consolidated condensed balance sheet.

Hawaii Gas entered into licensing agreements with Utility Service Partners, Inc. and America’s Water Heater Rentals, LLC, both indirect subsidiaries of Macquarie Group Limited, to enable these entities to offer products and services to Hawaii Gas’s customer base. No payments were made under these arrangements during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

In 2008, Macquarie Global Opportunities Partners, or MGOP, a private equity fund managed by the Macquarie Group, acquired Sentient Flight Group (“Sentient”), a jet membership, retail charter and fuel management business. Sentient was an existing customer of Atlantic Aviation. On May 31, 2012, MGOP sold

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

10. Related Party Transactions  – (continued)

its interest in Sentient to a third party. For the five months ended May 31, 2012, Atlantic Aviation recorded $9.3 million in revenue from Sentient. As of September 30, 2012, Atlantic Aviation had no receivables from Sentient.

In addition, the Company and several of its subsidiaries have entered into a licensing agreement with the Macquarie Group related to the use of the Macquarie name and trademark. The Macquarie Group does not charge the Company any fees for this license.

11. Income Taxes

The Company expects to incur federal consolidated taxable income for the year ending December 31, 2012, which will be fully offset by the Company’s federal NOL carryforwards. The Company believes that it will be able to utilize the federal and certain state consolidated prior year NOLs. Accordingly, the Company has not provided a valuation allowance against any deferred tax assets generated in 2012, except for approximately $1.8 million for certain state NOLs. Two of the Company’s businesses, IMTT and District Energy, are less than 80% owned by the Company and those businesses file separate federal consolidated income tax returns.

Uncertain Tax Positions

At September 30, 2012, the Company and its subsidiaries had a reserve of approximately $454,000 for benefits taken during 2012 and prior tax periods attributable to tax positions for which the probability of recognition is considered to be less than more likely than not. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company recorded an increase of $54,000 in the reserve and does not expect a material change in the reserve during the year ended December 31, 2012.

12. Legal Proceedings and Contingencies

The subsidiaries of MIC Inc. are subject to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, the Company has adequate legal defenses and/or insurance coverage with respect to the eventuality of such actions, and does not believe the outcome of any pending legal proceedings will be material to the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Arbitration Proceeding Between MIC and Co-investor in IMTT

On April 18, 2011, MIC initiated formal arbitration proceedings with the Voting Trust of IMTT Holdings Inc. (“Voting Trust”) and IMTT Holdings Inc. under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association, as provided under the Shareholders’ Agreement, with respect to a dispute with the co-owner of IMTT regarding distributions. IMTT was named as a respondent because under the Shareholders’ Agreement it is responsible for any monetary damages resulting from a breach of the Shareholders’ Agreement by the Voting Trust. On March 29, 2012, the arbitration proceeding concluded with an award in MIC’s favor. The arbitration panel directed IMTT to pay a distribution in the amount of $221.2 million ($110.6 million to each of MIC and its co-investor) as the total distribution through December 31, 2011. The arbitration panel also denied all of the Voting Trust’s counterclaims and directed the parties to comply with certain corporate governance recommendations, including, among others, the retention of independent counsel to advise the Board of Directors of IMTT with respect to the rights, duties and obligations of its members under Delaware law. On May 25, 2012, the Delaware Court of Chancery entered a judgment confirming the arbitration award in all respects, following which, in June of 2012, MIC received $110.6 million from IMTT in payment of a distribution.

Except as noted above, there are no material legal proceedings other than as disclosed in Part I, Item 3 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2012.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

13. Subsequent Events

Dividend

On October 29, 2012, the board of directors declared a distribution of $0.6875 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, which is expected to be paid on November 15, 2012 to holders of record on November 12, 2012

IMTT Third Quarter of 2012 Distribution

Distributions calculated in accordance with the Shareholders’ Agreement between MIC and its co-investor in IMTT (“Voting Trust”) for the third quarter of 2012 were $30.4 million ($15.2 million per shareholder). On October 25, 2012, the Board of IMTT unanimously declared a distribution of this amount. The third quarter of 2012 distribution is expected to be paid on October 31, 2012.

IMTT First and Second Quarter 2012 Distributions

Distributions calculated by the Company in accordance with the Shareholders’ Agreement between MIC and the Voting Trust for the first and second quarters of 2012 were $45.3 million ($22.6 million per shareholder) and $55.3 million ($27.7 million per shareholder), respectively. In July of 2012, the IMTT Board unanimously approved the payment of distributions in the amounts of $17.8 million ($8.9 million per shareholder) and $18.7 million ($9.3 million per shareholder) for the first and second quarters of 2012, respectively. The first quarter distribution was paid in July of 2012 and the second quarter distribution was paid in August of 2012.

On October 1, 2012, the IMTT Board unanimously agreed to pay supplemental distributions in the amounts of $27.5 million ($13.7 million per shareholder) and $36.6 million ($18.3 million per shareholder) for the first and second quarters of 2012, respectively, which were paid on October 5, 2012.

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PART II
 
OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Except as described below, there are no material legal proceedings, other than as previously disclosed in Part I, Item 3 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2012.

Arbitration Proceeding Between MIC and Co-Investor in IMTT

On April 18, 2011, MIC initiated formal arbitration proceedings with the Voting Trust of IMTT Holdings Inc. (“Voting Trust”) and IMTT Holdings Inc. under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association, as provided under the Shareholders’ Agreement, with respect to a dispute with the co-owner of IMTT regarding distributions. IMTT was named as a respondent because under the Shareholders’ Agreement it is responsible for any monetary damages resulting from a breach of the Shareholders’ Agreement by the Voting Trust. On March 29, 2012, the arbitration proceeding concluded with an award in MIC’s favor. The arbitration panel directed IMTT to pay a distribution in the amount of $221.2 million ($110.6 million to each of MIC and its co-investor) as the total distribution through December 31, 2011. The arbitration panel also denied all of the Voting Trust’s counterclaims and directed the parties to comply with certain corporate governance recommendations, including, among others, the retention of independent counsel to advise the Board of Directors of IMTT with respect to the rights, duties and obligations of its members under Delaware law. On May 25, 2012, the Delaware Court of Chancery entered a judgment confirming the arbitration award in all respects, following which, in June of 2012, MIC received $110.6 million from IMTT in payment of a distribution.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth under Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2012. Certain information in the risk factor entitled “ We share ownership and voting control of IMTT with a third party co-investor. A representative and beneficiary of that co-investor is currently the CEO of IMTT. Our ability to exercise significant influence over the business or level of distributions from IMTT is limited, and we have been, and we may continue to be negatively impacted by disagreements with our co-investor regarding IMTT’s business and operations ” has been updated by the information in Note 13, “Subsequent Events”, of the Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Part I above, and in “Legal Proceedings” in Part II, Item 1 above, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

An exhibit index has been filed as part of this Report on page E- 1 .

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SIGNATURES

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

 
  MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY LLC
Dated: October 31, 2012  

By:

/s/ James Hooke

Name: James Hooke
Title: Chief Executive Officer

Dated: October 31, 2012  

By:

/s/ Todd Weintraub

Name: Todd Weintraub
Title: Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Exhibit Number   Description
3.1   Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 22, 2007)
3.2   Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Macquarie Infrastructure Assets LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-116244))
10.1*   Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2012, among The Gas Company, LLC and the purchasers named therein, with respect to the issuance of 4.22% Senior Secured Notes due 2022
10.2*   Credit Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2012, by and among HGC Holdings LLC, as Borrower, the lenders named therein, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
10.3*   Credit Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2012, by and among The Gas Company, LLC, as Borrower, the lenders named therein, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
31.1*   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
31.2*   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer
32.1**   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
32.2**   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
101.0***   The following materials from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, filed on October 31, 2012, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2012 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2011, (ii) the Consolidated Condensed Statement of Operations for the Quarters and Nine months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited), (iii) the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Quarters and Nine months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited), (iv) the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited) and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited).

* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
*** Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

E-1


 

Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

   

The Gas Company, LLC

 

$100,000,000

 

4.22% Senior Secured Notes due August 8, 2022

 

 

 

Note Purchase Agreement

 

 

 

Dated as of August 8, 2012

 

 

 
 

 

Table of Contents

 

Section Heading Page
         
Section 1 Authorization of Notes 1
     
Section 2 Sale and Purchase of Notes; Guaranty Agreement; Security 1
         
  Section 2.1 Notes 1
       
  Section 2.2 MHGCI Guaranty Agreement 1
       
  Section 2.3 Security for the Notes 2
         
Section 3 Closing 2
     
Section 4 Conditions to Closing 2
         
  Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties 2
       
  Section 4.2 Performance; No Default 3
       
  Section 4.3 Compliance Certificates 3
       
  Section 4.4 MHGCI Guaranty Agreement 3
       
  Section 4.5 Security Documents 3
       
  Section 4.6 Intercreditor Agreement 5
       
  Section 4.7 Opinions of Counsel 5
       
  Section 4.8 Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc 5
       
  Section 4.9 Sale of Other Notes 5
       
  Section 4.10 Payment of Special Counsel Fees 5
       
  Section 4.11 Private Placement Number 6
       
  Section 4.12 Approvals and Consents 6
       
  Section 4.13 Changes in Corporate Structure 6
       
  Section 4.14 Funding Instructions 6
       
  Section 4.15 Proceedings and Documents 6
         
Section 5 Representations and Warranties of the Company 6
         
  Section 5.1 Organization; Power and Authority 6
       
  Section 5.2 Authorization, Etc 7
       
  Section 5.3 Disclosure 7
       
  Section 5.4 Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates 8
       
  Section 5.5 Financial Statements; Material Liabilities 8
       
  Section 5.6 Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc 9

 

 
 

 

  Section 5.7 Governmental Authorizations, Etc 9
       
  Section 5.8 Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders 9
       
  Section 5.9 Taxes 10
       
  Section 5.10 Title to Property; Leases 10
       
  Section 5.11 Licenses, Permits, Etc 10
       
  Section 5.12 Compliance with ERISA 11
       
  Section 5.13 Private Offering by the Company 12
       
  Section 5.14 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations 12
       
  Section 5.15 Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens 12
       
  Section 5.16 Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc 13
       
  Section 5.17 Status under Certain Statutes 13
       
  Section 5.18 Environmental Matters 14
       
  Section 5.19 Security Documents 14
       
  Section 5.20 Notes Rank Pari Passu 14
       
  Section 5.21 Solvency 15
         
Section 6 Representations of the Purchasers 15
         
  Section 6.1 Purchase for Investment 15
       
  Section 6.2 Source of Funds 15
         
Section 7 Information as to Company 17
         
  Section 7.1 Financial and Business Information 17
       
  Section 7.2 Officer’s Certificate 19
       
  Section 7.3 Visitation 20
         
Section 8 Payment and Prepayment of the Notes 20
         
  Section 8.1 Maturity 20
       
  Section 8.2 Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount 20
       
  Section 8.3 Allocation of Partial Prepayments 21
       
  Section 8.4 Maturity; Surrender, Etc 21
       
  Section 8.5 Purchase of Notes 21
       
  Section 8.6 Offer to Prepay Notes in the Event of a Change of Control 21
       
  Section 8.7 Offer to Prepay Upon Asset Dispositions or Insurance and Condemnation Events 23
       
  Section 8.8 Make-Whole Amount 23

 

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Section 9 Affirmative Covenants 25
       
  Section 9.1 Compliance with Law 25
       
  Section 9.2 Insurance 25
       
  Section 9.3 Maintenance of Properties 26
       
  Section 9.4 Payment of Taxes and Claims 26
       
  Section 9.5 Corporate Existence, Etc 26
       
  Section 9.6 Notes to Rank Pari Passu 26
       
  Section 9.7 Books and Records 27
       
  Section 9.8 Subsidiary Guarantors 27
       
  Section 9.9 Further Assurances; Collateral Matters 27
       
  Section 9.10 Mortgages 28
         
Section 10 Negative Covenants 30
         
  Section 10.1 Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio 30
       
  Section 10.2 Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio 30
       
  Section 10.3 Subsidiary Debt 30
       
  Section 10.4 Limitation on Liens 30
       
  Section 10.5 Limitation on Dividends 32
       
  Section 10.6 Sale of Assets 33
       
  Section 10.7 Merger, Consolidation 34
       
  Section 10.8 Transactions with Affiliates 35
       
  Section 10.9 Line of Business 35
       
  Section 10.10 Terrorism Sanctions Regulations 35
         
Section 11 Events of Default 36
     
Section 12 Remedies on Default, Etc 38
         
  Section 12.1 Acceleration 38
       
  Section 12.2 Other Remedies 39
       
  Section 12.3 Rescission 39
       
  Section 12.4 No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc 39
         
Section 13 Registration; Exchange; Substitution of Notes 39
         
  Section 13.1 Registration of Notes 39
       
  Section 13.2 Transfer and Exchange of Notes 40
       
  Section 13.3 Replacement of Notes 40

 

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Section 14 Payments on Notes 41
       
  Section 14.1 Place of Payment 41
       
  Section 14.2 Home Office Payment 41
         
Section 15 Expenses, Etc 42
         
  Section 15.1 Transaction Expenses 42
       
  Section 15.2 Survival 42
         
Section 16 Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement 42
     
Section 17 Amendment and Waiver 42
         
  Section 17.1 Requirements 42
       
  Section 17.2 Solicitation of Holders of Notes 43
       
  Section 17.3 Binding Effect, Etc 43
       
  Section 17.4 Notes Held by Company, Etc 44
         
Section 18 Notices 44
     
Section 19 Reproduction of Documents 44
     
Section 20 Confidential Information 45
     
Section 21 Substitution of Purchaser 46
     
Section 22 Miscellaneous 46
         
  Section 22.1 Successors and Assigns 46
       
  Section 22.2 Payments Due on Non-Business Days 46
       
  Section 22.3 Accounting Terms 46
       
  Section 22.4 Severability 46
       
  Section 22.5 Construction, Etc 47
       
  Section 22.6 Counterparts 47
       
  Section 22.7 Governing Law 47
       
  Section 22.8 Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial 47

 

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Attachments to Note Purchase Agreement:

 

Schedule A Information Related to Purchasers
     
Schedule B Defined Terms
     
Exhibit 1 Form of 4.22% Senior Secured Note due August 8, 2022
     
Exhibit 2 Form of MHGCI Guaranty Agreement
     
Exhibit 3 Form of Intercreditor Agreement
     
Exhibit 4 Form of Security Agreement

 

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The Gas Company, LLC
745 Fort Street, Suite 1800

Honolulu, HI 96813

 

4.22% Senior Secured Notes due August 8, 2022

 

Dated as of August 8, 2012

 

To the Purchasers Listed in

   the Attached Schedule A :

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The Gas Company, LLC , a Hawaii limited liability company (the “Company” ), agrees with each Purchaser as follows:

 

Section 1 Authorization of Notes.

 

The Company will authorize the issue and sale of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.22% Senior Secured Notes due August 8, 2022 (the “Notes” , such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13). The Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule B; and references to a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement.

 

Section 2 Sale and Purchase of Notes; Guaranty Agreement; Security.

 

Section 2.1           Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, Notes in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. The Purchasers’ obligations hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder.

 

Section 2.2           MHGCI Guaranty Agreement. The obligations of the Company hereunder, under the Notes and under each Security Document to which it is a party are absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by MHGCI pursuant to that certain MHGCI Guaranty Agreement dated as of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “MHGCI Guaranty Agreement” ) substantially in the form of Exhibit 2; provided, that the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect on the Termination Date (as defined in the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement) and in no event shall any obligation of MHGCI thereunder be reinstated following the Termination Date. Upon the reasonable request of the Company (and at the sole cost and expense of the Company), the holders of Notes agree to deliver written confirmation of such termination in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders.

 

 
 

 

 

Section 2.3           Security for the Notes. The obligations of the Company hereunder and under the Notes are secured by all of the tangible and intangible assets of the Company pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

Section 3 Closing.

 

The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Schiff Hardin LLP, 666 Fifth Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10103, at 11:00 a.m., New York, New York time, at a closing (the “Closing” ) on August 8, 2012 or on such other Business Day thereafter as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers. At the Closing the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of its nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company as directed by the Company in the funding instructions delivered pursuant to Section 4.14. If at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment.

 

Section 4 Conditions to Closing.

 

Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions:

 

Section 4.1           Representations and Warranties.

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties of the Company. The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and in each Security Document to which it is a party shall be correct when made and at the time of the Closing.

 

(b)           Representations and Warranties of MHGCI. The representations and warranties of MHGCI in the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement shall be correct when made and at the time of the Closing.

 

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Section 4.2           Performance; No Default. The Company and MHGCI shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement and each Security Document (in the case of the Company) and the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement (in the case of MHGCI) required to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing, and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have entered into any transaction since the date of the Memorandum that would have been prohibited by Section 10 had such Section applied since such date.

 

Section 4.3           Compliance Certificates.

 

(a)           Officer’s Certificate of the Company . The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.13 have been fulfilled.

 

(b)           Secretary’s Certificate of the Company . The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated the date of the Closing, certifying as to (1) the resolutions attached thereto and other limited liability company proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes, this Agreement and each Security Document to which it is a party and (2) the Company’s organizational documents as then in effect.

 

(c)           Officer’s Certificates of MHGCI. MHGCI shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1(b), 4.2 and 4.13 have been fulfilled.

 

(d)           Secretary’s Certificates of MHGCI. MHGCI shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, dated the date of the Closing, certifying as to (1) the resolutions attached thereto and other limited liability company proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement and (2) MHGCI’s organizational documents as then in effect.

 

Section 4.4           MHGCI Guaranty Agreement. The MHGCI Guaranty Agreement shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by MHGCI and shall be in full force and effect.

 

Section 4.5           Security Documents.

 

(a)           General. Each Security Document (other than the Mortgages) shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect and such Purchaser shall have received a duly executed copy thereof. The Company shall have delivered the certificates representing the issued and outstanding capital stock, if any, pledged under the Security Documents and instruments of assignment executed in blank to the Collateral Agent. Each document (including any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by any Purchaser to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Purchasers and the other Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted to be prior pursuant to Section 10.4), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation. Such Purchaser shall have received the results of a recent Lien search with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, and such search shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary except for Liens permitted by Section 10.4 or discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to such Purchaser.

 

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(b)           Real Property Collateral Deliverables.

 

(1)          Flood Insurance. With respect to any parcel of real property improved by anything other than gas or liquid storage tanks that are principally above ground and that is located in a special flood hazard area as identified by FEMA, a policy of flood insurance that (i) covers such parcel that is referenced on Schedule 9.10 and (ii) is written in an amount not less than the portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness to be secured by a Mortgage that is reasonably allocable to the improvements (other than above-ground gas or liquid storage tanks) located on such real property or the maximum limit of coverage made available with respect to the particular type of property under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, whichever is less.

 

(2)          Surveys. A copy of an as-built survey dated not more than 30 days prior to the date of the Closing of each parcel of real property referenced in Schedule 4.5(b) certified by a registered engineer or land surveyor. Each such survey shall be accompanied by an affidavit of an authorized signatory of the owner of such property (which affidavit shall be delivered to the Title Companies) stating that there have been no improvements or encroachments to the property since the date of the respective survey such that the existing survey is no longer accurate. Such survey shall be prepared to current ALTA/ACSM standards and shall show the area of such property, all boundaries of the land with courses and distances indicated, including chord bearings and arc and chord distances for all curves, and shall show dimensions and locations of all easements, private drives, roadways, and other facts materially affecting such property, and shall show such other details as such Purchaser may reasonably request, including, without limitation, any encroachment (and the extent thereof in feet and inches) onto the property or by any of the improvements on the property upon adjoining land or upon any easement burdening the property; any improvements, to the extent constructed, and the relation of the improvements to any required setbacks and if improvements are existing, the locations of all utilities serving the improvements.

 

(3)          Environmental Assessments. Any Phase I environmental assessments or other environmental reports in the custody or control of the Company regarding any parcel of real property referenced in Schedule 9.10, showing no environmental conditions in violation of Environmental Laws nor liabilities under Environmental Laws, either of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.6           Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender (or the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement on behalf of each Lender), each Purchaser and the Collateral Agent shall have executed and delivered, and the Company shall have acknowledged, that certain Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Intercreditor Agreement ”) substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.

 

Section 4.7           Opinions of Counsel. Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the date of the Closing (a) from O’Melveny & Myers LLP, counsel for the Company and MHGCI, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.7(a) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or special counsel to the Purchasers may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers), (b) from Carlsmith Ball LLP, special Hawaii counsel for the Company and MHGCI covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.7(b) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or special counsel to the Purchasers may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers), (c) from Nathan C. Nelson, General Counsel of the Company and MHGCI covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.7(c) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or special counsel to the Purchasers may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers), (d) from Morihara Lau & Fong LLP, special Hawaii regulatory counsel for the Company and MHGCI covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.7(d) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or special counsel to the Purchasers may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers) and (e) from Schiff Hardin LLP, the Purchasers’ special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit 4.7(e) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser may reasonably request.

 

Section 4.8           Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc . On the date of the Closing such Purchaser’s purchase of Notes shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as Section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (b) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. If requested by such Purchaser, such Purchaser shall have received an Officer’s Certificate from the Company certifying as to such matters of fact, as such Purchaser may reasonably specify, to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so permitted.

 

Section 4.9           Sale of Other Notes . Contemporaneously with the Closing the Company shall sell to each other Purchaser and each other Purchaser shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by it at the Closing as specified in Schedule A.

 

Section 4.10         Payment of Special Counsel Fees . Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1, the Company shall have paid on or before the Closing the fees, charges and disbursements of the Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in Section 4.7(e) to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day prior to the Closing.

 

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Section 4.11         Private Placement Number . A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the CMIAO) shall have been obtained for the Notes.

 

Section 4.12         Approvals and Consents. All consents, authorizations and approvals (including, without limitation, shareholders’ consents) from, and all declarations, filings and registrations with, all Governmental Authorities or third parties that are necessary in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes, the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Security Documents and the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the Security Documents shall have been obtained, or made, and remain in full force and effect. Such Purchaser shall have received copies of any such consents, authorizations, declarations, filings and registrations issued by federal or State of Hawaii Governmental Authorities.

 

Section 4.13         Changes in Corporate Structure . None of MHGCI, the Company or any Subsidiary shall have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable, or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5.

 

Section 4.14         Funding Instructions . At least three Business Days prior to the date of the Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Company directing the manner of the payment of funds and setting forth (a) the name and address of the transferee bank, (b) such transferee bank’s ABA number, (c) the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited and (d) the name and telephone number of the account representative responsible for verifying receipt of such funds.

 

Section 4.15         Proceedings and Documents . All corporate, limited liability company and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel, and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such special counsel may reasonably request.

 

Section 5 Representations and Warranties of the Company.

 

The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser that:

 

Section 5.1           Organization; Power and Authority . The Company is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, and is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the limited liability company power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Notes and each Security Document to which it is a party and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.

 

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Section 5.2           Authorization, Etc .

 

(a)          This Agreement, the Notes and each Security Document to which the Company is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement and each such Security Document constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (1) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

(b)          The MHGCI Guaranty Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of MHGCI, and the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of MHGCI enforceable against MHGCI in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (1) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

Section 5.3           Disclosure . The Company, through its agents, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., has delivered to each Purchaser a copy of a Private Placement Memorandum, dated July 3, 2012 (the “Memorandum” ), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Memorandum fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. This Agreement, the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement, the Security Documents, the Memorandum and the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and identified in Schedule 5.3, and the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 (this Agreement, the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement, the Security Documents, the Memorandum and such documents, certificates or other writings and such financial statements delivered to each Purchaser prior to July 19, 2012 being referred to, collectively, as the “Disclosure Documents” ), taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31, 2011, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary except changes that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to the Company that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents.

 

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Section 5.4           Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates.

 

(a)          Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists (1) of the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary, (2) of the Company’s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (3) of the Company’s directors and senior officers.

 

(b)          All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (other than the Lien of the Security Documents and as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.4).

 

(c)          Each Subsidiary is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and, where applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and, where applicable, is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact.

 

(d)          No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to, any legal, regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than this Agreement, the Security Documents, the agreements listed on Schedule 5.4 and customary limitations imposed by corporate law or similar statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.

 

Section 5.5           Financial Statements; Material Liabilities . The Company has delivered to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements of MHGCI and its Subsidiaries (including the Company and HGC) listed on Schedule 5.5. All of said financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of MHGCI and its Subsidiaries (including the Company and HGC), as of the respective dates specified in such Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments). MHGCI and its Subsidiaries (including the Company and HGC) do not have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Documents.

 

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Section 5.6           Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Notes and the Security Documents to which it is a party and the execution, delivery and performance by MHGCI of the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement will not (a) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien (other than the Liens contemplated by the Security Documents) in respect of any property of MHGCI, the Company or any Subsidiary under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement or similar organizational document, or any other agreement or instrument to which MHGCI, the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which MHGCI, the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (b) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to MHGCI, the Company or any Subsidiary or (c) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to MHGCI, the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

Section 5.7           Governmental Authorizations, Etc . Except for filings required to perfect the Liens created by the Security Documents, no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by (a) the Company of this Agreement, the Notes or any Security Document to which it is a party or (b) MHGCI of the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement, in each case, subject, however, to compliance with all relevant terms and conditions set forth in all consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings and declarations (1) described in Schedule 5.7, which have been obtained or made, are in full force and effect and are not subject to appeal or any condition which has not been satisfied and (2) as may be necessary in connection with the exercise of foreclosure remedies including the sale of Collateral.

 

Section 5.8           Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders.

 

(a)          There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary or any property of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is (1) in default under any term of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, (2) in violation of any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or (3) in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority (including without limitation Environmental Laws, ERISA or the USA PATRIOT ACT or any of the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 5.9           Taxes . The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (a) the amount of which is not, individually or in the aggregate, Material or (b) the amount, applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The Company knows of no basis for any other tax or assessment that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of U.S. federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate.

 

Section 5.10         Title to Property; Leases . The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective properties that, individually or in the aggregate, are Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement and the Security Documents. All leases that, individually or in the aggregate, are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects.

 

Section 5.11         Licenses, Permits, Etc .

 

(a)          The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks, trade names and domain names, or rights thereto, that, individually or in the aggregate, are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others.

 

(b)          To the best knowledge of the Company, no product or service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes in any material respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name, domain name or other right owned by any other Person.

 

(c)          To the best knowledge of the Company, there is no Material violation by any Person of any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name, domain name or other right owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

   

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Section 5.12         Compliance with ERISA.

 

(a)          The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA (other than for contributions or premiums that are not delinquent) or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to any Plan, and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Section 303 of ERISA or to Section 430(k) of the Code or to any such penalty or excise tax provisions under the Code or federal law or Section 4068 of ERISA, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan’s most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in such Plan’s most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed as of such date the aggregate current value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities (x) with respect to Plans of MHGCI and its Subsidiaries, by more than $20,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Plans and (y) with respect to Plans of ERISA Affiliates of the Company (other than MHGCI and its Subsidiaries), in an amount that, individually or in the aggregate, would be Material. The term “benefit liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 4001 of ERISA and the terms “current value” and “present value” have the meaning specified in Section 3 of ERISA.

 

(c)          The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred, and are not reasonably expected to incur, withdrawal liabilities under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that, individually or in the aggregate, are Material.

 

(d)          The expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement Codification 715, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by Section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not Material.

 

(e)          The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any non-exempt transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to Section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The representation by the Company to each Purchaser in the first sentence of this Section 5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of such Purchaser’s representation in Section 6.2 as to the sources of the funds used to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser.

 

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Section 5.13         Private Offering by the Company . Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Notes, the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement or any similar Securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and not more than 17 other Institutional Investors of the type described in clause (c) of the definition thereof, each of which has been offered the Notes and the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes or the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

Section 5.14         Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations . The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes to refinance existing Indebtedness and for other general limited liability company purposes. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any Securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not constitute more than 25% of the value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 25% of the value of such assets. As used in this Section, the terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.

 

Section 5.15         Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens.

 

(a)          Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of August 8, 2012 (including a description of the obligors and obligees, principal amount outstanding and collateral therefor, if any, and Guaranty thereof, if any), since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

 

(b)          Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit any of its property to be subject to a Lien not permitted by Section 10.4.

 

(c)          None of MHGCI, the Company or any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness of MHGCI, the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter or other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of MHGCI or the Company, except as specifically indicated in Schedule 5.15.

 

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Section 5.16         Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.

 

(a)          None of MHGCI, the Company or any Controlled Entity is (1) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of Treasury ( “OFAC” ) (an “OFAC Listed Person” ) or (2) a department, agency or instrumentality of, or is otherwise controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, (x) any OFAC Listed Person or (y) any Person, entity, organization, foreign country or regime that is subject to any OFAC Sanctions Program (each OFAC Listed Person and each other Person, entity, organization and government of a country described in clause (2), a “Blocked Person” ).

 

(b)          No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder constitutes or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used, directly by the Company or indirectly through any Controlled Entity, in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person.

 

(c)          To the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, none of MHGCI, the Company or any Controlled Entity (1) is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for, or has been charged with, or convicted of, money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes under any applicable law (collectively, “Anti-Money Laundering Laws” ), (2) has been assessed civil penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws or (3) has had any of its funds seized or forfeited in an action under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Company has taken reasonable measures appropriate to the circumstances (in any event as required by applicable law) to ensure that MHGCI, the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

 

(d)          No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any improper payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, official of any public international organization or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage. The Company has taken reasonable measures appropriate to the circumstances (in any event as required by applicable law) to ensure that MHGCI, the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future anti-corruption laws and regulations.

 

Section 5.17         Status under Certain Statutes . None of MHGCI, the Company or any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, the Federal Power Act, as amended. None of MHGCI, the Company or any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under federal or state law as a public utility except that the Company is subject to regulation as a public utility under Chapter 269 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

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Section 5.18         Environmental Matters .

 

(a)          Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any claim or has received any notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted raising any claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or other assets, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)          Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them and has not disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws in each case in any manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)          All buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 5.19         Security Documents. The Security Documents are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral and the proceeds thereof. When (a) financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 5.19 in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 5.19, the Security Documents shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Company in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Notes and the other Senior Secured Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except Liens permitted by Section 10.4) to the extent any such security interest may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement and (b) Mortgages specified on Schedule 5.19 are filed in the offices specified therefor on Schedule 5.19, the Mortgages shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Company in the real estate subject to such Mortgage and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Notes and the other Senior Secured Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except Liens permitted by Section 10.4).

 

Section 5.20         Notes Rank Pari Passu. The obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Notes rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement (actual or contingent).

 

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Section 5.21         Solvency . The Company is, and after giving effect to the issuance and sale of the Notes and incurrence of other Indebtedness on the Closing Date and other obligations being incurred in connection herewith will be and will continue to be, Solvent.

 

Section 6 Representations of the Purchasers.

 

Section 6.1           Purchase for Investment . Each Purchaser severally represents that it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by such Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or their property shall at all times be within such Purchaser’s or their control. Each Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Company is not required to register the Notes.

 

Section 6.2           Source of Funds . Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a “Source” ) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:

 

(a)          the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as the term is defined in the United States Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption ( “PTE” ) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the NAIC (the “NAIC Annual Statement” )) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser’s state of domicile, and the other applicable conditions of PTE 95-60 are satisfied; or

 

(b)          the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or

 

(c)          the Source is either (1) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 or (2) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of PTE 91-38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund, and the other applicable conditions of either PTE 90-1 or PTE 91-38 are satisfied; or

 

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(d)          the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption” )) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part VI of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are managed by the QPAM in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, represent more than 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a Person controlling or controlled by the QPAM maintains an ownership interest in the Company that would cause the QPAM and the Company to be “related” within the meaning of Part VI(h) of the QPAM Exemption and (1) the identity of such QPAM and (2) the names of any employee benefit plans whose assets in the investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization represent 10% or more of the assets of such investment fund, have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (d); or

 

(e)          the Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Section IV of PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption” )) managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a Person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section IV(d) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the Company and (1) the identity of such INHAM and (2) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or

 

(f)          the Source is a governmental plan; or

 

(g)          the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (g); or

 

(h)          the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.

 

As used in this Section 6.2, the terms “employee benefit plan,” “governmental plan,” and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.

 

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Section 7 Information as to Company.

  

Section 7.1           Financial and Business Information . The Company shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

 

(a)           Quarterly Statements .

 

(1)          within 45 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of MHGCI (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year) ending prior to December 31, 2012, copies of,

 

(i)           consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of MHGCI and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, HGC and the Company) as at the end of such quarter, and

 

(ii)          consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, changes in members’ equity and cash flows of MHGCI and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, HGC and the Company), for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,

 

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Responsible Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments; and

 

(2)          within 45 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year) ending on or after December 31, 2012, copies of,

 

(i)           consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and

 

(ii)          consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, changes in members’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,

 

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Responsible Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments;

 

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(b)           Annual Statements. within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of

 

(1)          consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and

 

(2)          consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, changes in members’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year,

 

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and, with respect to the consolidated financial statements, accompanied by an opinion thereon (without a “going concern” or similar qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of the audit on which such opinion is based) of KPMG LLP or an independent public accounting firm of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances;

 

(c)           Reports to Lenders; Press Releases — promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (1) each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Company or any Subsidiary to its principal lending banks as a whole (excluding information sent to such banks in the ordinary course of administration of a bank facility, such as information relating to pricing and borrowing availability) or to its public Securities holders generally, and (2) all press releases and other statements made available generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material;

 

(d)           Notice of Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within five days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section 11(f), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;

 

(e)           ERISA Matters — promptly, and in any event within ten days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of any of the following that could reasonably be expected to be Material, a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto:

 

(1)          with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been waived pursuant to such regulations; or

 

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(2)          the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening in writing by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or

 

(3)          any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA (other than for contributions or premiums that are not delinquent) or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to any Plan, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 303 or 4068 of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code;

 

(f)           Notices from Governmental Authority — promptly, and in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Company or any Subsidiary from any federal or state Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(g)           Requested Information — with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of MHGCI, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder, under the Notes and under any Security Documents as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes.

 

Section 7.2           Officer’s Certificate . Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company:

 

(a)           Covenant Compliance — setting forth the information (including detailed calculations) required in order to establish whether the Company was in compliance with the requirements of Section 10.1 through Section 10.3, inclusive, Section 10.5 and Section 10.6 during the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such Section, where applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in existence); and

 

(b)           Event of Default — certifying that such Responsible Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and of the Security Documents and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists (including, without limitation, any such event or condition resulting from the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

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Section 7.3           Visitation . The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

 

(a)           No Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company, to visit not more than once a year the principal executive office of the Company, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with the Company’s officers, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) its independent public accountants, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and properties of the Company and each Subsidiary; and

 

(b)           Default — if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Company to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often as may be requested.

 

Section 8 Payment and Prepayment of the Notes.

 

Section 8.1           Maturity . As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Notes shall be due and payable on the stated maturity date thereof.

 

Section 8.2           Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount . The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an amount not less than $2,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount. The Company will give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation. Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes a certificate of a Responsible Officer specifying the calculation of such Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date.

 

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Section 8.3           Allocation of Partial Prepayments . In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes, the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment.

 

Section 8.4           Maturity; Surrender, Etc. In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment, together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount, if any. From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.

 

Section 8.5           Purchase of Notes . The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliate to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes or (b) pursuant to an offer to purchase, made by the Company or an Affiliate, pro rata to the holders of all Notes at the time outstanding, upon the same terms and conditions. Any such offer shall provide each holder with sufficient information to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain open for at least 10 Business Days. If the holders of more than 20% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding accept such offer, the Company shall, or shall cause its Affiliate to, promptly notify the remaining holders of such fact and the expiration date for the acceptance by holders of Notes of such offer shall be extended by the number of days necessary to give each such remaining holder at least five Business Days from its receipt of such notice to accept such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes.

 

Section 8.6           Offer to Prepay Notes in the Event of a Change of Control .

 

(a)           Notice of Change of Control or Control Event . The Company will, within five Business Days after any Responsible Officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Change of Control or any Control Event, give written notice of such Change of Control or Control Event to each holder of Notes unless notice in respect of such Change of Control (or the Change of Control contemplated by such Control Event) shall have been given pursuant to Section 8.6(b). If a Change of Control has occurred, such notice shall contain and constitute an offer to prepay Notes as described in Section 8.6(c) and shall be accompanied by the certificate described in Section 8.6(g).

 

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(b)           Condition to Company Action . The Company will not take any action that consummates or finalizes a Change of Control unless (1) at least 30 days prior to such action it shall have given to each holder of Notes written notice containing and constituting an offer to prepay Notes as described in Section 8.6(c), accompanied by the certificate described in Section 8.6(g), and (2) contemporaneously with such action, the Company prepays all Notes required to be prepaid in accordance with this Section 8.6.

 

(c)           Offer to Prepay Notes . The offer to prepay Notes contemplated by Sections 8.6(a) and (b) shall be an offer to prepay, in accordance with and subject to this Section 8.6, all, but not less than all, Notes held by each holder (in this case only, “holder” in respect of any Note registered in the name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean such beneficial owner) on a date specified in such offer (the “Proposed Prepayment Date” ). If such Proposed Prepayment Date is in connection with an offer contemplated by Section 8.6(a), such date shall be a Business Day not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days after the date of such offer (or if the Proposed Prepayment Date shall not be specified in such offer, the Proposed Prepayment Date shall be the Business Day nearest to the 30th day after the date of such offer).

 

(d)           Acceptance; Rejection . A holder of Notes may accept or reject the offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.6 by causing a notice of such acceptance or rejection to be delivered to the Company at least five Business Days prior to the Proposed Prepayment Date. A failure by a holder of Notes to so respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.6 shall be deemed to constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder.

 

(e)           Prepayment . Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes accrued to the date of prepayment. The prepayment shall be made on the Proposed Prepayment Date, except as provided by Section 8.6(f).

 

(f)           Deferral Pending Change of Control . The obligation of the Company to prepay Notes pursuant to the offers required by Section 8.6(c) and accepted in accordance with Section 8.6(d) is subject to the occurrence of the Change of Control in respect of which such offers and acceptances shall have been made. In the event that such Change of Control does not occur before or on the Proposed Prepayment Date in respect thereof, the prepayment shall be deferred until, and shall be made on the date on which, such Change of Control occurs. The Company shall keep each holder of Notes reasonably and timely informed of (1) any such deferral of the date of prepayment, (2) the date on which such Change of Control and the prepayment are expected to occur and (3) any determination by the Company that efforts to effect such Change of Control have ceased or been abandoned (in which case the offers and acceptances made pursuant to this Section 8.6 in respect of such Change of Control automatically shall be deemed rescinded without penalty or other liability).

 

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(g)           Officer’s Certificate . Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this Section 8.6 shall be accompanied by a certificate, executed by a Responsible Officer and dated the date of such offer, specifying (1) the Proposed Prepayment Date, (2) that such offer is made pursuant to this Section 8.6 and that failure by a holder to respond to such offer by the deadline established in Section 8.6(d) shall result in such offer to such holder being deemed rejected, (3) the principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid, (4) the interest that would be due on each Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to the Proposed Prepayment Date, (5) that the conditions of this Section 8.6 have been fulfilled and (6) in reasonable detail, the nature and date of the Change of Control.

 

Section 8.7           Offer to Prepay Upon Asset Dispositions or Insurance and Condemnation Events .

 

(a)           Notice and Offer . In the event the Company or a Subsidiary receives Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Dispositions or Insurance and Condemnation Events where the Company has elected or is required to apply such Net Cash Proceeds to the payment or prepayment of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) of the second paragraph of Section 10.6, the Company shall, no later than the 30 days prior to the applicable Reinvestment Date, give written notice of such event (a “Prepayment Event” ) to each holder of Notes. Such notice shall contain, and shall constitute, an irrevocable offer to prepay a Ratable Portion of the Notes held by such holder on the date specified in such notice (the “Prepayment Date” ), which date shall not be less than 30 days and not more than 60 days after the date of such notice. Such notice shall also state (1) that such offer is being made pursuant to this Section 8.7 and that the failure by a holder to respond to such offer by the deadline established in Section 8.7(b) shall result in such offer to such holder being deemed rejected; (2) the Ratable Portion of each such Note offered to be prepaid; (3) the prepayment price of each Note as described in Section 8.7(b); (4) the interest that would be due on the Ratable Portion of each such Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to, but not including, the Prepayment Date and (5) in reasonable detail, a description of the nature and the date of the Prepayment Event giving rise to such offer of prepayment.

 

(b)           Acceptance and Payment. A holder of Notes may accept or reject the offer to prepay pursuant to this Section 8.7 by causing a notice of such acceptance or rejection to be delivered to the Company at least 10 days prior to the Prepayment Date. A failure by a holder of the Notes to so respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be deemed to constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder. If so accepted, such offered prepayment in respect of the Ratable Portion of the Notes of each holder that has accepted such offer shall be due and payable on the Prepayment Date. Such offered prepayment shall be made at 100% of the aggregate Ratable Portion of the Notes of each holder that has accepted such offer, together with interest on that portion of the Notes then being prepaid accrued to, but not including, the Prepayment Date but, in any case, without any Make-Whole Amount.

 

Section 8.8           Make-Whole Amount . “Make-Whole Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

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“Called Principal” shall mean, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

 

“Discounted Value” shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the Notes is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

 

“Reinvestment Yield” shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by the yield(s) reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “Page PX1” (or such other display as may replace Page PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury securities ( “Reported” ) having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. If there are no such U.S. Treasury securities Reported having a maturity equal to such Remaining Average Life, then such implied yield to maturity will be determined by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between the yields Reported for the applicable most recently issued actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury securities with the maturities (1) closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

 

If such yields are not Reported or the yields Reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), then “Reinvestment Yield” shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by the U.S. Treasury constant maturity yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for the U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. If there is no such U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term equal to such Remaining Average Life, such implied yield to maturity will be determined by interpolating linearly between (1) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

 

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“Remaining Average Life” shall mean, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) such Called Principal into (b) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (1) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (2) the number of years, computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months, that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.2 or Section 12.1.

 

“Settlement Date” shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

 

Section 9 Affirmative Covenants.

 

The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:

 

Section 9.1           Compliance with Law . Without limiting Section 10.10, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject, including, without limitation, ERISA, Environmental Laws, the USA PATRIOT ACT and the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 9.2           Insurance . The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated. In addition, the Company will maintain flood insurance consistent with the flood insurance required by Section 4.5(b)(1). All such insurance shall, (a) provide that no cancellation or material modification thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days after receipt by the Collateral Agent of written notice thereof, (b) name the Collateral Agent as an additional insured party thereunder and (c) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, name the Collateral Agent as lender’s loss payee. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain the insurance required by the Security Documents.

 

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Section 9.3           Maintenance of Properties . The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company has concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 9.4           Payment of Taxes and Claims . The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent the same have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (a) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary or (b) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 9.5           Corporate Existence, Etc . Subject to Section 10.7, the Company will at all times preserve and keep its limited liability company existence in full force and effect. Subject to Sections 10.6 and 10.7, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the limited liability company or other applicable existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such limited liability company or other applicable existence, right or franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 9.6           Notes to Rank Pari Passu.

 

(a)          The Notes and all other obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall at all times rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all obligations (actual or contingent) of the Company under the Credit Agreement.

 

(b)          The obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement shall at all times rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all obligations (actual or contingent) of such Subsidiary Guarantor under their Guaranties in respect of the Credit Agreement.

 

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(c)          The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, grant any Lien in favor of, or for the benefit of, the lenders party to the Credit Agreement unless such Lien is granted in favor of the Collateral Agent to secure the obligations under the Credit Agreement, this Agreement and the Notes in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Section 9.7           Books and Records . The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account in conformity with GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

 

Section 9.8           Subsidiary Guarantors. The Company will cause any Subsidiary which becomes a co-obligor or guarantor in respect of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement to deliver to each holder of Notes (concurrently with it becoming a co-obligor or guarantor in respect of such Indebtedness) the following items:

 

(a)          an executed subsidiary guaranty agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders (a “Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement” ); and

 

(b)          an opinion of counsel (which may be in-house counsel) addressed to each holder of Notes which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement entered into by such Subsidiary has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and that the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of such Subsidiary enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (1) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

Section 9.9           Further Assurances; Collateral Matters.

 

(a)           Further Assurances. The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute and deliver such further documentation and take such further action as may be reasonably requested by the holders of Notes to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the Security Documents and to create, preserve, and perfect the Liens of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral.

 

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(b)           Additional Subsidiaries. At the Company’s own expense, promptly, and in any event within 10 Business Days after the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof, the Company will (1) notify the holders of Notes of such event, (2) amend the Security Documents as appropriate in light of such event to pledge to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties 100% of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Person which becomes a Subsidiary and execute and deliver all documents or instruments required thereunder or appropriate to perfect the security interest created thereby, (3) deliver to the Collateral Agent all stock certificates and other instruments added to the Collateral thereby free and clear of all Liens, accompanied by undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer executed in blank, (4) cause each such Person that becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary after the date of Closing to execute a Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement or such other pledge and security agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders, (5) cause each document (including each UCC financing statement and each filing with respect to intellectual property owned by each such Person that becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof) required by law or reasonably requested by the Required Holders to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid, legal and perfected first-priority security interest in and lien on the Collateral subject to the Security Documents to be so filed, registered or recorded and evidence thereof delivered to the holders of Notes ( provided that no filing shall be required with respect to intellectual property if the Required Holders determine that such property is not material to the business of such Subsidiary), and (6) deliver an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders with respect to each such Person and the matters set forth in this section.

 

(c)           Real Property Collateral. The Company will notify the holders of Notes, within 10 days after the acquisition of any owned real property by the Company or any Subsidiary that is not subject to the existing Security Documents, and within 60 days of such acquisition, deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, title insurance policies, Phase I environmental assessments, surveys and other documents reasonably requested by the Required Holders in connection with granting and perfecting a first priority Lien, other than Liens permitted by Section 10.4, on such real property in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, all in form and substance acceptable to the Required Holders.

 

(d)           Exclusions. The provisions of clause (b) and (c) of this Section 9.9 shall not apply to assets as to which the Required Holders and the Company shall reasonably determine that the costs and burdens of obtaining a security interest therein or perfection thereof outweigh the value of the security afforded thereby.

 

Section 9.10         Mortgages. On or prior to the earlier of (a) October 8, 2012 and (b) the date of the first Extension of Credit (under and as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Company shall (at the sole cost and expense of the Company) deliver to each holder of a Note:

 

(1)          Mortgages. A duly executed copy of the Mortgage(s) relating to the real property specified on Schedule 9.10 which shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect.

 

(2)          Title Insurance. A marked-up commitment for a policy of title insurance (including, such endorsements as are requested by the Required Holders), insuring each Mortgage and showing no prior Liens other than Liens permitted to be prior pursuant to Section 10.4, issued by First American Title Insurance Company or Title Guaranty (the “Title Companies” ) with the final title insurance policy (or policies) being delivered by the applicable title company promptly thereafter. Further, the Company agrees to provide or obtain any customary affidavits and indemnities as may be required or necessary to obtain title insurance satisfactory to the Required Holders.

 

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(3)          Title Exceptions. Copies of all recorded documents creating exceptions to the title policy referred to in Section 9.10(2).

 

(4)          Surveys. A copy of an as-built survey dated not more than 30 days prior to the date of the Closing of each parcel of real property referenced in Schedule 9.10(4) certified by a registered engineer or land surveyor. Each such survey shall be accompanied by an affidavit of an authorized signatory of the owner of such property (which affidavit shall be delivered to the Title Companies) stating that there have been no improvements or encroachments to the property since the date of the respective survey such that the existing survey is no longer accurate. Such survey shall be prepared to current ALTA/ACSM standards and shall show the area of such property, all boundaries of the land with courses and distances indicated, including chord bearings and arc and chord distances for all curves, and shall show dimensions and locations of all easements, private drives, roadways, and other facts materially affecting such property, and shall show such other details as the Required Holders may reasonably request, including, without limitation, any encroachment (and the extent thereof in feet and inches) onto the property or by any of the improvements on the property upon adjoining land or upon any easement burdening the property; any improvements, to the extent constructed, and the relation of the improvements to any required setbacks and if improvements are existing, the locations of all utilities serving the improvements.

 

(5)          Matters Relating to Flood Hazard Properties. A standard flood hazard determination form as developed by FEMA for each parcel of improved real property subject to a Mortgage.

 

(6)          Opinion(s) of Counsel. Opinion(s) in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders, dated the date of the Mortgage(s) from Morihara Lau & Fong LLP and/or other special Hawaii counsel for the Company reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, covering such matters incident to the items referenced in this Section 9.10 as the Required Holders or special counsel to the holders of Notes may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion(s) to the holders of Notes).

 

(7)          Additional Documents. Such other documents or instruments relating to the matters set forth in this Section 9.10 as the Required Holders may reasonably request.

 

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Section 10 Negative Covenants.

 

The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:

 

Section 10.1         Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio. The Company will not, at the end of any fiscal quarter, permit the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio to exceed 0.65 to 1.00.

 

Section 10.2         Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company will not, at the end of any fiscal quarter, permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.

 

Section 10.3         Subsidiary Debt. The Company will not at any time permit the aggregate amount of Subsidiary Debt to exceed an amount equal to 10% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company.

 

Section 10.4         Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits, except the following:

 

(a)          Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;

 

(b)          Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies that are not yet due and payable or the payment of which is not at the time required by Section 9.4;

 

(c)          Liens (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) incidental to the conduct of business or the ownership of properties and assets (including landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, suppliers’ and other similar Liens, including Liens pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of title) and Liens to secure (or to obtain letters of credit that secure) the performance of bids, tenders, leases or trade contracts or to secure statutory obligations (including pledges, deposits and other obligations under workers compensation, unemployment and health insurance and other social security legislation), surety or appeal bonds, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

 

(d)          leases or subleases granted to others, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances, in each case incidental to the ownership of property or assets or the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary, and Liens incidental to minor survey exceptions, zoning restrictions and the like, provided that such Liens do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of such property;

 

(e)          any attachment or judgment Lien unless the judgments secured thereby (1) shall not, within 60 days after the entry thereof, have been satisfied, discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or shall not have been satisfied or discharged within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay or (2) exceed, individually or in the aggregate, $5,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage);

 

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(f)          Liens securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Company or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;

 

(g)          Liens existing on the date of the Closing and reflected in Schedule 10.4;

 

(h)          Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition or construction of fixed or capital assets; provided that:

 

(1)         any such Lien shall extend solely to the item or items of such property (or improvement thereon) so acquired and, if required by the terms of the instrument originally creating such Lien, other property (or improvement thereon) which is an improvement to or is acquired for specific use in connection with such acquired or constructed property (or improvement thereon) or which is real property being improved by such acquired or constructed property (or improvement thereon);

 

(2)         the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the cost to the Company or a Subsidiary of the property (or improvement thereon) so acquired or constructed and (ii) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by one or more officers of the Company to whom authority to enter into the subject transaction has been delegated by the board of directors or other applicable governing body of the Company) of such property (or improvement thereon) at the time of such acquisition or construction;

 

(3)         any such Lien shall be created contemporaneously with, or within 180 days after, the acquisition or construction of such property; and

 

(4)         at the time of such incurrence and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall be permitted by the limitations set forth in Sections 10.1 and 10.3;

 

(i)          any Lien existing on property of a Person immediately prior to its being consolidated with or merged into the Company or a Subsidiary or its becoming a Subsidiary, or any Lien existing on any property acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary at the time such property is so acquired (whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed), provided that (1) no such Lien shall have been created or assumed in contemplation of such consolidation or merger or such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition of property, (2) each such Lien shall extend solely to the item or items of property so acquired and, if required by the terms of the instrument originally creating such Lien (i) other property which is an improvement to or is acquired for specific use in connection with such acquired property or (ii) other property that does not constitute property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (3) at the time of such incurrence and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (4) the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall be permitted by the limitations set forth in Sections 10.1 and 10.3;

 

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(j)          any extensions, renewals, refundings or replacements of any Lien permitted by the preceding paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) of this Section 10.4; provided that (1) such Liens shall not be extended to cover any additional property, (2) the unpaid principal amount of Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby shall not be increased or the maturity thereof reduced and (3) at such time and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

(k)          Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with (1) overdraft protection arrangements and other related cash management programs or (2) the collection or disposition of delinquent accounts receivable which are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of credit.

 

Section 10.5         Limitation on Dividends. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any dividend on, or make any payment or other distribution on account of, or purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire (directly or indirectly), or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or make, directly or indirectly, any distribution of cash, property or assets to the holders of shares of any Capital Stock of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (all of the foregoing, the “Restricted Payments” ); provided that:

 

(a)          the Company or any Subsidiary thereof may pay dividends in shares of its own Qualified Capital Stock;

 

(b)          any Subsidiary of the Company may pay cash dividends to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or ratably to all holders of its outstanding Qualified Capital Stock; and

 

(c)          the Company may declare and make (and each Subsidiary of the Company may declare and make to enable the Company to do the same) Restricted Payments to HGC, so that HGC may:

 

(1)          pay corporate operating (including, without limitation, directors fees and expenses) and overhead expenses (including, without limitation, rent, utilities and salary) in the ordinary course of business and fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, appraisers and the like;

 

(2)          redeem, retire or otherwise acquire shares of its Capital Stock or options or other equity or phantom equity in respect of its Capital Stock from present or former officers, employees, directors or consultants (or their family members or trusts or other entities for the benefit of any of the foregoing) or make severance payments to such Persons in connection with the death, disability or termination of employment or consultancy of any such officer, employee, director or consultant to the extent that such purchase is made with the Net Cash Proceeds of any offering of equity securities of or capital contributions to HGC;

 

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(3)          make cash payments under the Management Agreement;

 

(4)          pay cash dividends to holders of its outstanding Qualified Capital Stock; and

 

(5)          (A) make required payments of principal and interest under the HGC Credit Agreement in an amount up to the greater of $10,000,000 during any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters or the Aggregate Cash Available for Distribution or (B) prepay any amount outstanding under the HGC Credit Agreement with Net Cash Proceeds to the extent not applied to the prepayment of the Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(iii) and Section 2.4(b)(iv) of the Credit Agreement or the Notes pursuant to Section 8.7 hereof.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall only be permitted to make Restricted Payments pursuant to clauses (c)(3), (c)(4), and (c)(5)(B) of this Section 10.5 to the extent, after giving to any such Restricted Payment, Aggregate Cash Available for Distribution would not be less than $0; provided that, the Company shall be prohibited from making any Restricted Payment pursuant to clauses (c)(3), (c)(4) and (c)(5) of this Section 10.5 during the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default.

 

Section 10.6         Sale of Assets. Except as permitted by Section 10.7, the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, make any Asset Disposition except:

 

(a)          the sale of obsolete, worn-out or surplus assets no longer used or usable in the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(b)          sales by the Company or its Subsidiaries of inventory to Persons in the ordinary course of their businesses and the granting of any option or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire inventory in the ordinary course of the Company’s business or the business of its Subsidiaries; and

 

(c)          sales or other dispositions by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any property, provided that (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the purchase price paid to the Company or its Subsidiaries for such property shall be no less than the fair market value of such property as determined in good faith by the Company at the time of such sale ( provided that details of such determination be made available to the holders of Notes upon request of the Required Holders) and (iii) the aggregate purchase price paid to the Company or its Subsidiaries for such property during the same fiscal year pursuant to this clause (c) shall not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated Total Assets.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company or any Subsidiary receives (1) Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Dispositions in excess of $5,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Company or (2) Net Cash Proceeds from Insurance and Condemnation Events in excess of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Company, the Company shall use the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds in excess of the amount stated in clause (1) or (2), as applicable, to either (i) reinvest in assets used or useful in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries on or prior to the applicable Reinvestment Date or (ii) pay or prepay outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary which Indebtedness is not subordinated to the Notes, provided that in the course of making such application the Company shall offer to prepay each outstanding Note in accordance with Section 8.6 in a principal amount which equals the Ratable Portion for such Note. If any holder of a Note fails to accept such offer of prepayment, then the Company shall either (x) prepay or pay or cause to prepay or pay additional Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary which Indebtedness is not subordinated to the Notes or (y) to the extent then permitted pursuant to Section 10.5, make a Restricted Payment to HGC the proceeds of which are used by HGC to prepay or pay outstanding Indebtedness under the HGC Credit Agreement.

 

Section 10.7         Merger, Consolidation. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person; provided that:

 

(a)          any Subsidiary may (1) consolidate with or merge with, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to, (i) the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor so long as in any merger or consolidation involving (A) the Company, the Company shall be the surviving or continuing entity and (B) a Subsidiary Guarantor, a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the surviving or continuing entity or (ii) any other Person so long as the surviving or continuing entity is a Subsidiary or (2) convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets in compliance with the provisions of Section 10.6; and

 

(b)          the Company may consolidate or merge with, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a single transaction or series of transactions to, any Person so long as:

 

(1)          the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as an entirety, as the case may be, shall be a solvent corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof (including the District of Columbia), and, if the Company is not such corporation or limited liability company, (i) such corporation or limited liability company shall have executed and delivered to each holder of any Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement, the Notes and each Security Document to which it is a party; (ii) such corporation or limited liability company shall have caused to be delivered to each holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof and (iii) each Guarantor shall have reaffirmed its obligations under the applicable Guaranty Agreement;

 

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(2)          all consents, approvals or authorizations of, or registrations, filings or declarations with, any Governmental Authority required in connection with such transaction shall have been obtained or made, shall be in full force and effect and shall not be subject to appeal or any condition which has not been satisfied is required in connection; and

 

(3)          immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

No such conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company shall have the effect of releasing the Company or any successor corporation or limited liability company that shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in this Section 10.7 from its liability under this Agreement, the Notes or the Security Documents.

 

Section 10.8         Transactions with Affiliates . The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into directly or indirectly any Material transaction or Material group of related transactions (including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Company or another Subsidiary), except (1) the Management Agreement, the Intercompany Loan Agreement and the Tax Sharing Agreement and (2) other transactions upon fair and reasonable terms not materially less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.

 

Section 10.9         Line of Business. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business (and any activity reasonably related or ancillary thereto) in which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would then be engaged would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business (and any activity reasonably related or ancillary thereto) in which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged on the date of this Agreement as described in the Memorandum; provided that nothing herein shall restrict the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from exploring additional clean and renewable energy alternatives, including renewable natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the distribution thereof.

 

Section 10.10         Terrorism Sanctions Regulations . The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (a) become a Person described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (b) knowingly engage in any dealings or transactions with any such Person.

 

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Section 11 Events of Default.

 

An “Event of Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing:

 

(a)          the Company defaults in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or

 

(b)          the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or

 

(c)          the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 7.1(d), Section 9.6, Section 9.10 or Section 10; or

 

(d)          the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in Sections 11(a), (b) and (c)) and such default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (1) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default and (2) the Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and to refer specifically to this Section 11(d)); or

 

(e)          any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor or by any officer of the Company or any Guarantor in this Agreement, the applicable Guaranty Agreement, any Security Document or in any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made; or

 

(f)          (1) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or make-whole amount or interest on any Indebtedness that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least $5,000,000 beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, (2) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $5,000,000 or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such default or condition such Indebtedness has become, or has been declared (or one or more Persons are entitled to declare such Indebtedness to be), due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (3) as a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Indebtedness to convert such Indebtedness into equity interests), (i) the Company or any Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Indebtedness before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $5,000,000, or (ii) one or more Persons have the right to require the Company or any Subsidiary so to purchase or repay such Indebtedness; or

 

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(g)          the Company or any Subsidiary (1) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (2) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (3) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (4) consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (5) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (6) takes corporate or similar action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or

 

(h)          a court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or

 

(i)          a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $5,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) are rendered against one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or

 

(j)          if (1) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code, (2) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA Section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (3) the aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed $20,000,000, (4) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA (other than for contributions that are not delinquent) or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to any Plan, (5) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, or (6) the Company or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder; and any such event or events described in clauses (1) through (6) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events described in clauses (1) through (6) above, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

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(k)          the Company or any Subsidiary defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in any Security Document and such default is not remedied within the period of grace, if any, allowed with respect thereto or any Security Document shall cease to be in full force and effect for any reason whatsoever (other than termination in accordance with its terms) or any Security Document shall, fail or cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien on any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby or the Company or any Subsidiary shall contest or deny the validity or enforceability in any material respect of any Lien granted under any Security Document or any of its obligations thereunder; or

 

(l)          at any time prior to the delivery of the audited financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries required by Section 7.1(b) for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, MHGCI shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Company;

 

As used in Section 11(j), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.

 

Section 12 Remedies on Default, Etc.

 

Section 12.1         Acceleration .

 

(a)          If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in Section 11(g) or (h) (other than an Event of Default described in clause (1) of Section 11(g) or described in clause (6) of Section 11(g) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause (1) of Section 11(g)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable.

 

(b)          If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Holders may at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable.

 

(c)          If any Event of Default described in Section 11(a) or (b) has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes held by it or them to be immediately due and payable.

 

Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus (1) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including, but not limited to, interest accrued thereon at the Default Rate) and (2) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived. The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances.

 

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Section 12.2         Other Remedies . If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise.

 

Section 12.3         Rescission . At any time after any Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1(b) or (c), the Required Holders, by written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Notes that are due and payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes, at the Default Rate, (b) neither the Company nor any other Person shall have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (c) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (d) no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to the Notes. No rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 12.4         No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc . No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by any Note upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the Company under Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements.

 

Section 13 Registration; Exchange; Substitution of Notes.

 

Section 13.1         Registration of Notes . The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register. If any holder of one or more Notes is a nominee, then the name and address of the beneficial owner of such Note or Notes shall also be registered in such register as an owner and holder thereof. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person(s) in whose name any Note(s) shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders of Notes.

 

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Section 13.2         Transfer and Exchange of Notes . Upon surrender of any Note to the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(3)), for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address and other information for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof), within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company’s expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note; provided, that, without limiting the provisions of Section 8.5, Notes may not be transferred to Macquarie Group Limited or any subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (including, without limitation, any fund managed or controlled thereby or any investment scheme or similar vehicle or separate managed accounts related thereto) (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) (each, a “Restricted Affiliate” ) without the prior written consent of the Company in its sole discretion; provided, however, any holder of a Note may conclusively rely upon a representation from a proposed transferee as to whether or not such proposed transferee constitutes a Restricted Affiliate. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $100,000, provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $100,000. Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in Section 6.2. Each transferee of a Note shall deliver an executed joinder to the Intercreditor Agreement to the Company and the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 13.3         Replacement of Notes . Upon receipt by the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(3)) of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and

 

(a)          in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it ( provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser or another holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least $50,000,000 or a Qualified Institutional Buyer, such Person’s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory), or

 

(b)          in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof,

 

within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Note, dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.

 

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Section 14 Payments on Notes.

 

Section 14.1         Place of Payment . Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in New York, New York at the principal office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in such jurisdiction. The Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction.

 

Section 14.2         Home Office Payment . So long as any Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, interest and all other amounts becoming due hereunder by the method and at the address specified for such purpose below such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A, or by such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by a Purchaser or its nominee, such Purchaser will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2. The Company will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by a Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note as the Purchasers have made in this Section 14.2.

 

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Section 15 Expenses, Etc.

 

Section 15.1         Transaction Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company will pay all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of a special counsel and, if reasonably required by the Required Holders, local or other counsel) incurred by the Purchasers and each other holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, the Notes, any Guaranty Agreement or any Security Document (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including, without limitation: (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement, the Notes, any Guaranty Agreement or any Security Document or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement, the Notes, any Guaranty Agreement or any Security Document, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, (b) the costs and expenses, including financial advisors’ fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of MHGCI, the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Notes, by any Guaranty Agreement or by the Security Documents, (c) the fees, costs and expenses, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, of the Collateral Agent required to be paid by the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to any Security Document or required to be reimbursed by any holder of a Note pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, (d) the costs and expenses, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, of preparing, recording and filing all financing statements, instruments and other documents to create, perfect and fully preserve and protect the Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents and the rights of the holders of the Notes or of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Notes and the other parties party to the Intercreditor Agreement and (e) the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information with the CMIAO; provided, that such costs and expenses under this clause (e) shall not exceed $3,500. The Company will pay, and will save each Purchaser and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses, if any, of brokers and finders (other than those, if any, retained by a Purchaser or other holder in connection with its purchase of the Notes).

 

Section 15.2         Survival. The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, the Notes or any Security Document, and the termination of this Agreement or any Security Document.

 

Section 16 Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement.

 

All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of such Purchaser or any other holder of a Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the Notes embody the entire agreement and understanding between each Purchaser and the Company and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 17 Amendment and Waiver.

 

Section 17.1         Requirements. This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders, except that (a) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any Purchaser unless consented to by such Purchaser in writing; and (b) no amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of each Purchaser and the holder of each Note at the time outstanding, (i) subject to the provisions of Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of (x) interest on the Notes or (y) the Make-Whole Amount, (ii) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment or waiver, or (iii) amend any of Sections 8, 11(b), 12, 17 or 20.

 

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Section 17.2         Solicitation of Holders of Notes.

 

(a)           Solicitation. The Company will provide each holder of the Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof, of the Notes or of any Security Document. The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 17 to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.

 

(b)           Payment. The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or provide other credit support, to any holder of Notes as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any holder of Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof, of the Notes or of any Security Document unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted or other credit support concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of a Note even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.

 

(c)           Consent in Contemplation of Transfer. Any consent made pursuant to this Section 17 by a holder of Notes that has transferred or has agreed to transfer its Notes to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Company pursuant to Section 8.5 and has provided or has agreed to provide such written consent as a condition to such transfer shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder, and any amendments effected or waivers granted or to be effected or granted that would not have been or would not be so effected or granted but for such consent (and the consents of all other holders of Notes that were acquired under the same or similar conditions) shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder.

 

Section 17.3         Binding Effect, Etc. Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note.

 

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Section 17.4         Notes Held by Company, Etc. Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

 

Section 18 Notices.

 

All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telecopy or electronic mail if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by an internationally recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by an internationally recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:

 

(1)          if to any Purchaser or its nominee, to such Purchaser or nominee at the address specified for such communications in Schedule A, or at such other address as such Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing,

 

(2)          if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or

 

(3)          if to the Company, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of the chief executive officer or the general counsel, or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing.

 

Notices under this Section 18 will be deemed given only when actually received.

 

Section 19 Reproduction of Documents.

 

This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any Purchaser at the Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to any Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic, electronic, digital, or other similar process and such Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced. The Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19 shall not prohibit the Company or any other holder of Notes from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.

 

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Section 20 Confidential Information.

 

For the purposes of this Section 20, “Confidential Information” shall mean information delivered to any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such Purchaser as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or any Person acting on such Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to such Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly available. Each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser, provided that such Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (1) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Notes), (2) its auditors, financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 20, (3) any other holder of any Note and the Collateral Agent, (4) any Institutional Investor to which it sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (5) any Person from which it offers to purchase any Security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (6) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser, (7) the NAIC or the CMIAO or, in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about such Purchaser’s investment portfolio, or (8) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (i) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser, (ii) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (iii) in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser is a party or (iv) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchaser’s Notes, this Agreement or any Security Document. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section 20.

 

In the event that as a condition to receiving access to information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, any Purchaser is required to agree to a confidentiality undertaking (whether through Intralinks or otherwise) which is different from the terms of this Section 20, the terms of this Section 20 shall, as between such Purchaser and the Company, supersede the terms of any such other confidentiality undertaking.

 

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Section 21 Substitution of Purchaser.

 

Each Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates as the purchaser of the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, by written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by both such Purchaser and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate’s agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6. Upon receipt of such notice, any reference to such Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall be deemed to refer to such Affiliate in lieu of such original Purchaser. In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted as a Purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to such original Purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer, any reference to such Affiliate as a “Purchaser” in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall refer to such original Purchaser, and such original Purchaser shall again have all the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.

 

Section 22 Miscellaneous.

 

Section 22.1         Successors and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 22.2         Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; provided that if the maturity date of any Note is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwise due on such maturity date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

 

Section 22.3         Accounting Terms. All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (a) all computations made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (b) all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants contained in this Agreement, any election by the Company to measure any financial liability using fair value (as permitted by Accounting Standard Codification Topic No. 825-10-25 – Fair Value Option or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made.

 

Section 22.4         Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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Section 22.5         Construction, Etc. Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, all Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part hereof.

 

Section 22.6         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.

 

Section 22.7         Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

 

Section 22.8         Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(a)          The Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

(b)          The Company consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 22.8(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 18 or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section. The Company agrees that such service upon receipt (1) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (2) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

 

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(c)           Nothing in this Section 22.8 shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against the Company in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

 

(d)          The parties hereto hereby waive trial by jury in any action brought on or with respect to this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents or any other document executed in connection herewith or therewith.

 

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The execution hereof by the Purchasers shall constitute a contract among the Company and the Purchasers for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth.

 

  The Gas Company, LLC
     
  By  /s/ JEFFREY M. KISSEL  
    Name:
    Title: PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

This Agreement is hereby

accepted and agreed to as

of the date hereof.

 

[Add Purchaser Signature Blocks

 

Signature Page to Note Purchase Agreement

 

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Information Relating to Purchasers

 

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
Liberty National Life Insurance Company
[Redacted]
  $ 10,850,000  

 

 
 

 

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
Globe Life and Accident Insurance Company
[Redacted]
  $ 7,000,000  

 

 
 

 

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
Farmers New World Life Insurance Company
[Redacted]
  $ 7,150,000  

 

 
 

  

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
[Redacted]
  $ 18,000,000  

 

 
 

 

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Captive Company
[Redacted]
  $ 5,000,000  

 

 
 

 

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Universal Company
[Redacted]
  $ 1,000,000  

 

 
 

 

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation
[Redacted]
  $ 1,000,000  

 

 
 

 

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
United of Omaha Life Insurance Company
[Redacted]
  $ 25,000,000  

 

 
 

 

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company   $ 1,000,000  
[Redacted]   $ 2,000,000  
    $ 2,000,000  
    $ 1,000,000  
    $ 1,000,000  
    $ 1,000,000  
    $ 1,000,000  
    $ 3,000,000  

 

 
 

 

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
Life Insurance Company of North America
[Redacted]
  $ 7,000,000  

 

 
 

 

Name and Address of Purchaser   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 
CIGNA Health and Life Insurance Company
[Redacted]
  $ 6,000,000  

 

 
 

 

Defined Terms

 

As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term:

 

“Affiliate” shall mean, at any time, and with respect to any Person, any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person, and, with respect to the Company, shall include any Person beneficially owning or holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or any corporation of which the Company and its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests. As used in this definition, “Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an “Affiliate” is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company.

 

“Aggregate Cash Available for Distribution” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) $6,500,000 for the fiscal quarters which commenced prior to June 30, 2012 and (ii) (a) the aggregate amount of Cash Available for Distribution for the fiscal quarters which commenced after June 30, 2012 and prior to such date of determination, minus (b) the aggregate amount of (x) Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (3), (4) and (5) of Section 10.5(c) and (y) any loan or advance of funds by the Company to HGC (or other parent entity) or pursuant to the Intercompany Loan Agreement made after July 1, 2012. It being understood and agreed that, for the purposes of determining the portion of “Aggregate Cash Available for Distribution” allocable to the fiscal quarter commencing July 1, 2012, the negative covenant contained in Section 10.5 of this Agreement shall be deemed to be effective as of July 1, 2012.

 

“Agreement” shall mean this Agreement as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” is defined in Section 5.16(c).

 

“Asset Disposition” shall mean the disposition of any or all of the assets (including, without limitation, any Capital Stock owned thereby) of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof whether by sale, lease, transfer or otherwise, and any issuance of Capital Stock by any Subsidiary of the Company to any Person other than the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (other than dispositions of assets with a fair market value of less than $500,000). The term “Asset Disposition” shall not include (a) any Equity Issuance, (b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (c) the transfer of assets to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to any other transaction permitted pursuant to Section 10.7, (d) the write-off, discount, sale or other disposition of defaulted or past-due receivables and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business and not undertaken as part of an accounts receivable financing transaction, (e) the disposition of any Swap Contract, (f) dispositions of investments in cash and Cash Equivalents, and (g) the transfer by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of its assets to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Schedule B
(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 
 

 

“Blocked Person” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

 

“Business Day” shall mean (a) for the purposes of Section 8.8 only, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed, and (b) for the purposes of any other provision of this Agreement, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or Honolulu, Hawaii are required or authorized to be closed.

 

“Capital Asset” shall mean, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, any asset that should, in accordance with GAAP, be classified and accounted for as a capital asset on a Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate cost of all Capital Assets acquired by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, net of any Net Cash Proceeds received from all dispositions of Capital Assets during such period (to the extent permitted hereunder) that have been reinvested pursuant to clause (i) of the second paragraph of Section 10.6; provided that Capital Expenditures shall not be less than zero.

 

“Capital Lease” shall mean, at any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Capital Stock” shall mean (1) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (3) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (4) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests, (5) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person and (6) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

“Cash Available for Distribution” shall mean, for any fiscal quarter, the sum (without duplication) of:

 

(a)          Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities during such fiscal quarter;

 

(b)          less Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 10.5(c)(2) during such fiscal quarter;

 

(c)          plus Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 10.5(c)(3) during such fiscal quarter;

 

(d)          plus payments of principal received by the Company pursuant to the Intercompany Loan Agreement during such fiscal quarter;

 

(e)          less principal payments made by the Company or its Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness and Guaranties in respect of Indebtedness during such fiscal quarter; and

 

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(f)          less Capital Expenditures and asset purchases of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter (except to the extent attributable to the incurrence of Capital Lease obligations or otherwise financed by incurring Indebtedness; provided that if, on an aggregate basis, the total amount of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease obligations) that financed all Capital Expenditures and asset purchases of the Company and its Subsidiaries on and after July 1, 2012, through the end of such fiscal quarter exceeds 70% of the aggregate amount of all such Capital Expenditures and asset purchases, this exception shall in no event be greater than 70% of the aggregate amount of such Capital Expenditures and asset purchases of the Company and its Subsidiaries on and after July 1, 2012 through, the end of such fiscal quarter).

 

“Cash Equivalents” shall mean, collectively, (1) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof, (2) commercial paper maturing no more than 180 days from the date of creation thereof and currently having the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s, (3) certificates of deposit maturing no more than 180 days from the date of creation thereof issued by commercial banks incorporated under the laws of the United States, each having combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 and having a rating of “A” or better by a nationally recognized rating agency; provided that the aggregate amount invested in such certificates of deposit shall not at any time exceed $5,000,000 for any one such certificate of deposit and $10,000,000 for any one such bank, or (4) time deposits maturing no more than 30 days from the date of creation thereof with commercial banks or savings banks or savings and loan associations each having membership either in the FDIC or the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC and in amounts not exceeding the maximum amounts of insurance thereunder.

 

“Change of Control” shall mean (1) the Sponsor shall cease to directly or indirectly own and control more than 50% of the economic and voting interests in HGC, (2) the failure of HGC to own 100% of outstanding equity interests of the Company or (3) the failure of the Sponsor to be entitled, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of membership interests, contract or otherwise, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Company.

 

“Closing” is defined in Section 3.

 

“CMIAO” shall mean the Capital Markets & Investment Analysis Office of the NAIC (formerly known as the Securities Valuation Office) or any successor to such office.

 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.

 

“Collateral” shall mean all property of the Company and its Subsidiaries, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.

 

“Collateral Agent” shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent under the Intercreditor Agreement, and its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity.

 

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“Company” shall mean The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company or any successor that becomes such in the manner prescribed in Section 10.7.

 

“Confidential Information” is defined in Section 20.

 

“Consolidated” shall mean, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of any Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Capitalization” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness at such time and (ii) Consolidated Net Worth as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available.

 

 

“Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any fiscal quarter, for the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and determined on a Consolidated basis, Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter adjusted for, to the extent used in determining Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter:

 

(a)          any extraordinary gains/losses and generally non-recurring income/expense and any unrealized gains/losses for derivatives during such fiscal quarter;

 

(b)          depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or losses of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, the non-cash portion of net periodic defined benefit costs, bad debt expense net of cash recoveries, deferred rent, amortization of debt financing costs and asset retirement obligations) during such fiscal quarter;

 

(c)          provision/benefit for current and deferred income taxes (both state and federal) during such fiscal quarter;

 

(d)          Consolidated Interest Expense, net of interest income, during the relevant fiscal quarter;

 

(e)          Indebtedness-related fees (which includes, but is not limited to, commitment fees and agency fees) during such fiscal quarter; and

 

(f)          expenses incurred under the Management Agreement during such fiscal quarter.

 

“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date

 

“Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, interest expense (including, without limitation, interest expense attributable to Capital Leases and all net payment obligations pursuant to Swap Contracts) for such period.

  

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“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP; provided, that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary which shall be subject to clause (c) below), in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third party, except to the extent such net income is actually paid in cash to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by dividend or other distribution during such period, (b) the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent included pursuant to the foregoing clause (a), and (c) the net income (if positive), of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of such net income (i) is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or (ii) would be subject to any taxes payable on such dividends or distributions, but in each case only to the extent of such prohibition or taxes.

 

“Consolidated Net Worth” shall mean, as of any date of determination with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, (i) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be included on the Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries under “stockholders’ equity” or such similar caption on such date and minus (ii) accumulated other comprehensive income (or loss) determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, at any date of determination, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the total assets, on a consolidated basis, of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” shall mean, as of any date of determination with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis without duplication, the sum of all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

“Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness on such date to (b) Consolidated Capitalization on such date.

 

“Control Event” shall mean (a) the execution by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any agreement or letter of intent with respect to any proposed transaction or event or series of transactions or events which, individually or in the aggregate, may reasonably be expected to result in a Change of Control or (b) the execution of any written agreement which, when fully performed by the parties thereto, would result in a Change of Control.

 

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“Controlled Entity” shall mean any of the Subsidiaries of the Company and any of their or the Company’s respective Controlled Affiliates. As used in this definition, “Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

“Credit Agreement” shall mean the Credit Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 by and among the Company, the Lenders (as defined therein) from time to time parties thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto, as amended, restated, joined, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any renewals, extensions or replacements thereof, which constitute the primary bank credit facility of the Company and its Subsidiaries

 

“Default” shall mean an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event of Default.

 

“Default Rate” shall mean that rate of interest that is the greater of (a) 2.00% per annum above the rate of interest stated in clause (a) of the first paragraph of the Notes or (b) 2.00% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in New York, New York as its “base” or “prime” rate.

 

“Disclosure Documents” is defined in Section 5.3.

 

“Disqualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Notes and other obligations under this Agreement and the Security Documents that are accrued and payable), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock) (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Notes and all other obligations under this Agreement and the Security Documents that are accrued and payable), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the maturity date of the Notes; provided , that if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

 

“Environmental Laws” shall mean any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including but not limited to those related to Hazardous Materials.

 

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“Equity Issuance” shall means (1) any issuance by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof to any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, of (a) shares of its Capital Stock, (b) any shares of its Capital Stock pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants or (c) any shares of its Capital Stock pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity and (2) any capital contribution from any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor) into the Company or any Subsidiary thereof. The term “Equity Issuance” shall not include any Asset Disposition.

 

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

 

“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with the Company under Section 414 of the Code.

 

“Event of Default” is defined in Section 11.

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“FDIC” shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.

 

“FEMA” shall mean the Federal Emergency Management Agency and any successor thereto.

 

“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America.

 

“Governmental Authority” shall mean

 

(a)          the government of

 

(1)         the United States of America or any state or other political subdivision thereof, or

 

(2)         any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, or

 

(b)          any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.

 

“Guarantors” shall mean, collectively, MHGCI, so long as the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement is in effect, and each Subsidiary party to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement.

 

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“Guaranty” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person:

 

(a)          to purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any property constituting security therefor;

 

(b)          to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation, or (2) to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation;

 

(c)          to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the indebtedness or obligation; or

 

(d)          otherwise to assure the owner of such indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof.

 

In any computation of the indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor.

 

“Guaranty Agreement” shall mean the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement or the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement.

 

“Hazardous Materials” shall mean any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other substances that might pose a hazard to health and safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law including, but not limited to, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum products, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances.

 

“HGC” shall mean HGC Holdings LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company.

 

“HGC Credit Agreement” means the credit agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 among HGC, as borrower; the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, as lenders; and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for such lenders.

 

“holder” shall mean, with respect to any Note the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 13.1; provided, however, that if such Person is a nominee, then for the purposes of Sections 7, 12, 17.2 and 18 and any related definitions in this Schedule B, “holder” shall mean the beneficial owner of such Note whose name and address appears in such register.

 

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“Indebtedness” with respect to any Person shall mean, at any time, without duplication,

 

(a)          its liabilities for borrowed money and its redemption obligations in respect of mandatorily redeemable Preferred Stock;

 

(b)          its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business but including all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to any such property);

 

(c)          all liabilities appearing on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of Capital Leases;

 

(d)          all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities);

 

(e)          all its liabilities in respect of letters of credit or instruments serving a similar function issued or accepted for its account by banks and other financial institutions (whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money); and

 

(f)          any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (e) hereof.

 

Indebtedness of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described in clauses (a) through (f) to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.

 

“INHAM Exemption” is defined in Section 6.2(e).

 

“Institutional Investor” shall mean (a) any Purchaser of a Note, (b) any holder of a Note holding (together with one or more of its affiliates) more than $2,000,000 of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, (c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form, and (d) any Related Fund of any holder of any Note.

 

“Insurance and Condemnation Event” shall mean the receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of their respective property.

 

“Intercompany Loan Agreement” shall mean that certain Credit Agreement dated as March 31, 2008 between the Sponsor and the Company as in effect on the date of the Closing.

 

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“Intercreditor Agreement” is defined in Section 4.6.

 

“Lender” shall mean each financial institution from time to time party to the Credit Agreement as a “lender.”

 

“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance, or any interest or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any property or asset of such Person (including in the case of stock, stockholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements).

 

“Make-Whole Amount” is defined in Section 8.8.

 

“Management Agreement” shall mean that certain Corporation Allocation Policy Infrastructure and Specialized Funds, dated as of December 2004 (as amended on April 24, 2008) as in effect on the date of the Closing.

 

“Material” shall mean material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets, properties, or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes or the Security Documents to which it is a party or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes or any Security Documents.

 

“Memorandum” is defined in Section 5.3.

 

“MHGCI” shall mean Macquarie HGC Investment LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company and the owner of HGC.

 

“MHGCI Guaranty Agreement” is defined in Section 2.2.

 

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

“Mortgages” shall mean the collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust or other real property security document, encumbering any real property now or hereafter owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and executed by the Company or such Subsidiary in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as any such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean any “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.

 

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“NAIC” shall mean the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor thereto.

 

“Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities” shall mean, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries for any period, the net cash flow from operating activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean, as applicable, (a) with respect to any Asset Disposition or Insurance and Condemnation Event, the gross proceeds received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom (including any cash, Cash Equivalents, deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, as and when received) less the sum of (1) in the case of an Asset Disposition, all income taxes and other taxes assessed by a Governmental Authority as a result of such transaction, (2) all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with such transaction or event and (3) the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset (or a portion thereof) disposed of, which Indebtedness is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction or event (other than the Senior Secured Obligations) and (b) with respect to any offering of equity securities, the gross cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom less all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket legal, underwriting and other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.

 

“Notes” is defined in Section 1.

 

“OFAC” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

 

“OFAC Listed Person” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

 

“OFAC Sanctions Program” shall mean any economic or trade sanction that OFAC is responsible for administering and enforcing. A list of OFAC Sanctions Programs may be found at http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company.

 

“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA or any successor thereto.

 

“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, business entity or Governmental Authority.

 

“Plan” shall mean, other than any Multiemployer Plans, (1) an “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA that is established or maintained, or to which contributions are made or required to be made, by the Company or any Subsidiary or with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary may have any liability or (2) an “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA that is or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.

 

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“Preferred Stock” shall mean any class of capital stock of a Person that is preferred over any other class of capital stock (or similar equity interests) of such Person as to the payment of dividends or the payment of any amount upon liquidation or dissolution of such Person.

 

“Prepayment Date” is defined in Section 8.7(a).

 

“Prepayment Event” is defined in Section 8.7(a).

 

“property” or “properties” shall mean, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal property of any kind, tangible or intangible, choate or inchoate.

 

“Proposed Prepayment Date” is defined in Section 8.6(c).

 

“PTE” is defined in Section 6.2(a).

 

“Purchaser” or “Purchasers” shall mean each of the purchasers whose signatures appear at the end of this Agreement and such Purchaser’s successors and assigns (so long as any such assignment complies with Section 13.2), provided, however, that any Purchaser of a Note that ceases to be the registered holder or a beneficial owner (through a nominee) of such Note as the result of a transfer thereof pursuant to Section 13.2 shall cease to be included within the meaning of “Purchaser” of such Note for the purposes of this Agreement upon such transfer.

 

“QPAM Exemption” is defined in Section 6.2(d).

 

“Qualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

“Qualified Institutional Buyer” shall mean any Person who is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of such term as set forth in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act.

 

“Ratable Portion” for any Note shall mean an amount equal to the product of (a) the Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Dispositions or Insurance and Condemnation Events being applied to the payment or prepayment of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) of the second paragraph of Section 10.6 multiplied by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Note and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the sum of (1) the Notes and (2) the Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement.

 

“Reinvestment Date” shall mean, (a) with respect to Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Dispositions, the date that is 180 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds unless such Net Cash Proceeds are committed to be reinvested prior to such date, in which case the Reinvestment Date shall be 360 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds and (b) with respect to Net Cash Proceeds from Insurance and Condemnation Events, the date that is 270 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds unless such Net Cash Proceeds is committed to be reinvested prior to such date, in which case the Reinvestment Date shall be 540 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds.

 

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“Related Fund” shall mean, with respect to any holder of any Note, any fund or entity that (a) invests in Securities or bank loans, and (b) is advised or managed by such holder, the same investment advisor as such holder or by an affiliate of such holder or such investment advisor.

 

“Required Holders” shall mean, at any time, the holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates).

 

“Responsible Officer” shall mean the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, comptroller, treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Company.

 

“Restricted Affiliate” is defined in Section 13.2.

 

“Restricted Payments” is defined in Section 10.5.

 

“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw Hill Company Inc. and any successor thereto .

 

“Secured Parties” shall mean the holders of the Notes and the other holders of Senior Secured Obligations.

 

“Securities” or “Security” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2(1) of the Securities Act.

 

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

 

“Security Agreement” shall mean that certain Security Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 entered into between the Company and the Collateral Agent and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 4, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Security Documents” shall mean the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Intercreditor Agreement and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Collateral Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary under this Agreement or the Notes and the other Senior Secured Obligations.

 

“Senior Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning given for such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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“Solvent” shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, that (a) the fair value and the fair salable value of its assets (excluding any Indebtedness due from any Affiliate of such Person) are each in excess of the fair valuation of its total liabilities (including all contingent liabilities computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that could reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability), (b) such Person is able to pay its debts or other obligations in the ordinary course as they mature and (c) such Person has capital not unreasonably small to carry on its business and all business in which it proposes to be engaged.

 

“Source” is defined in Section 6.2.

 

“Sponsor” shall mean Macquarie Infrastructure Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

“Subsidiary” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such second Person, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary” is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

“Subsidiary Debt” shall mean (without duplication), as of the date of any determination thereof, the sum of all Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of the Company (including all Guaranties of Indebtedness of the Company (other than Guaranties by a Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness subject to the Intercreditor Agreement)) but excluding Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.

 

“Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean each Subsidiary party to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement.

 

“Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement” is defined in Section 9.8(a).

 

“Swap Contract” shall mean (a) any and all interest rate swap transactions, basis swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, currency options, spot contracts or any other similar transactions or any of the foregoing (including, but without limitation, any options to enter into any of the foregoing), and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement.

 

“Tax Sharing Agreement” shall mean that certain Income Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2007, by and among the Company, HGC, MHGCI and HGC Investment Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as in effect on the date of the Closing.

 

“Title Companies” is defined in Section 9.10(2).

 

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“USA PATRIOT ACT” shall mean United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

 

“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” shall mean, at any time, any Subsidiary one hundred percent of all of the equity interests (except directors’ qualifying shares) and voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the Company and the Company’s other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries at such time.

 

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[Form of Note]

 

The Gas Company, LLC

 

4.22% Senior Secured Note Due August 8, 2022

 

No. [_____] [Date]
$[_______] PPN 36714# AA5

 

For Value Received , the undersigned, The Gas Company, LLC (herein called the “Company” ), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Hawaii, hereby promises to pay to ____________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of _____________________ Dollars (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on August 8, 2022 (the “Maturity Date” ), with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 4.22% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the eighth day of February and August in each year, commencing with the February 8 or August 8 next succeeding the date hereof, and on the Maturity Date, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the greater of (i) 6.22% or (ii) 2.00% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, from time to time in New York, New York as its “base” or “prime” rate, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).

 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal offices of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in New York, New York or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

 

This Note is one of a series of Senior Secured Notes (herein called the “Notes” ) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2012 (as from time to time amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement” ), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representation set forth in Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

EXHIBIT 1

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

 

 
 

 

This Note is subject to prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise.

 

The payment by the Company of the principal of, interest on, Make-Whole Amount, if any, is secured by the Collateral as set forth in the Security Documents.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

 

  The Gas Company, LLC
       
  By  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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Execution Version

 

 

MHGCI Guaranty Agreement

 

Dated as of August 8, 2012

 

  Re: $100,000,000 4.22% Senior Secured Notes due August 8, 2022  
    of  
    The Gas Company, LLC  

 

 

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
SECTION 1. Definitions 3
     
SECTION 2. Guaranty of Notes and Note Purchase Agreement 4
     
SECTION 3. Guaranty of Payment and Performance 4
     
SECTION 4. General Provisions Relating to the Guaranty 4
     
SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties of the Guarantor 9
     
SECTION 6. Amendments, Waivers and Consents 11
     
SECTION 7. Notices 11
     
SECTION 8. Termination 11
     
SECTION 9. Miscellaneous 12

 

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MHGCI Guaranty Agreement

 

  Re: $100,000,000 4.22% Senior Secured Notes due August 8, 2022  
    of  
    The Gas Company, LLC  

 

This MHGCI Guaranty Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 (this “Guaranty” ) is entered into by the undersigned, Macquarie HGC Investment LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company (the “Guarantor” ).

 

Recitals

 

A.           The Guarantor is the indirect owner of 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company (the “Company” ).

 

B.           The Company has entered into that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Note Purchase Agreement” ) with each of the institutional investors named on Schedule A attached thereto (collectively, the “Note Purchasers” ), providing for, among other things, the issue and sale by the Company to the Note Purchasers of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.22% Senior Secured Notes due August 8, 2022 (collectively, the “Notes” ). The Note Purchasers together with their successors and assigns are collectively referred to herein as the “Holders .

 

C.           The Note Purchasers have required as a condition of their purchase of the Notes that the Company causes the Guarantor to enter into this Guaranty, and the Company has agreed to cause the Guarantor to execute this Guaranty in order to induce the Note Purchasers to purchase the Notes and thereby benefit the Company and its Subsidiaries by providing funds to the Company for the purposes described in Section 5.14 of the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

Now, therefore , as required by Section 4.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement and in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof are hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor does hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

Section 1 Definitions.

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement unless defined herein.

 

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Section 2 Guaranty of Notes and Note Purchase Agreement.

 

The Guarantor does hereby irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantee unto the Holders from the date hereof until the Termination Date (as defined below): (1) the full and prompt payment of the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on the Notes from time to time outstanding, as and when such payments shall become due and payable whether by lapse of time, upon redemption or prepayment, by extension or by acceleration or declaration or otherwise (including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest due on overdue payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest at the rate set forth in the Notes) in federal or other immediately available funds of the United States of America which at the time of payment or demand therefor shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, (2) the full and prompt performance and observance by the Company of each and all of the obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed or owed by the Company under the terms of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement and each Security Document and (3) the full and prompt payment, upon demand by any Holder of all costs and expenses, legal or otherwise (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), if any, as shall have been expended or incurred in the protection or enforcement of any rights, privileges or liabilities in favor of the Holders under or in respect of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document or under this Guaranty or in any consultation or action in connection therewith or herewith.

 

Section 3 Guaranty of Payment and Performance.

 

Subject to Section 8 hereof, this is an irrevocable, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment and performance (and not merely of collection) and the Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to require that any action on or in respect of any Note, the Note Purchase Agreement or any Security Document be brought against the Company or any other Person or that resort be had to any direct or indirect security for the Notes or for this Guaranty or any other remedy. Subject to Section 8 hereof, any Holder may, at its option, proceed hereunder against the Guarantor in the first instance to collect monies when due, the payment of which is guaranteed hereby, without first proceeding against the Company or any other Person and without first resorting to any direct or indirect security for the Notes or for this Guaranty or any other remedy. Except as set forth in Section 8 hereof, the liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be affected or impaired by any acceptance by any Holder of any direct or indirect security for, or other guaranties of, any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company or any other Person to any Holder or by any failure, delay, neglect or omission by any Holder to realize upon or protect any such guarantees, indebtedness, liability or obligation or any notes or other instruments evidencing the same or any direct or indirect security therefor or by any approval, consent, waiver, or other action taken, or omitted to be taken by any such Holder.

 

Section 4 General Provisions Relating to the Guaranty.

 

(a)          The Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that, until the Termination Date, any Holder or Holders from time to time, with or without any further notice to or assent from the Guarantor or any other Person may, without in any manner affecting the liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty, and upon such terms and conditions as any such Holder or Holders may deem advisable:

 

(1)         extend in whole or in part (by renewal or otherwise), modify, change, compromise, release or extend the duration of the time for the performance or payment of any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company on the Notes, or waive any default with respect thereto, or waive, modify, amend or change any provision of the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document, any other agreement or waive this Guaranty; or

 

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(2)         sell, release, surrender, modify, impair, exchange or substitute any and all property, of any nature and from whomsoever received, held by, or for the benefit of, any such Holder as direct or indirect security for the payment or performance of any Indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company on the Notes; or

 

(3)         settle, adjust or compromise any claim of the Company against any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company on the Notes.

 

The Guarantor hereby ratifies and confirms any such extension, renewal, change, sale, release, waiver, surrender, exchange, modification, amendment, impairment, substitution, settlement, adjustment or compromise and that the same shall be binding upon it, and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all defenses, counterclaims or offsets which it might or could have by reason thereof, it being understood that the Guarantor shall at all times be bound by this Guaranty and remain liable hereunder.

 

(b)          The Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, until the Termination Date:

 

(1)         notice of acceptance of this Guaranty by the Holders or of the creation, renewal or accrual of any liability of the Company, present or future, or of the reliance of such Holders upon this Guaranty (it being understood that every indebtedness, liability and obligation described in Section 2 hereof shall conclusively be presumed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon the execution of this Guaranty);

 

(2)         demand of payment by any Holder from the Company or any other Person indebted in any manner on or for any of the indebtedness, liabilities or obligations hereby guaranteed; and

 

(3)         presentment for the payment by any Holder or any other Person of the Notes or any other instrument, protest thereof and notice of its dishonor to any party thereto and to the Guarantor.

 

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty and the rights of any Holder to enforce such obligations by any proceedings, whether by action at law, suit in equity or otherwise, shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination, whether by reason of any claim of any character whatsoever or otherwise and shall not be subject to any defense, set-off, counterclaim (other than any compulsory counterclaim), recoupment or termination whatsoever.

 

(c)          Subject to Section 8 hereof, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns, and shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

 

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(1)         the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document or any other agreement or any of the terms of any thereof, the continuance of any obligation on the part of the Company or any other Person on or in respect of the Notes or under the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document or any other agreement or the power or authority or the lack of power or authority of the Company to issue the Notes or the Company to execute and deliver the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document or any other agreement or of the Guarantor to execute and deliver this Guaranty or to perform any of its obligations hereunder or the existence or continuance of the Company or any other Person as a legal entity; or

 

(2)         any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person of any obligations of any kind or character whatsoever under the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document, this Guaranty or any other agreement; or

 

(3)         any creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, receivership or other insolvency proceeding of the Company or any other Person or in respect of the property of the Company or any other Person or any merger, consolidation, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation, the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of or winding up of the Company or any other Person; or

 

(4)         impossibility or illegality of performance on the part of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person of its obligations under the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document, this Guaranty or any other agreements; or

 

(5)         in respect of the Company or any other Person, any change of circumstances, whether or not foreseen or foreseeable, whether or not imputable to the Company or any other Person, or other impossibility of performance through fire, explosion, accident, labor disturbance, floods, droughts, embargoes, wars (whether or not declared), civil commotion, acts of God or the public enemy, delays or failure of suppliers or carriers, inability to obtain materials, action of any federal or state regulatory body or agency, change of law or any other causes affecting performance, or any other force majeure , whether or not beyond the control of the Company or any other Person and whether or not of the kind hereinbefore specified; or

 

(6)         any attachment, claim, demand, charge, lien, order, process, encumbrance or any other happening or event or reason, similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, or any withholding or diminution at the source, by reason of any taxes, assessments, expenses, indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any character, foreseen or unforeseen, and whether or not valid, incurred by or against the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person or any claims, demands, charges or liens of any nature, foreseen or unforeseen, incurred by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person, or against any sums payable in respect of the Notes or under the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document or this Guaranty, so that such sums would be rendered inadequate or would be unavailable to make the payments herein provided; or

 

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(7)         any order, judgment, decree, ruling or regulation (whether or not valid) of any court of any nation or of any political subdivision thereof or any body, agency, department, official or administrative or regulatory agency of any thereof or any other action, happening, event or reason whatsoever which shall delay, interfere with, hinder or prevent, or in any way adversely affect, the performance by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person of its respective obligations under or in respect of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document, this Guaranty or any other agreement; or

 

(8)         the failure of the Guarantor to receive any benefit from or as a result of its execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty; or

 

(9)         any failure or lack of diligence in collection or protection, failure in presentment or demand for payment, protest, notice of protest, notice of default and of nonpayment, any failure to give notice to the Guarantor of failure of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person to keep and perform any obligation, covenant or agreement under the terms of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document, this Guaranty or any other agreement or failure to resort for payment to the Company, the Guarantor or to any other Person or to any other guaranty or to any property, security, liens or other rights or remedies; or

 

(10)        the acceptance of any additional security or other guaranty, the advance of additional money to the Company or any other Person, the renewal or extension of the Notes or amendments, modifications, consents or waivers with respect to the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement any Security Document or any other agreement, or the sale, release, substitution or exchange of any security for the Notes; or

 

(11)        any merger or consolidation of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person into or with any other Person or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any of the assets of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person to any other Person, or any change in the ownership of any shares or other equity interests of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person; or

 

(12)        any defense whatsoever that: (i) the Company or any other Person might have to the payment of the Notes (including, principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest), other than payment thereof in federal or other immediately available funds or (ii) the Company or any other Person might have to the performance or observance of any of the provisions of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document or any other agreement, whether through the satisfaction or purported satisfaction by the Company or any other Person of its debts due to any cause such as bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, merger, consolidation, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or otherwise; or

 

(13)        any act or failure to act with regard to the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, any Security Document, this Guaranty or any other agreement or anything which might vary the risk of the Guarantor or any other Person; or

 

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(14)        any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Guarantor or any other Person in respect of the obligations of the Guarantor or other Person under this Guaranty or any other agreement;

 

provided that the specific enumeration of the above-mentioned acts, failures or omissions shall not be deemed to exclude any other acts, failures or omissions, though not specifically mentioned above, it being the purpose and intent of this Guaranty and the parties hereto that the obligations of the Guarantor shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be discharged, impaired or varied except by the payment of the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on the Notes in accordance with their respective terms whenever the same shall become due and payable as in the Notes provided, at the place specified in and all in the manner and with the effect provided in the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement, as each may be amended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that repeated and successive demands may be made and recoveries may be had hereunder as and when, from time to time, the Company shall default under or in respect of the terms of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement or any Security Document and that notwithstanding recovery hereunder for or in respect of any given default or defaults by the Company under the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement or any Security Document, this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and shall apply to each and every subsequent default.

 

(d)          All rights of any Holder under this Guaranty shall be considered to be transferred or assigned at any time or from time to time upon the transfer of any Note held by such Holder whether with or without the consent of or notice to the Guarantor under this Guaranty or to the Company.

 

(e)          To the extent of any payments made under this Guaranty, the Guarantor shall, until the Termination Date, be subrogated to the rights of the Holder or Holders upon whose Notes such payment was made, but the Guarantor covenants and agrees that such right of subrogation and any and all claims of the Guarantor against the Company, any endorser or other guarantor or against any of their respective properties shall be junior and subordinate in right of payment to the prior indefeasible final payment in cash in full of all of the Notes and satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement and each Security Document and by the Guarantor of its obligations under this Guaranty, and, until the Termination Date, the Guarantor shall not take any action to enforce such right of subrogation, and the Guarantor shall not accept any payment in respect of such right of subrogation, until all of the Notes and all amounts payable by the Guarantor hereunder have indefeasibly been finally paid in cash in full and all of the obligations of the Company under the Note Purchase Agreement and each Security Document and of the Guarantor under this Guaranty have been satisfied. Notwithstanding any right of the Guarantor to ask, demand, sue for, take or receive any payment from the Company, all rights, liens and security interests of the Guarantor, whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever existing, in any assets of the Company shall be and hereby are, until the Termination Date, subordinated to the rights, if any, of the Holders in those assets. The Guarantor shall not have any right to possession of any such asset or to foreclose upon any such asset, whether by judicial action or otherwise, unless and until the earlier of (i) the occurrence of the Termination Date and (ii) the date all of the Notes and the obligations of the Company under the Note Purchase Agreement and each Security Document shall have been paid in cash in full and satisfied.

 

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(f)          The Guarantor agrees that to the extent the Company or any other Person makes any payment on any Note, which payment or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, voided, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered, rescinded or is required to be retained by or repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other Person under any bankruptcy code, common law, or equitable cause, then and to the extent of such payment, the obligation or the part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect with respect to the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, as if said payment had not been made. The liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be reduced or discharged, in whole or in part, by any payment to any Holder from any source that is thereafter paid, returned or refunded in whole or in part by reason of the assertion of a claim of any kind relating thereto, including, but not limited to, any claim for breach of contract, breach of warranty, preference, illegality, invalidity or fraud asserted by any account debtor or by any other Person.

 

(g)          No Holder shall be under any obligation: (1) to marshal any assets in favor of the Guarantor or in payment of any or all of the liabilities of the Company under or in respect of the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement or any Security Document or the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder or (2) to pursue any other remedy that the Guarantor may or may not be able to pursue themselves and that may lighten the Guarantor’s burden, any right to which the Guarantor hereby expressly waives.

 

(h)          If an event permitting the acceleration of the maturity of the principal amount of the Notes shall at any time have occurred and be continuing and such acceleration shall at such time be prevented or the right of any Holder to receive any payment under any Note shall at such time be delayed or otherwise affected by reason of the pendency against the Company of a case or proceeding under a bankruptcy or insolvency law, the Guarantor agrees that, for purposes of this Guaranty and its obligations hereunder, the maturity of such principal amount shall be deemed to have been accelerated with the same effect as if the Holders had accelerated the same in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, and the Guarantor shall forthwith pay such accelerated principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and any other amounts guaranteed hereunder.

 

Section 5 Representations and Warranties of the Guarantor.

 

The Guarantor represents and warrants to each Holder that:

 

(a)          The Guarantor is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (1) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (2) the ability of the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guaranty or (3) the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty (herein in this Section 5, a “Material Adverse Effect” ). The Guarantor has the limited liability company power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform the provisions hereof.

 

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(b)          This Guaranty has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Guarantor, and this Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (1) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

(c)          The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty will not (1) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any lien in respect of any material property of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries under any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, organizational document or any other agreement or instrument to which the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is bound or by which the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective material properties may be bound or affected, (2) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority applicable to the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries or (3) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any governmental authority applicable to the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(d)          No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty.

 

(e)          Neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to regulation under Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, the Federal Power Act, as amended. Neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to regulation under federal or state law as a public utility except that the Company is subject to regulation as a public utility under Chapter 269 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

(g)          The Guarantor is solvent, has capital not unreasonably small in relation to its business or any contemplated or undertaken transaction and has assets having a value both at fair valuation and at present fair salable value greater than the amount required to pay its debts as they become due and greater than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts as they become absolute and matured. The Guarantor does not intend to incur, or believe or should have believed that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due. The Guarantor will not be rendered insolvent by the execution and delivery of, and performance of its obligations under, this Guaranty. The Guarantor does not intend to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors by or through the execution and delivery of, or performance of its obligations under, this Guaranty.

 

(h)          The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all other unsecured indebtedness (actual or contingent) of the Guarantor that is not expressed to be subordinate or junior in rank to any other unsecured indebtedness of the Guarantor including, without limitation, all obligations of the Guarantor under any guaranty of indebtedness of any other Person, including without limitation any guaranty of indebtedness under the Credit Agreement.

 

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Section 6 Amendments, Waivers and Consents.

 

(a)          This Guaranty may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Guarantor and the Required Holders, except that (1) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Sections 3, 4 or 5, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any Holder unless consented to by such Holder in writing, and (2) no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of each Holder, (i) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver or (ii) amend Section 2 or this Section 6.

 

(b)          Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 6 applies equally to all Holders of Notes affected thereby and is binding upon them and upon each future holder and upon the Guarantor. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant or agreement not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Guarantor and any Holder nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any Holder. As used herein, the term “this Guaranty” and references thereto shall mean this Guaranty as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.

 

Section 7 Notices.

 

All communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing, mailed or delivered, postage prepaid, if addressed to the Guarantor, c/o The Gas Company, LLC, 745 Fort Street, Suite 1800, Honolulu, HI 96813, Attention: Jeffrey M. Kissel, President and Chief Executive Officer, or if addressed to a Holder, as set forth in Schedule A to the Note Purchase Agreement or to such other address as such Holder or the Guarantor may designate to the other in writing. Notices under this Section 7 will be deemed given only when actually received.

 

Section 8 Termination.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, this Guaranty shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and effect immediately upon the date (such date the “Termination Date” ) of delivery by the Company (by electronic transmission or otherwise) to the Holders of copies of the annual audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 required by Section 7.1(b) of the Note Purchase Agreement and the applicable officer’s certificate required to be delivered with such financial statements pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement and in no event shall any obligation of the Guarantor under this Guaranty be reinstated following the Termination Date, provided , that the Guarantor shall have been, or shall concurrently be, released pursuant to the provisions of the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement), including, without limitation Section 8 thereof, in each case, as in effect on the date hereof.

 

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Section 9 Miscellaneous.

 

(a)          No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to any Holder is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given under this Guaranty now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default, omission or failure of performance hereunder shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof but any such right or power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entitle any Holder to exercise any remedy reserved to it under this Guaranty, it shall not be necessary for such Holder to physically produce its Note in any proceedings instituted by it or to give any notice, other than such notice as may be herein expressly required.

 

(b)          The Guarantor will pay all sums becoming due under this Guaranty by the method and at the address specified for such purpose for such Holder, in the case of a Holder that is a Note Purchaser, on Schedule A to the Note Purchase Agreement or by such other method or at such other address as any Holder shall have from time to time specified to the Guarantor or the Company on behalf of the Guarantor in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of this Guaranty or any Note.

 

(c)          Any provision of this Guaranty that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

(d)          This Guaranty shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder and its successors and assigns so long as its Notes remain outstanding and unpaid. If the Guarantor enters into any consolidation or merger, pursuant to which the Guarantor is not the surviving entity (the “Successor Corporation” ), the Successor Corporation shall execute and deliver to each Holder its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Guaranty (pursuant to such agreements and instruments as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders).

 

(e)          This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.

 

(f)          This Guaranty shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

 

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(h)           The Guarantor irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Guarantor irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

(i)           The Guarantor consents to process being served by or on behalf of any Holder in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 9(h) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 7 or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section. The Guarantor agrees that such service upon receipt (1) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (2) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

 

(j)           Nothing in this Section 9 shall affect the right of any Holder to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that any Holder may have to bring proceedings against the Guarantor in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

 

(k)           The parties hereto hereby waive trial by jury in any action brought on or with respect to this Guaranty or any other document executed in connection herewith or therewith.

 

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In Witness Whereof , the undersigned has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed by an authorized representative as of the date first written above.

 

  Macquarie HGC Investment LLC
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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Execution Version

 

 

Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement

 

Dated as of August 8, 2012

 

By and Among

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

as Collateral Agent

 

And

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

as Administrative Agent

 

And

 

The Noteholders Party Hereto,

as Creditors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3

(To Note Purchase Agreement) 

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Table of Contents

 

Section   Heading Page
         
SECTION 1. Definitions   2
         
  Section 1.1. Definitions 2
       
  Section 1.2. Effectiveness of this Agreement 8
         
SECTION 2. Relationships Among Secured Parties 8
         
  Section 2.1. Restrictions on Actions 8
       
  Section 2.2. Representations and Warranties; Agreements of Creditors 9
       
  Section 2.3. Cooperation; Accountings 10
       
  Section 2.4. Termination of Credit Agreement, Note Agreement or Additional Secured Facility 10
         
SECTION 3. Appointment and Authorization of Collateral Agent; Appointment of Co-Agents 10
         
  Section 3.1. Appointment and Authorization of Collateral Agent 10
       
  Section 3.2. Appointment of Co-Agents 11
         
SECTION 4. Agency Provisions 11
         
  Section 4.1. Delegation of Duties 11
       
  Section 4.2. Exculpatory Provisions 11
       
  Section 4.3. Reliance by Collateral Agent 12
       
  Section 4.4. Knowledge or Notice of Default, Event of Default, Special Event of Default or Acceleration 12
       
  Section 4.5. Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other Creditors 12
       
  Section 4.6. Indemnification 13
       
  Section 4.7. Collateral Agent in Its Individual Capacity 13
       
  Section 4.8. Successor Collateral Agent 13
         
SECTION 5. Actions by the Collateral Agent 15
         
  Section 5.1. Duties and Obligations 15
       
  Section 5.2. Notification of Default or Acceleration 15
       
  Section 5.3. Actions of Collateral Agent; Exercise of Remedies 15
       
  Section 5.4. Instructions from Creditors 15
       
  Section 5.5. Protective Advances 16
       
  Section 5.6. Changes to Security Documents 16
       
  Section 5.7. Release of Collateral 16

 

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  Section 5.8. Other Actions 16
       
  Section 5.9. Cooperation 17
       
  Section 5.10. Distribution of Proceeds 17
       
  Section 5.11. Senior Preferential Payments and Special Collateral Account 18
       
  Section 5.12. Authorized Investments 19
       
  Section 5.13. Restoration of Obligations 19
       
  Section 5.14. Bankruptcy Preferences 19
         
SECTION 6. Bankruptcy Proceedings 20
     
SECTION 7. Miscellaneous 20
         
  Section 7.1. Creditors; Other Collateral 20
       
  Section 7.2. Marshalling 20
       
  Section 7.3. Consents, Amendments, Waivers 21
       
  Section 7.4. Governing Law 21
       
  Section 7.5. Parties in Interest 21
       
  Section 7.6. Counterparts 21
       
  Section 7.7. Termination 22
       
  Section 7.8. Notices 22
       
  Section 7.9. Senior Secured Obligations Held by Company 23

 

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Attachment to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement:

 

Exhibit A – List of Security Documents

 

Exhibit B – Addresses of Creditors

 

Exhibit C – Joinder

 

Exhibit D –Additional Secured Lender Joinder

 

Exhibit E –Administrative Agent Joinder

 

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Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement

 

This Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 (this “Agreement” ), is entered into by and among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association , in its capacity as Collateral Agent (as hereinafter defined), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association , in its capacity as Administrative Agent (as hereinafter defined) for the Lenders (as hereinafter defined), each Noteholder (as hereinafter defined) named on the signature pages hereof and each other Creditor which becomes a party hereto after the date hereof.

 

Recitals:

 

The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company (the “Company” ), and HGC Holdings LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company, are concurrently herewith entering into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 (as amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement” ) with the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto as lenders and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, pursuant to which the Lenders are providing revolving credit loans and other extensions of credit to the Company.

 

The Company is concurrently herewith entering into that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 (as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Note Agreement” ) with each of the purchasers listed on Schedule A thereto (collectively, the “Noteholders” ) , pursuant to which the Noteholders will purchase $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.22% Senior Secured Notes due August 8, 2022 of the Company (the “Senior Secured Notes” ).

 

The Company may from time to time enter into Additional Secured Facilities (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to which the Additional Senior Lenders (as hereinafter defined) provide Additional Secured Debt (as hereinafter defined) to the Company.

 

The Revolving Obligations (as hereinafter defined), the Senior Note Obligations (as hereinafter defined) and any Additional Secured Obligations (as hereinafter defined) will be secured equally and ratably by the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to the Security Documents (as hereinafter defined) and administered in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Lenders and the Noteholders desire to appoint Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent” ) to act on behalf of the Creditors (as hereinafter defined) regarding the Collateral, all as more fully provided herein. The parties hereto have entered into this Agreement to, among other things, define the rights, duties, authority and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent and the relationship between the Creditors regarding their pari passu interests in the Collateral.

 

Now, therefore , in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

 
 

 

Section 1 Definitions.

 

Section 1.1         Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1 or in the provisions of this Agreement referred to below:

 

“Additional Secured Debt” shall mean indebtedness of the Company so long as (a) such indebtedness and the Lien with respect to such indebtedness are in each case permitted by each of (i) the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Note Agreement and (iii) each Additional Secured Facility then outstanding, (b) immediately before and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred which is continuing or be caused thereby and the Company shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants contained in each of the Credit Agreement and the Note Agreement and (c) the holders of such indebtedness shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Additional Secured Lender Joinder.

 

“Additional Secured Facility” shall mean any credit agreement or note agreement pursuant to which the Company incurs Additional Secured Debt.

 

“Additional Secured Facility Documents” shall mean each Additional Secured Facility, any guaranty relating thereto and all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected therewith or any of the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, the Security Documents).

 

“Additional Secured Facility Exposure” shall mean, with respect to each Additional Secured Lender, the sum, with duplication, of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of outstanding loans (whether term loans or revolving loans) and other extensions of credit of such Additional Secured Lender as of such date and (b) the amount of the undrawn commitment of such Additional Secured Lender to fund further borrowing requests by the Company or otherwise extend credit pursuant to such Additional Secured Facility (as used in this definition, collectively, the “Undrawn Commitment” ) as of such date; provided , that, if (1) a Bankruptcy Proceeding with respect to the Company has been commenced, (2) any of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated (which acceleration has not been rescinded) and the Collateral Agent shall have received notice of such acceleration, (3) such Additional Secured Lender has terminated its Undrawn Commitment or (4) a Default or Event of Default under the applicable Additional Secured Facility shall exist and such Additional Secured Lender shall not have, concurrently with its delivery of any instructions to the Collateral Agent, acknowledged in writing its willingness to continue to fund borrowing requests by the Company and otherwise extend credit, in each case, in accordance with the applicable Additional Secured Facility, then “Additional Secured Facility Exposure” shall mean, as of such date of determination, for such Additional Secured Lender, the amounts referred to in clause (a) of this definition for such Additional Secured Lender as of such date.

 

“Additional Secured Lender” shall mean the financial institutions providing Additional Secured Debt pursuant to an Additional Secured Facility, and their successors and permitted assigns.

 

“Additional Secured Lender Joinder” shall mean a joinder to this Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto.

 

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“Additional Secured Obligations” shall mean the obligations of the Company under any Additional Secured Facility and the other Additional Secured Facility Documents.

 

“Administrative Agent” shall mean the party identified as such in the Credit Agreement, and its successor and permitted assigns.

 

“Administrative Agent Joinder” shall mean a joinder to this Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto.

 

“Affiliate” shall mean, at any time, and as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

 

“Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Preamble hereof, and shall include such agreement as amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms.

 

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as codified under Title 11 of the United States Code, and the Bankruptcy Rules promulgated thereunder, as the same may be in effect from time to time.

 

“Bankruptcy Proceeding” shall mean, with respect to any Person, a general assignment by such Person for the benefit of its creditors, or the institution by or against such Person of any proceeding seeking relief as debtor, or seeking to adjudicate such Person as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of such Person or its debts, under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property.

 

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed.

 

“Cash Equivalent Investments” shall mean: (a) direct obligations of the United States government or any agencies thereof and obligations guaranteed by the United States government, in each case having remaining terms to maturity of not more than 30 days; and (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits and acceptances, having remaining terms to maturity of not more than 30 days issued by United States banks which have a combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000 and having an “A” rating or better assigned thereto by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a Division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

“Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements between the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and a Cash Management Provider.

 

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Cash Management Provider ” shall mean any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent.

 

“Collateral” shall mean (a) all collateral under, and cash received in respect of, the Security Documents, (b) all collateral held by the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent or any other Creditor under the Loan Documents, the Senior Note Documents or the Additional Secured Facility Documents, (c) all cash received as a result of the exercise of any setoff rights of any Creditor and (d) all cash received as a result of any claim under any Secured Guaranty.

 

“Collateral Agent” shall mean the party identified as such in the Recitals hereof, and its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity.

 

“Company” shall mean that party identified as such in the Recitals hereof, and its successors and permitted assigns.

 

“Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Recitals hereof.

 

“Creditor” shall mean any one of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Noteholders, any Additional Secured Lender, any Secured Hedge Provider under a Secured Hedge Agreement, any Cash Management Provider and any successors and permitted assigns to the interests in the Senior Secured Obligations owing to any such Persons.

 

“Default” shall mean any event or condition, the occurrence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, constitute an Event of Default.

 

“Event of Default” shall mean any event or occurrence which would constitute an “Event of Default” under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Note Agreement or any Additional Secured Facility or an event of default under the terms of any Security Document.

 

“Hedge Agreement” shall mean “Hedge Agreement” (or equivalent term) as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

“Joinder” shall mean a joinder to this Agreement in the form of Exhibit C hereto.

 

“L/C Exposure” shall mean, as of any date of determination and without duplication, the “L/C Obligations” (or equivalent term) as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

“L/C Issuer” shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or any other Lender who becomes an “Issuing Lender” (or equivalent term) under the Credit Agreement or any Affiliate thereof and its permitted successors as “Issuing Lender” (or equivalent term) under the Credit Agreement.

 

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“Lender Exposure” shall mean, as of any date of determination, for any Lender, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the Total Outstandings of such Lender as of such date and (b) the Revolving Availability of such Lender as of such date; provided , that, if (1) a Bankruptcy Proceeding with respect to the Company has been commenced, (2) any of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated (which acceleration has not been rescinded) and the Collateral Agent shall have received notice of such acceleration, (3) such Lender has terminated its Revolving Commitment or (4) a Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement shall exist and such Lender shall not have, concurrently with its delivery of any instructions to the Collateral Agent, acknowledged in writing its willingness to continue to fund borrowing requests by the Company (or, if such Lender is also the L/C Issuer, its willingness to issue Letters of Credit requested by the Company) and otherwise extend credit, in each case, in accordance with the Credit Agreement, then “Lender Exposure” shall mean, as of such date of determination, for such Lender, such Lender’s Total Outstandings as of such date.

 

“Lenders” shall mean the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party to the Credit Agreement as lenders, and their successors and permitted assigns.

 

“Letters of Credit” shall mean all letters of credit issued under or pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

“Letters of Credit Collateral Account” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.10 hereof.

 

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

 

“Loan Documents” shall mean the Credit Agreement, any guaranty relating thereto and all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected therewith or any of the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, the Security Documents).

 

“Majority Creditors” shall mean Creditors, considered as a single class, holding more than 50% of the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Lender Exposure of all Lenders, (b) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced by the Senior Secured Notes and (c) the aggregate principal amount of Additional Secured Facility Exposure of all Additional Secured Lenders.

 

“Note Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Recitals hereof, and shall include such agreement as amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms.

 

“Noteholders” those parties identified as such in the Recitals hereof, and their successors and permitted assigns.

 

“Notice of Default” shall mean a notice pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof from the Collateral Agent to the Creditors of the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default.

 

“Notice of Special Default” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.11(a).

 

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“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Required Additional Secured Lenders” shall mean, with respect to any Additional Secured Facility, the Additional Secured Lenders required pursuant to the terms of such Additional Secured Facility to waive Events of Default thereunder.

 

“Required Holders” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Note Agreement.

 

“Required Lenders” shall mean the “Required Lenders” as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

“Revolving Availability” shall mean an amount equal to the “Revolving Credit Commitment” (or equivalent term) as defined in the Credit Agreement of a Lender minus the “Extensions of Credit” (or equivalent term) as defined in the Credit Agreement of such Lender.

 

“Revolving Commitment” shall mean the commitment of the Lenders to fund further borrowing requests by the Company, participate in L/C Exposure and otherwise extend credit, in each case, in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

 

“Revolving Obligations” shall mean the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

“Secured Guaranty” shall mean any guaranty of any Senior Secured Obligation to the extent that recoveries thereunder are subject to this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 5.10).

 

“Secured Hedge Agreement” shall mean any Hedge Agreement entered into by the Company or a Subsidiary thereof with a Secured Hedge Provider in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks or to secure feed stock or inventory and not for speculative purposes.

 

“Secured Hedge Provider” shall mean any Person that, at the time it enters into a Hedge Agreement, is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent.

 

“Security Documents” shall mean the documents set forth on Exhibit A hereto and all other agreements, documents and instruments relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected with any of the foregoing documents or granting to the Collateral Agent Liens to secure the Senior Secured Obligations, whether now or hereafter executed, each as amended or amended and restated in conjunction herewith, or as may be amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified from time to time hereafter in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. Security Documents shall not, however, include the Credit Agreement, the Note Agreement, any Additional Secured Facility or the Senior Secured Notes.

 

“Senior Note Documents” shall mean the Note Agreement, the Senior Secured Notes, any guaranty relating thereto and all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected therewith or any of the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, the Security Documents).

 

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“Senior Note Obligations” shall mean the obligations of the Company under the Note Agreement, the Senior Secured Notes and the other Senior Note Documents.

 

“Senior Preferential Payment” shall mean any payments, property constituting Collateral or proceeds of the Collateral, from the Company or any other source (including, without limitation under any Secured Guaranty) with respect to the Senior Secured Obligations which are:

 

a. received by a Creditor within 90 days prior to the (1) commencement of a Bankruptcy Proceeding with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (2) the acceleration of the Revolving Obligations, the Senior Note Obligations or the Additional Secured Obligations and which payment reduces the amount of the Senior Secured Obligations owed to such Creditor below the amount owed to such Creditor as of the 90th day prior to such occurrence;

 

b. received by a Creditor (1) within 90 days prior to the occurrence of any other Event of Default which has not been waived or cured within 45 days after the occurrence thereof and which payment reduces the amount of the Senior Secured Obligations owed to such Creditor below the amount owed to such Creditor as of the 90th day prior to the occurrence of such Event of Default or (2) within 45 days after the occurrence of such Event of Default; or

 

c. received by a Creditor after the occurrence of a Special Event of Default except as provided in Section 5.11(b).

 

“Senior Secured Notes” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Recitals hereof.

 

“Senior Secured Obligations” shall mean, collectively, (a) the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the Revolving Obligations) and (ii) to the Lenders, Affiliates of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent under Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements, (b) the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Noteholders under the Senior Note Documents (including, without limitation, the Senior Note Obligations), (c) the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Additional Secured Lenders under the Additional Secured Facilities (including, without limitation, the Additional Secured Obligations) and (d) the obligations and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement, the Loan Documents, the Senior Note Documents, any Additional Secured Facility Documents and the Security Documents, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, joint or several, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, and all obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to the Creditors, arising out of any extension, refinancing or refunding of any of the foregoing obligations.

 

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“Special Collateral Account” shall mean that certain interest bearing restricted account maintained by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of receiving and holding Senior Preferential Payments.

 

“Special Event of Default” shall mean (a) the commencement of a Bankruptcy Proceeding with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any other Event of Default which has not been waived or cured within 45 days after the occurrence thereof, (c) the acceleration of the Revolving Obligations, the Senior Note Obligations or any Additional Secured Obligations or (d) any demand for payment under any Secured Guaranty.

 

“Subsidiary” shall mean, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

“Total Outstandings” shall mean “Extensions of Credit” (or equivalent term) as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 1.2         Effectiveness of this Agreement. The effectiveness of this Agreement is conditioned upon (a) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Noteholders and (b) the execution, delivery and effectiveness of the Credit Agreement and the Note Agreement by each of the parties thereto.

 

Section 2 Relationships Among Secured Parties .

 

Section 2.1         Restrictions on Actions. Each Creditor (or in the case of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders) agrees that, so long as any Senior Secured Obligations are outstanding, the provisions of this Agreement shall provide the exclusive method by which any Creditor may exercise rights and remedies under the Security Documents. Therefore, each Creditor shall, for the mutual benefit of all Creditors, except as permitted under this Agreement:

 

(a)   Refrain from taking or filing any action, judicial or otherwise, to enforce any rights or pursue any remedy under the Security Documents, except for delivering notices hereunder;

 

(b)   Refrain from (1) selling any Senior Secured Obligations to the Company or any of its Affiliates after the occurrence of and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default and (2) accepting any guaranty of, or any other security for, the Senior Secured Obligations from the Company or any of its Affiliates, except for (i) any cash collateral received by the Administrative Agent or any other Creditor pursuant to the requirement of the Loan Documents, the Senior Note Documents or any Additional Secured Facility Documents (which cash collateral shall constitute Collateral for purposes of this Agreement), (ii) any Secured Guaranty or (iii) any security granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of all Creditors; and

 

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(c)   Refrain from exercising any rights or remedies under the Security Documents which have or may have arisen or which may arise as a result of a Default or Event of Default;

 

provided, however, that nothing contained in subsections (a) through (c) above, shall prevent any Creditor from (1) imposing a default rate of interest in accordance with the Credit Agreement, the Note Agreement or any Additional Secured Facility, as applicable, (2) accelerating the maturity of, or demanding payment from the Company or any Subsidiary on, any Senior Secured Obligation owing to such Creditor, (3) instituting legal action against the Company or any Subsidiary to obtain a judgment or other legal process in respect of such Senior Secured Obligation, (4) subject to Section 6, filing to commence a Bankruptcy Proceeding against the Company or any Subsidiary and filing claims and otherwise participating in any voluntary or involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding, (5) raising any defenses in any action in which it has been made a party defendant or has been joined as a third party, except that the Collateral Agent may direct and control any defense directly relating solely to the Collateral or any one or more of the Security Documents but not relating to any Creditor, which shall be governed by the provisions of this Agreement or (6) exercising any right of setoff, recoupment or similar right; provided that the amounts so setoff or recouped shall constitute Collateral for purposes of this Agreement and the Creditor shall promptly cause such amounts to be delivered to the Collateral Agent for deposit in the Special Collateral Account.

 

Section 2.2         Representations and Warranties; Agreements of Creditors.

 

(a)   Each of the Creditors (or in the case of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders), individually and not jointly, represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that:

 

(1)          the execution, delivery and performance by such Creditor of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar proceedings and does not and will not contravene any provision of law, its charter or by-laws or any amendment thereof, or of any indenture, agreement, instrument or undertaking binding upon such Creditor; and

 

(2)          the execution, delivery and performance by such Creditor of this Agreement will result in a valid and legally binding obligation of such Creditor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, regulatory and similar laws or generally application and by general principles of equity.

 

(b)   The Administrative Agent further represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that as of the date hereof the Administrative Agent has the power and authority under the Loan Documents to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder, in each case, on behalf of the Lenders.

 

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(c)  The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall cause each of their Affiliates that are Secured Hedge Providers or Cash Management Providers to comply with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.3         Cooperation; Accountings. Each of the Creditors will, upon the reasonable request of another Creditor or the Collateral Agent, from time to time execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such further instruments, and do and cause to be done such further acts as may be necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the provisions of this Agreement. Each Creditor agrees to provide to each other Creditor and the Collateral Agent upon reasonable request a statement of all payments received by it in respect of Senior Secured Obligations. The Collateral Agent will from time to time provide to each other Creditor upon reasonable request a statement of all (a) amounts received pursuant to the Security Documents (including, without limitation, in connection with the exercise of remedies thereunder) and (b) disbursements made therewith.

 

Section 2.4         Termination of Credit Agreement, Note Agreement or Additional Secured Facility. Upon payment in full of all Senior Secured Obligations to any Creditor, and, in the case of the Credit Agreement and any Additional Secured Facility which includes a revolving credit facility, the termination of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or such Additional Secured Lender’s commitment to fund further borrowing requests by the Company or otherwise extend credit under the applicable Additional Secured Facility, such Creditor shall cease to be a party to this Agreement; provided, however, if all or any part of any payments to such Creditor are thereafter invalidated or set aside or required to be repaid to any Person in any Bankruptcy Proceeding or pursuant to Section 5.11, then this Agreement in respect of such Creditor shall be renewed as of such date and shall thereafter continue in full force and effect to the extent of the Senior Secured Obligations so invalidated, set aside or repaid.

 

Section 3 Appointment and Authorization of Collateral Agent; Appointment of Co-Agents.

 

Section 3.1         Appointment and Authorization of Collateral Agent .

 

(a)  Each Creditor (or in the case of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders) hereby designates and appoints Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Collateral Agent of such Creditor under this Agreement and the Security Documents and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, hereby accepts such designation and appointment. The appointment made by this Section 3.1(a) is given for valuable consideration and coupled with an interest and is irrevocable so long as the Senior Secured Obligations, or any part thereof, shall remain unpaid or subject to disgorgement hereunder, any Lender is obligated to fund any borrowing under the Loan Documents or any Additional Secured Lender is obligated to fund any borrowing under any Additional Secured Facility Documents.

 

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(b)  Each Creditor (or in the case of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders) has reviewed the Security Documents set forth on Exhibit A and hereby irrevocably authorizes Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Collateral Agent for such Creditor to (1) execute and enter into each of the Security Documents and all other instruments relating to said Security Documents, (2) to take action on its behalf expressly permitted to perfect, maintain and preserve the Liens granted thereby, (3) to execute instruments of release or to take such other action necessary to release Liens upon the Collateral to the extent authorized by this Agreement, the Security Documents or the requisite Creditors and (4) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as are, in each case, expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof.

 

(c)  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or therein or any trust or fiduciary relationship with any Creditor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any Security Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 3.2         Appointment of Co-Agents. At any time or times, in order to comply with any legal requirement in any jurisdiction, the Collateral Agent may appoint a bank or trust company or one or more other Persons reasonably acceptable to the Majority Creditors, either to act as co-agent or co-agents, jointly with the Collateral Agent, or to act as separate agent or agents on behalf of the Creditors with such power and authority as may be necessary for the effectual operation of the provisions hereof and of the Security Documents and as may be specified in the instrument of appointment.

 

Section 4 Agency Provisions .

 

Section 4.1         Delegation of Duties. The Collateral Agent may exercise its powers and execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the Security Documents jointly with any co-trustee or co-trustees appointed pursuant to Section 3.2 or by or through employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or separate trustees appointed pursuant to Section 3.2 and shall be entitled to take and to rely on advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such powers and duties. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, attorneys-in-fact, co-trustees or separate trustees selected by it with reasonable care. Subject to Section 3.2, the Collateral Agent may utilize the services of such Persons as the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion may determine, and all reasonable fees and expenses of such Persons shall be borne by the Company.

 

Section 4.2         Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Collateral Agent’s officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, co-trustees, separate trustees or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any Security Document (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Creditors for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Company or any Creditor or any officer of any thereof contained in any Security Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by, the Collateral Agent under or in connection with this Agreement, any Security Document or any other document in any way connected therewith, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the Security Documents or any Lien under the Security Documents or the perfection or priority of any such Lien or for any failure of the Company to perform its obligations thereunder. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Collateral Agent’s officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, co-trustees, separate trustees or Affiliates shall be under any obligation to the Creditors to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, the Security Documents.

 

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Section 4.3         Reliance by Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing (in electronic or physical form), resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take action under this Agreement or the Security Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Majority Creditors as is contemplated by Section 5 hereof and it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Creditors against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking, continuing to take or refraining from taking any such action. The Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the Security Documents in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.8 hereof and in accordance with written instructions of the Majority Creditors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Creditors and all future holders of the Senior Secured Obligations.

 

Section 4.4         Knowledge or Notice of Default, Event of Default, Special Event of Default or Acceleration. The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, Event of Default, Special Event of Default or the acceleration of any of the Senior Secured Obligations unless the Collateral Agent has received written notice from the Administrative Agent, a Creditor or the Company referring to the Credit Agreement, the Note Agreement or the applicable Additional Secured Facility, describing such Default, Event of Default, Special Event of Default or acceleration, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances thereof and stating that the Collateral Agent may rely on such notice without further inquiry.

 

Section 4.5         Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other Creditors. Each Creditor expressly acknowledges that except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Collateral Agent’s officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, co-trustees, separate trustees or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Company or any Subsidiary, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Collateral Agent to any Creditor. Each Creditor represents that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or any other Creditor, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each Creditor also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or any other Creditor, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the Security Documents and this Agreement and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Creditors by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any Security Document, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide the Creditors with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Company or any Subsidiary which may come into the possession of the Collateral Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact co-trustees, separate trustees or Affiliates.

 

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Section 4.6         Indemnification. Each Creditor shall indemnify the Collateral Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and without limiting the obligation of the Company or such Subsidiary to do so), ratably according to its respective share of the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of Lender Exposure, (b) the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness evidenced by the Senior Secured Notes and (c) the aggregate amount of Additional Secured Facility Exposure, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including, without limitation, at any time following an Event of Default or the payment of the Senior Secured Obligations) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Collateral Agent arising out of actions or omissions of the Collateral Agent specifically required or permitted by this Agreement or by the exercise of remedies pursuant to written instructions of the Majority Creditors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof; provided that no Creditor shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the extent due to the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section 4.6 shall survive the payment of the Senior Secured Obligations.

 

Section 4.7         Collateral Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company and its Affiliates as though such Person was not the Collateral Agent hereunder. With respect to any obligations owed to it under the Credit Agreement, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any Creditor and may exercise the same as though it were not the Collateral Agent, and the terms “Creditor” and “Creditors” shall include Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its individual capacity.

 

Section 4.8         Successor Collateral Agent.

 

(a)          The Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon 30 days’ written notice to the Creditors and the Company, may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Majority Creditors by written notice delivered to the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Creditors and, if the Collateral Agent is a Lender or Additional Secured Lender, may be removed by the Required Holders at any time that the Collateral Agent has failed to take any action that the Collateral Agent is required to take hereunder after request therefor by the Majority Creditors or the Collateral Agent has taken any action hereunder that the Collateral Agent is not authorized to take hereunder or that violates the terms hereof. After any resignation or removal hereunder of the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 4 shall continue to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it in its capacity as Collateral Agent hereunder while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement.

 

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(b)          Upon receiving written notice of any such resignation or removal, a successor Collateral Agent shall be appointed by the Majority Creditors; provided, however, that such successor Collateral Agent shall be (1) a bank or trust company having a combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by a Federal or state lending authority and (2) authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization to assume the functions of the Collateral Agent. If a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been appointed pursuant to this Section 4.8(b) within such 30 day period after the Collateral Agent’s resignation or upon removal of the Collateral Agent, then any Creditor or the Collateral Agent (unless the Collateral Agent is being removed) may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent. Such court shall, after such notice as it may deem proper, appoint a successor Collateral Agent meeting the qualifications specified in this Section 4.8(b). The Creditors hereby consent to such petition and appointment so long as such criteria are met. If a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been appointed pursuant to this Section 4.8(b) within 360 days after the Collateral Agent’s resignation or upon removal of the Collateral Agent, then the resignation or removal shall nonetheless become effective and the Creditors acting collectively shall thereafter have the rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the Security Documents until a successor Collateral Agent has been appointed and accepted such appointment. The appointment of a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 4.8(b) shall become effective upon the acceptance of the appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent. Upon such effective appointment, the successor Collateral Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent.

 

(c)          The resignation or removal of a Collateral Agent shall take effect on the day specified in the notice described in Section 4.8(a), unless previously a successor Collateral Agent shall have been appointed and shall have accepted such appointment, in which event such resignation or removal shall take effect immediately upon the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Collateral Agent, provided, however, that no such resignation or removal shall be effective hereunder unless and until a successor Collateral Agent shall have been appointed and shall have accepted such appointment.

 

(d)          Upon the effective appointment of a successor Collateral Agent, the successor Collateral Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent and the predecessor Collateral Agent hereby appoints the successor Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such predecessor Collateral Agent to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is coupled with an interest. Such appointment and designation shall be full evidence of the right and authority to act as Collateral Agent hereunder and all Collateral, power, trusts, duties, documents, rights and authority of the previous Collateral Agent shall rest in the successor, without any further deed or conveyance. The predecessor Collateral Agent shall, nevertheless, on the written request of the Majority Creditors or successor Collateral Agent, execute and deliver any other such instrument transferring to such successor Collateral Agent all the Collateral, properties, rights, power, trust, duties, authority and title of such predecessor. The Company, to the extent requested by the Majority Creditors or the Collateral Agent shall procure any and all documents, conveyances or instruments and execute same, to the extent required, in order to reflect the transfer to the successor Collateral Agent.

 

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Section 5 Actions by the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 5.1         Duties and Obligations. The duties and obligations of the Collateral Agent are only those set forth in this Agreement and in the Security Documents.

 

Section 5.2         Notification of Default or Acceleration. If the Collateral Agent has been notified in writing as provided in Section 4.4 that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred or that any of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated, the Collateral Agent shall notify the Creditors and may notify the Company of such determination. Any Creditor that has delivered notice to the Company or the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Note Agreement or any Additional Secured Facility, as applicable, that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred or that any of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated, or facts which indicate that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred or the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated, shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a written statement to such effect. Failure to do so, however, does not constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default by the Creditors. Upon receipt of a notice described herein or in Section 4.4 from a Creditor of the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default or that any of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated, the Collateral Agent shall promptly (and in any event no later than three Business Days after receipt of such notice in the manner provided in Section 7.8 hereof) issue its “Notice of Default” to all Creditors. The Notice of Default may contain a recommendation of actions by the Creditors and/or request instructions from the Creditors as to specific matters and shall specify the date on which responses are due in order to be timely within Section 5.4 hereof.

 

Section 5.3         Actions of Collateral Agent; Exercise of Remedies. The Collateral Agent shall take only such actions and exercise only such remedies under the Security Documents as are approved in a written notice or notices delivered to the Collateral Agent and signed by the Majority Creditors.

 

Section 5.4         Instructions from Creditors. If any Creditor does not respond in a timely manner to any notice from the Collateral Agent or request for instructions within the time period specified by the Collateral Agent in a Notice of Default or request for instructions (which shall be a minimum of 10 Business Days), the Senior Secured Obligations held by such Creditor shall be deemed to have voted against any action set forth in such notice or request for instructions.

 

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Section 5.5         Protective Advances. If the Collateral Agent has asked the Creditors for instruction to make a payment with regard to a Default or Event of Default which the Collateral Agent, in good faith, believes to be required to protect the interests of the Creditors in the Collateral and if the Majority Creditors have not yet responded to such request, the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to make such payment, but shall not be required to make such payment and shall in no event have any liability for failure to make such payment.

 

Section 5.6         Changes to Security Documents. Any term of the Security Documents may be amended, and the performance or observance by the parties to a Security Document of any term of such Security Document may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) by the Collateral Agent only upon the written consent of the Majority Creditors; provided that no amendment to the Security Documents which directly or indirectly narrows the description of the Collateral or the obligations being secured thereby, changes the priority of payments to the Creditors under the Security Documents, changes any voting provisions contained therein or amends the definition of “Majority Creditors” may be made without the written consent of all of the Creditors.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may, without the consent of the Majority Creditors, amend the Security Documents (a) to add property hereafter acquired by the Company intended to be subjected to the Security Documents or to correct or amplify the description of any property subject to the Security Documents and (b) to cure any ambiguity or cure, correct or supplement any defective provisions of the Security Documents (so long as the same shall in no respect be adverse to the interest of any Creditor).

 

Section 5.7         Release of Collateral. Unless a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent may, without the approval of the Creditors as required by Section 5.3 hereof, release any Collateral under the Security Documents which is permitted to be sold or disposed of by the Company and its Subsidiaries, pursuant to each of the Credit Agreement, the Note Agreement and each Additional Secured Facility and execute and deliver such releases as may be necessary to terminate of record the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Collateral. In determining whether any such release is permitted, the Collateral Agent may rely upon instructions from the Required Lenders in respect of the Credit Agreement, the Required Holders in respect of the Note Agreement and the applicable Required Additional Secured Lenders in respect of the applicable Additional Secured Facility.

 

Section 5.8         Other Actions. The Collateral Agent shall have the right to take such actions, or omit to take such actions, hereunder and under the Security Documents not inconsistent with the written instructions of the Majority Creditors delivered pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof or the terms of this Agreement, including actions the Collateral Agent deems necessary or appropriate to perfect or continue the perfection of the Liens on the Collateral for the benefit of the Creditors. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to the collection or protection of the Collateral or any income thereon, nor as to the preservation of rights against prior parties, nor as to the preservation of rights pertaining to the Collateral beyond the safe custody of any Collateral in the Collateral Agent’s actual possession.

 

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Section 5.9         Cooperation. To the extent that the exercise of the rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement requires that any action be taken by any Creditor, such Creditor shall take such reasonable action and reasonably cooperate with the Collateral Agent to ensure that the rights, powers and remedies of all Creditors are exercised in full.

 

Section 5.10         Distribution of Proceeds. All amounts owing with respect to the Senior Secured Obligations shall be secured by the Collateral without distinction as to whether some Senior Secured Obligations are then due and payable and other Senior Secured Obligations are not then due and payable. Upon any realization upon the Collateral and/or the receipt of any payments under any Security Document or realization under any Secured Guaranty, the Creditors agree that the proceeds thereof shall be applied (a)  first, to the amounts owing to the Collateral Agent by the Company or the Creditors pursuant to this Agreement or the Security Documents, including, without limitation, payment of expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent with respect to maintenance and protection of the Collateral and of expenses incurred with respect to the sale of or realization upon any of the Collateral or the perfection, enforcement or protection of the rights of the Creditors (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses of every kind); (b)  second, equally and ratably to the payment of all amounts (including, without limitation, principal, interest, fees, expenses, any make-whole amount or breakage amount) then due to the Creditors under the Credit Agreement, the Note Agreement and each Additional Secured Facility which payments shall be distributed ratably to each Lender, each Noteholder and each Additional Secured Lender according to the aggregate amount of such amounts then owing to each Creditor; and (c)  third, the balance, if any, shall be returned to the Company or such other Persons as are entitled thereto; provided that such balance shall be held by the Collateral Agent if (1) all Senior Secured Obligations have not been accelerated or are not yet due and payable or (2) an indemnification claim by the Collateral Agent or any Creditor is pending under any Loan Document, Senior Note Document or Additional Secured Facility Document.

 

Any payment pursuant to this Section 5.10 with respect to the outstanding amount of any undrawn Letters of Credit shall be paid to the Collateral Agent for deposit in an account (the “Letters of Credit Collateral Account” ) to be held as collateral for the Senior Secured Obligations and disposed of as provided herein. On each date on which a payment is made to a beneficiary pursuant to a draw on a Letter of Credit, the Collateral Agent shall distribute from the Letters of Credit Collateral Account for application to the payment of the reimbursement obligation due to the Lenders with respect to such draw an amount equal to the product of (1) the amount then on deposit in the Letters of Credit Collateral Account and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of such draw and the denominator of which is the outstanding amount of all undrawn Letters of Credit immediately prior to such draw. On each date on which a reduction in the outstanding amount of undrawn Letters of Credit occurs other than on account of a payment made to a beneficiary pursuant to a draw on a Letter of Credit, then the Collateral Agent shall distribute from the Letters of Credit Collateral Account an amount equal to the product of (1) the amount then on deposit in the Letters of Credit Collateral Account and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of such reduction in the outstanding amount of undrawn Letters of Credit and the denominator of which is the outstanding amount of all undrawn Letters of Credit immediately prior to such reduction, which amount shall be distributed as provided in the first paragraph of this Section 5.10. At such time as the outstanding amount of all undrawn Letters of Credit is reduced to zero, any amount remaining in the Letters of Credit Collateral Account, after the distribution therefrom as provided above, shall be distributed as provided in the first paragraph of this Section 5.10.

 

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Section 5.11 Senior Preferential Payments and Special Collateral Account.

 

(a)          The Collateral Agent shall give each Creditor a written notice (a “Notice of Special Default” ) promptly, but no later than, three Business Days after being notified in writing by a Creditor that an Event of Default constituting a Special Event of Default has occurred. After the receipt of such Notice of Special Default, all Senior Preferential Payments other than those payments received pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 5.11 shall be deposited into the Special Collateral Account. Each Creditor agrees that no Default or Event of Default shall occur as a result of payments so made on a timely basis to the Collateral Agent.

 

(b)          If (1) such Special Event of Default is waived by the Required Lenders, the Required Holders or the applicable Required Additional Secured Lenders, as applicable, and if no other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (2) such Special Event of Default is cured by the Company or by any amendment of the Credit Agreement, the Note Agreement or an Additional Secured Facility, as applicable, and if no other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (3) except with respect to a Special Event of Default resulting from a Bankruptcy Proceeding, none of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated nor have the Majority Creditors instructed the Collateral Agent to foreclose on the Collateral, seek the appointment of a receiver, commence litigation against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, liquidate the Collateral, commence a Bankruptcy Proceeding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, seize Collateral, or exercise other remedies of similar character prior to the 180th day following such Special Event of Default, the Collateral Agent thereupon shall return all amounts, together with their pro rata share of interest earned thereon, held in the Special Collateral Account representing payment of any Senior Secured Obligations to the Creditor initially entitled thereto, and no payments thereafter received by a Creditor shall constitute a Senior Preferential Payment by reason of such cured or waived Special Event of Default. No payment returned to a Creditor for which such Creditor has been obligated to make a deposit into the Special Collateral Account shall thereafter ever be characterized as a Senior Preferential Payment. If the Special Event of Default is an Event of Default under the terms of one or more of the Credit Agreement, the Note Agreement or any Additional Secured Facility, the Collateral Agent shall not return any payments to the Creditors pursuant to clause (1) above unless such Special Event of Default shall have been waived under each such agreement where such Special Event of Default is an Event of Default by the Required Lenders, the Required Holders and/or the applicable Required Additional Secured Lenders, as applicable.

 

(c)          Each Creditor agrees that upon its knowledge of the occurrence of a Special Event of Default it shall (1) promptly notify the Collateral Agent of the receipt of any Senior Preferential Payments, (2) hold such amounts in trust for the Creditors and act as agent of the Creditors during the time any such amounts are held by it and (3) deliver to the Collateral Agent such amounts for deposit into the Special Collateral Account.

 

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(d)          If any of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated or the Majority Creditors have instructed the Collateral Agent to foreclose on the Collateral, seek the appointment of a receiver, commence litigation against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, liquidate the Collateral, commence a Bankruptcy Proceeding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, seize Collateral, or exercise other remedies of similar character, then all funds, together with interest earned thereon, held in the Special Collateral Account and all subsequent Senior Preferential Payments shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10 above.

 

Section 5.12         Authorized Investments. Any and all funds held by the Collateral Agent in its capacity as Collateral Agent, whether pursuant to any provision of any of the Security Documents or otherwise, shall to the extent feasible within a reasonable time be invested by the Collateral Agent in Cash Equivalent Investments. Any interest earned on such funds shall be disbursed to the Creditors in accordance with Section 5.10 or Section 5.11, as applicable. The Collateral Agent may hold any such funds in a common interest bearing account. To the extent that the interest rate payable with respect to any such account varies over time, the Collateral Agent may use an average interest rate in making the interest allocations among the respective Creditors. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to place funds held pursuant to this Section 5.12 in investments which provide a maximum return; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall to the extent feasible invest funds in Cash Equivalent Investments with reasonable promptness. In the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any loss of any funds invested in accordance with this Section 5.12.

 

Section 5.13         Restoration of Obligations. For the purposes of determining the amount of outstanding Senior Secured Obligations, if any Creditor is required to deposit any Senior Preferential Payment in the Special Collateral Account, then the obligations intended to be satisfied by such Senior Preferential Payment shall be revived, as of the date of the deposit of such amount with the Collateral Agent, in the amount of such Senior Preferential Payment and such obligation shall continue in full force and effect (and bear interest from such deposit date at the non-default rate provided in the underlying document) as if such Creditor had not received such payment. All such revived obligations shall be included as Senior Secured Obligations for purposes of allocating any payments under Section 5.10 and for applying the definition of Majority Creditors. If any such revived obligation shall not be allowed as a claim under the Bankruptcy Code due to the fact that the Senior Preferential Payment has in fact been made by the Company, the Creditors shall make such other equitable arrangements for the purchase and sale of participations in the Senior Secured Obligations and shall execute and deliver such agreements as are necessary to evidence such arrangements, in each case in order to effectuate the intent of this Section 5.13.

 

Section 5.14         Bankruptcy Preferences. If any payment to a Creditor is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or set aside and is required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, and such Creditor has previously made a deposit in respect of such payment into the Special Collateral Account pursuant to Section 5.11, then the Collateral Agent shall distribute to such Creditor proceeds from the Special Collateral Account in an amount equal to such deposit or so much thereof as is affected by such events together with any interest earned thereon (which amount of interest shall not exceed the amount of interest, if any, such Creditor is then required to repay) and if, due to previous disbursements to the Creditors pursuant to Section 5.11(d), the proceeds in the Special Collateral Account are insufficient for such purpose, then each other Creditor shall pay to such Creditor upon demand an amount equal to a ratable portion of such disbursements of the deposit and interest thereon which was distributed to each such Creditor according to the aggregate amounts so distributed to each such Creditor.

 

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Section 6 Bankruptcy Proceedings .

 

The following provisions shall apply during any Bankruptcy Proceeding of the Company or any of its Affiliates:

 

(a)          The Collateral Agent shall represent all Creditors in connection with all matters directly relating solely to the Collateral, including, without limitation, use, sale or lease of Collateral, use of cash collateral, relief from the automatic stay and adequate protection. The Collateral Agent shall act on the instructions of the Majority Creditors; provided that no such vote by the Majority Creditors shall treat the Lenders, the Noteholders or the Additional Secured Lenders differently with respect to rights in the Collateral from any other class of Creditors.

 

(b)          Each Creditor shall be free to act independently on any issue not directly relating solely to the Collateral. Each Creditor shall give prior notice to the Collateral Agent of any action hereunder to the extent that such notice is possible. If such prior notice is not given, such Creditor shall give prompt notice following any action taken hereunder.

 

(c)          Any proceeds of the Collateral received by any Creditor as a result of, or during, any Bankruptcy Proceeding will be delivered promptly to the Collateral Agent for distribution in accordance with Section 5.10.

 

Section 7  Miscellaneous .

 

Section 7.1         Creditors; Other Collateral. The Creditors agree that all of the provisions of this Agreement shall apply to any and all properties, assets and rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in which the Collateral Agent or any Creditor at any time acquires a security interest or Lien pursuant to the Security Documents, the Loan Documents, the Senior Note Documents or any Additional Secured Facility Documents, including, without limitation, real property or rights in, on or over real property, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any mortgage, leasehold mortgage or other document purporting to grant or perfect any Lien in favor of the Creditors or any of them or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Creditors.

 

Section 7.2         Marshalling. The Collateral Agent shall not be required to marshall any present or future security for (including, without limitation, the Collateral), or guaranties of, the Senior Secured Obligations or any of them, or to resort to such security or guaranties in any particular order; and all of each of such Person’s rights in respect of such security and guaranties shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising. To the extent that they lawfully may, the Creditors hereby agree that they will not invoke any law relating to the marshalling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of the Creditors’ rights under the Security Documents or under any other instrument evidencing any of the Senior Secured Obligations or under which any of the Senior Secured Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Senior Secured Obligations is secured or guaranteed.

 

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Section 7.3         Consents, Amendments, Waivers. All amendments, waivers or consents of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only if the same shall be in writing and signed by the Majority Creditors and the Collateral Agent; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent to Section 2.2 shall be effective without the written consent of any Creditor adversely affected thereby; provided, further, that no such amendment, waiver or consent to Sections 2.1, 4.6, 4.8, 5.3, 5.6, 5.7, 5.10, 5.11, 6 or this Section 7.3 or to the definition of “Additional Secured Facility Exposure,” “Additional Secured Lender,” “Additional Secured Debt,” “Collateral,” “Lender Exposure,” “Majority Creditors,” “Senior Preferential Payment,” “Senior Secured Obligations” or “Special Event of Default” or any defined term as used in such sections or definitions shall be effective without the written consent of all of the Creditors (other than Cash Management Providers and Secured Hedge Providers).

 

Section 7.4         Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under seal and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of law provisions thereof other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law).

 

Section 7.5         Parties in Interest.

 

(a)          All terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto, including, without limitation, any future holder of the Senior Secured Obligations; provided that (1) no Creditor (other than a Lender) may assign or transfer its rights hereunder or under the Security Documents (and no successor Administrative Agent which is appointed pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall succeed to any rights hereunder or under the Security Documents) without such assignees, transferees or successor delivering an executed Joinder, Additional Secured Lender Joinder or Administrative Agent Joinder, as applicable, to the Collateral Agent pursuant to which such assignee, transferee or successor agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as though named herein and (2) no Lender may assign or transfer its rights hereunder or under the Security Documents unless (i) such assignees or transferees are party to the Credit Agreement and (ii) the Administrative Agent is bound by the provisions of this Agreement (whether as a party or by Administrative Agent Joinder).

 

(b)          The Collateral Agent has no duty to acknowledge, and shall be deemed to not have any knowledge of, any notice from or for the benefit of any Creditor or Person claiming to be a Creditor, or to provide any notice or other communication to any Creditor, unless such Creditor or Person claiming to be a Creditor has complied with Section 7.5(a).

 

Section 7.6         Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendment hereof may be executed in several counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. In proving this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

 

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Section 7.7         Termination. Upon payment in full of the Senior Secured Obligations in accordance with their respective terms and the termination of the Revolving Commitments and any undrawn commitments under an Additional Secured Facility, this Agreement shall terminate except for those provisions hereof that by their express terms shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.8         Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices, consents and waivers and other communications made or required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand, mailed by registered or certified mail or prepaid overnight air courier, or by facsimile communications, addressed as follows:

 

If to the Collateral Agent, at: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
  as Collateral Agent
  1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard
  Mail Code: D1109-019
  Charlotte, NC 28262
  Attn: Syndication Agency Services
  Telephone: 704-590-2706
  Facsimile: 704-590-2790
  Email: agencyservices.requests@wellsfargo.com
   
If to any Creditor, at: Such address as set forth on Exhibit B hereto
   
If to the Company, at: The Gas Company, LLC
  745 Fort Street
  Suite 1800
  Honolulu, HI 96813
  United States of America
  Attention: Jeffrey M. Kissel,
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Telephone No.: (808) 535-5908
  Facsimile No.: (808) 535-5943
  E-mail: JKissel@hawaiigas.com
   
With a copy to: The Gas Company, LLC
  745 Fort Street
  Suite 1800
  Honolulu, HI 96813
  United States of America
  Attention: Nathan C. Nelson, General Counsel
  Telephone No.: (808) 535-5912
  Facsimile No.: (808) 535-5943
  E-mail: NNelson@hawaiigas.com

 

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or at such other address for notice as the Collateral Agent or such Creditor shall last have furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice, provided that a notice by overnight air courier shall only be effective if delivered at a street address designated for such purpose and a notice by facsimile communication shall only be effective if made by confirmed transmission at a telephone number designated for such purpose.

 

Section 7.9         Senior Secured Obligations Held by Company. Solely for the purpose of (a) determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Obligations then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Obligations then outstanding or (b) determining Majority Creditors, Senior Secured Obligations directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding and not to represent any Revolving Availability or Additional Secured Facility Exposure.

 

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In witness whereof , the parties hereto have caused these presents to be duly executed as an instrument under seal by their authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

 

  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Collateral Agent
   
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:

  

 
 

 

  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent
   
  By:   
    Name: 
    Title: 
   
  _____________, as a Noteholder
   
  By:  
    Name: 
    Title:

 

Signature Page to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement

 

 
 

  

The undersigned hereby acknowledges (a) the terms of the foregoing Agreement, (b) that the foregoing Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Creditors and that it has no rights or benefits under such Agreement, (c) that the foregoing Agreement is for the purpose of defining the rights, duties authority and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent and the relationship among the Creditors regarding their pari passu interest in the Collateral and that nothing therein shall impair, as between the Company and any Creditor, the obligations of the Company under the Loan Documents, the Senior Note Documents or any Additional Secured Facility Documents and (d) that the provisions of the foregoing Agreement may be waived, amended or modified without its consent.

 

  The Gas Company, LLC
     
  By:  
    Name:   
    Title:   

 

Signature Page to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement

 

 
 

 

Security Documents

 

Security Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 entered into between the Company and the Collateral Agent and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 4, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Each other “Security Document” as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

Each other “Security Document” as defined in the Note Agreement.

   

Exhibit A

( to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement)

 

 
 

 

Addresses of Creditors

 

Lenders :

 

Administrative Agent:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard

Mail Code: D1109-019

Charlotte, NC 28262

Attn: Syndication Agency Services

Telephone: 704-590-2706

Facsimile: 704-590-2790

Email:  agencyservices.requests@wellsfargo.com

 

Noteholders :

 

Noteholder Notice Address
   
Liberty National Life Insurance Company Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
  c/o Prudential Capital Group
  2200 Ross Avenue
  Suite 4200E
  Dallas, TX 75201
   
  Attention:  Managing Director, Energy Finance Group – Oil & Gas
   
Globe Life and Accident Insurance Company Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
  c/o Prudential Capital Group
  2200 Ross Avenue
  Suite 4200E
  Dallas, TX 75201
   
  Attention:  Managing Director, Energy Finance Group – Oil & Gas

 

Exhibit B

( to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement )

 

 
 

 

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.
  c/o Prudential Capital Group
  2200 Ross Avenue
  Suite 4200E
  Dallas, TX 75201
   
  Attention:  Managing Director, Energy Finance Group – Oil & Gas
   
The Prudential Insurance Company of America The Prudential Insurance Company of America
  c/o Prudential Capital Group
  2200 Ross Avenue
  Suite 4200E
  Dallas, TX 75201
   
  Attention:  Managing Director, Energy Finance Group – Oil & Gas
   
Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Captive Company Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Captive Company
  c/o Prudential Capital Group
  2200 Ross Avenue
  Suite 4200E
  Dallas, TX 75201
   
  Attention:  Managing Director, Energy Finance Group – Oil & Gas
   
Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Universal Company Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Universal Company
  c/o Prudential Capital Group
  2200 Ross Avenue
  Suite 4200E
  Dallas, TX 75201
   
  Attention:  Managing Director, Energy Finance Group – Oil & Gas
   
Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation

Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation

c/o Prudential Capital Group

2200 Ross Avenue

Suite 4200E

Dallas, TX 75201

 

Attention: Managing Director, Energy Finance Group – Oil & Gas

   
United of Omaha Life Insurance Company

4 - Investment Accounting

United of Omaha Life Insurance Company

Mutual of Omaha Plaza

Omaha, NE 68175-1011

   
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company c/o Cigna Investments, Inc.
Attention:  Fixed Income Securities
Wilde Building, A5PRI
900 Cottage Grove Rd
Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002
E-Mail:  CIMFixedIncomeSecurities@Cigna.com

 

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Life Insurance Company of North America c/o Cigna Investments, Inc.
  Attention:  Fixed Income Securities
  Wilde Building, A5PRI
  900 Cottage Grove Rd
  Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002
  E-Mail:  CIMFixedIncomeSecurities@Cigna.com
   
CIGNA Health and Life Insurance Company c/o Cigna Investments, Inc.
  Attention:  Fixed Income Securities
  Wilde Building, A5PRI
  900 Cottage Grove Rd
  Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002
  E-Mail:  CIMFixedIncomeSecurities@Cigna.com

  

B- 3
 

  

Joinder to Intercreditor Agreement

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent

__________

__________, __________ ___

Attention: __________

Telecopy: (___) ___-____

Telephone: (___) ___-____

 

Reference is made to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Intercreditor Agreement ”; capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein being used as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Noteholders party thereto and certain other creditors of the Company, relating to indebtedness of The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company.

 

By executing and delivering this Joinder, the undersigned holder of Senior Secured Obligations issued pursuant to the Note Agreement agrees, on its own behalf, to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as a Noteholder. The address set forth under the signature of the undersigned constitutes its address for the purposes of Section 7.8 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Dated as of:

 

  _____________, as a Noteholder
   
  By:   
    Name: 
    Title:
   
  [Insert address for notices]

 

 

 

Exhibit C

( to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement )

  

 
 

 

Joinder to Intercreditor Agreement (Additional Secured Lender)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent

__________

__________, __________ ___

Attention: __________

Telecopy: (___) ___-____

Telephone: (___) ___-____

 

Reference is made to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Intercreditor Agreement ”; capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein being used as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Noteholders party thereto and certain other creditors of the Company, relating to indebtedness of The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company.

 

We acknowledge that we have received and reviewed a copy of the Intercreditor Agreement. By executing and delivering this Joinder, the undersigned holder of Senior Secured Obligations issued pursuant to [describe Additional Secured Facility] agrees, on its own behalf, to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as an Additional Secured Lender.

 

The Additional Secured Facility Documents relating to the applicable Additional Secured Facility are described on Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

The address set forth under the signature of the undersigned constitutes its address for the purposes of Section 7.8 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Dated as of:

 

  _____________, as an Additional Secured Lender
   
  By:   
    Name: 
    Title:
   
  [Insert address for notices]

  

Exhibit D

( to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement )

 

 
 

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

Joinder to Intercreditor Agreement (Administrative Agent)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent

__________

__________, __________ ___

Attention: __________

Telecopy: (___) ___-____

Telephone: (___) ___-____

 

Reference is made to the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Intercreditor Agreement ”; capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein being used as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Noteholders party thereto and certain other creditors of the Company, relating to indebtedness of The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company.

 

By executing and delivering this Joinder, the undersigned successor Administrative Agent agrees, on its own behalf, to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as Administrative Agent. The address set forth under the signature of the undersigned constitutes its address for the purposes of Section 7.8 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Dated as of:

 

  _____________, as successor Administrative Agent
   
  By:   
    Name: 
    Title:
   
  [Insert address for notices]

 

Exhibit E

( to Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement )

 

 
 

 

 

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of August 8, 2012

 

between

 

THE GAS COMPANY, LLC

 

as Grantor

 

and

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent, on behalf of the
Secured Parties

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4

(to Note Purchase Agreement)  

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Table of Contents

 

    Page
     
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1
     
Section 1.01 Certain Defined Terms 1
     
ARTICLE II THE COLLATERAL 9
     
Section 2.01 Collateral 9
     
Section 2.02 Grant to Collateral Agent 10
     
Section 2.03 Intellectual Property 11
     
Section 2.04 Perfection 11
     
Section 2.05 Instruments 11
     
Section 2.06 Use of Collateral 12
     
Section 2.07 Rights and Obligations 12
     
Section 2.08  Termination 12
     
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 13
     
Section 3.01 Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office 13
     
Section 3.02 Title 13
     
Section 3.03 Perfection and Priority 13
     
Section 3.04 Intellectual Property 14
     
Section 3.05 Investment Property 14
     
Section 3.06 Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts 14
     
Section 3.07 Commercial Tort Claims 15
     
Section 3.08 Valid Security Interests 15
     
ARTICLE IV COVENANTS 15
     
Section 4.01 Generally 15
     
Section 4.02 Preservation and Protection of Security Interests 16
     
Section 4.03 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation 17
     
Section 4.04 Changes in Location, Name, Etc 17
     
Section 4.05 Taxes 18
     
Section 4.06 Further Assurances 18
     
Section 4.07 Insurance 18
     
ARTICLE V REMEDIES 19

 

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Section 5.01 Events of Default, Etc 19
     
Section 5.02 Private Sale 20
     
Section 5.03 Application of Proceeds 21
     
Section 5.04 Deficiency 21
     
Section 5.05 Assignment of Governmental Approvals 21
     
Section 5.06 Security Interest Absolute 21
     
ARTICLE VI THE COLLATERAL AGENT 22
     
Section 6.01 Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact 22
     
Section 6.02 Performance in Lieu of Grantor 23
     
Section 6.03 Duty of the Collateral Agent 23
     
Section 6.04 Authority of the Collateral Agent 23
     
Section 6.05 Role of the Collateral Agent 24
     
ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 24
     
Section 7.01 Indemnification 24
     
Section 7.02 Amendments 24
     
Section 7.03 Waivers 24
     
Section 7.04 Notices 25
     
Section 7.05 Successors and Assigns 25
     
Section 7.06 Counterparts 26
     
Section 7.07 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial 26
     
Section 7.08 Captions 26
     
Section 7.09 Severability 26
     
Section 7.10 Entire Agreement 26
     
Section 7.11  Expenses 26

   

Schedule 1 Organization and Chief Executive Office of Grantor
Schedule 2 Assigned Project Documents
Schedule 3 Government Approvals
Schedule 4 Material Intellectual Property
Schedule 5 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
Schedule 6 Commercial Tort Claims
Schedule 7 Investment Property

 

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SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of August 8, 2012 is made by and between THE GAS COMPANY, LLC a Hawaii limited liability company (the “ Grantor ”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as collateral agent for the benefit of and representative of the Secured Parties (in such capacity, herein called the “ Collateral Agent ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.           Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Credit Agreement ”), by and among the Grantor, the Lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Administrative Agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”), the lenders party from time to time thereto have agreed to make extensions of credit to the Grantor on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

 

B.           It is a requirement under the Credit Agreement and a condition precedent to the making of the loans thereunder that the Grantor shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral Agent.

 

C.           Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Note Purchase Agreement ”), by and among the Grantor and each of the purchasers listed on Schedule A thereto (collectively, the “ Noteholders ”), the Noteholders have agreed to purchase $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.22% Senior Secured Notes due August 8, 2022 of the Grantor (the “ Notes ”).

 

D.           It is a requirement under the Note Purchase Agreement and a condition precedent to the issuance and sale of the Notes thereunder that the Grantor shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral Agent.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent as follows:

  

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01 Certain Defined Terms.

 

(a) In addition to the terms defined in the preamble and the recitals, the following terms used herein shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Accounts ” has the meaning assigned to the term “accounts” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Additional Secured Debt ” shall mean indebtedness of the Grantor so long as (a) such indebtedness is permitted by each of (i) the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Note Purchase Agreement and (iii) each Additional Secured Facility then outstanding, (b) immediately before and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred which is continuing or be caused thereby and the Grantor shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants contained in each of the Credit Agreement and the Note Purchase Agreement and (c) the holders of such indebtedness shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof.

 

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Additional Secured Facility ” shall mean any credit agreement or note agreement pursuant to which the Grantor incurs Additional Secured Debt.

 

Additional Secured Facility Documents ” shall mean each Additional Secured Facility, any guaranty relating thereto and all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected therewith or any of the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, the Security Documents).

 

Additional Secured Lender ” shall mean the financial institutions providing Additional Secured Debt pursuant to an Additional Secured Facility, and their successors and permitted assigns.

 

Additional Secured Obligations ” shall mean the obligations of the Grantor under any Additional Secured Facility and the other Additional Secured Facility Documents.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person or any of its Subsidiaries. The term “control” means (a) the power to vote 10% or more of the securities or other equity interests of a Person having ordinary voting power, or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of any other 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. The terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Assigned Agreements ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01 hereof.

 

Bank ” has the meaning assigned to the term “bank” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Capital Stock ” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests, (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person and (f) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Cash Management Agreement ” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

 

Cash Management Bank ” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

 

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Chattel Paper ” has the meaning assigned to the term “chattel paper” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Collateral ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.01 hereof.

 

Commercial Tort Claim ” has the meaning assigned to the term “commercial tort claim” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Control ” has, with respect to Deposit Accounts, Investment Property, Electronic Chattel Paper and Letter-of-Credit Rights, the respective meaning assigned to the term “control” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Copyright Collateral ” shall mean all Copyrights, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by Grantor.

 

Copyrights ” shall mean, collectively, (a) all copyrights, copyright registrations and applications for copyright registrations, (b) all renewals and extensions of all copyrights, copyright registrations and applications for copyright registration and (c) all rights, now existing or hereafter coming into existence, (i) to all income, royalties, damages and other payments (including in respect of all past, present or future infringements) now or hereafter due or payable under or with respect to any of the foregoing, (ii) to sue for all past, present and future infringements with respect to any of the foregoing and (iii) otherwise accruing under or pertaining to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

 

Creditor ” shall mean any one of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Noteholders, any Additional Secured Lender and any successors and permitted assigns to the interests in the Secured Obligations owing to any such Persons.

 

Credit Party ” shall mean the Grantor and each Subsidiary party to a Secured Guaranty.

 

Deposit Accounts ” has the meaning assigned to the term “deposit accounts” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Documents ” has the meaning assigned to the term “documents” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Electronic Chattel Paper ” has the meaning assigned to the term “electronic chattel paper” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Equipment ” has the meaning assigned to the term “equipment” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Event of Default ” shall mean any event or occurrence which would constitute an “Event of Default” under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement or any Additional Secured Facility or an event of default under the terms of any Security Document.

 

Finance Documents ” shall mean, collectively, the Loan Documents, the Senior Note Documents and the Additional Secured Facility Documents.

 

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Fixtures ” has the meaning assigned to the term “fixtures” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

General Intangibles ” has the meaning assigned to the term “general intangibles” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Goods ” has the meaning assigned to the term “goods” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Governmental Approvals ” shall mean all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations with or by, grants by, and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.

 

Governmental Authorities ” shall mean the government of the United States or any other nation, or of 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Grantor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Hedge Agreement ” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, all as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Hedge Bank ” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Hedge Agreement permitted under Article VIII of the Credit Agreement, is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a party to such Hedge Agreement.

 

Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01 hereof.

 

Instruments ” has the meaning assigned to the term “instruments” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

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Intellectual Property ” shall mean all Copyright Collateral, all Patent Collateral and all Trademark Collateral, together with (a) all inventions, processes, production methods, proprietary information, know-how and trade secrets; (b) all licenses or user or other agreements granted to Grantor with respect to any of the foregoing, in each case whether now or hereafter owned or used, (c) all information, customer lists, identification of suppliers, data, plans, blueprints, specifications, designs, drawings, recorded knowledge, surveys, engineering reports, test reports, manuals, materials standards, processing standards, performance standards, catalogs, computer and automatic machinery software and programs; (d) all field repair data, sales data and other information relating to sales or service of products now or hereafter manufactured; (e) all accounting information and all media in which or on which any information or knowledge or data or records may be recorded or stored and all computer programs used for the compilation or printout of such information, knowledge, records or data; (f) all Governmental Approvals now held or hereafter obtained by Grantor in respect of any of the foregoing; and (g) all causes of action, claims and warranties now owned or hereafter acquired by Grantor in respect of any of the foregoing. It is understood that Intellectual Property shall include all of the foregoing owned or acquired by Grantor on a worldwide basis.

 

Intercompany Loan Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2008 between the Sponsor and the Grantor as in effect on the date hereof.

 

Intercompany Note ” means any promissory note evidencing loans made by the Grantor or any or its Subsidiaries to HGC or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Noteholders and each other Creditor from time to time party thereto.

 

Inventory ” has the meaning assigned to the term “inventory” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Investment Property ” has the meaning assigned to the term “investment property” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Issuers ” means the collective reference to each issuer of any Investment Property.

 

Letter-of-Credit Rights ” has the meaning assigned to the term “letter-of-credit rights” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Lien ” shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, leasehold mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, hypothecation or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset.

 

Loan Documents ” shall mean the Credit Agreement, any guaranty relating thereto and all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected therewith or any of the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, the Security Documents), all as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Material Contract ” shall mean (a) any contract or other agreement, written or oral, of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries involving monetary liability of or to any such Person in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 per annum or (b) any other contract or agreement, written or oral, of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries the failure to comply with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in any Finance Document).

 

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Material Intellectual Property ” shall mean Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the Grantor and material to the Grantor’s business as conducted on the date hereof.

 

Patent Collateral ” shall mean all Patents, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by Grantor.

 

Patents ” shall mean, collectively, (a) all patents and patent applications, (b) all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part of all patents or patent applications and (c) all rights, now existing or hereafter coming into existence, (i) to all income, royalties, damages, and other payments (including in respect of all past, present and future infringements) now or hereafter due or payable under or with respect to any of the foregoing, (ii) to sue for all past, present and future infringements with respect to any of the foregoing and (iii) otherwise accruing under or pertaining to any of the foregoing throughout the world, including all inventions and improvements described or discussed in all such patents and patent applications.

 

Payment Intangible ” has the meaning assigned to the term “payment intangible” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other entity.

 

Pledged Notes ” shall mean all promissory notes listed on Schedule 7 , all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to the Grantor and all other promissory notes issued to or held by the Grantor (other than promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by the Grantor in the ordinary course of business).

 

Pledged Stock ” shall mean the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 7 , together with any other shares, stock certificates, options, interests or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or held by, the Grantor while this Agreement is in effect.

 

Proceeds ” has the meaning assigned to the term “proceeds” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Revolving Obligations ” shall mean the obligations of the Grantor under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

Secured Cash Management Agreement ” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Credit Party and any Cash Management Bank.

 

Secured Hedge Agreement ” means any Hedge Agreement permitted under Article VIII of the Credit Agreement, in each case that is entered into by and between any Credit Party and any Hedge Bank.

 

Secured Guaranty ” shall mean any guaranty of any Secured Obligation to the extent that recoveries thereunder are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 5.10 thereof).

 

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Secured Obligations shall mean, collectively, (a) the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Grantor and its Subsidiaries to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the Revolving Obligations), (b) the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Grantor and its Subsidiaries under any Secured Hedge Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement, (c) the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Grantor and its Subsidiaries to the Noteholders under the Senior Note Documents (including, without limitation, the Senior Note Obligations), (d) the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Grantor and its Subsidiaries to the Additional Secured Lenders under the Additional Secured Facilities (including, without limitation, the Additional Secured Obligations), (e) the obligations and liabilities of the Grantor and its Subsidiaries to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement, the Loan Documents, the Senior Note Documents, any Additional Secured Facility Documents and the Security Documents, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, joint or several, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, and all obligations of the Grantor and its Subsidiaries, to the Secured Parties, arising out of any extension, refinancing or refunding of any of the foregoing obligations and (f) the payment by the Grantor to the Collateral Agent of all sums expended or advanced by the Collateral Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any such other Security Document.

 

Secured Parties ” shall mean each Creditor that is a party to (or otherwise subject to the provisions of) the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Security Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, the Mortgages, the Intercreditor Agreement and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Collateral Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the Secured Obligations.

 

Senior Note Documents shall mean the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes, any guaranty relating thereto and all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected therewith or any of the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, the Security Documents).

 

Senior Note Obligations ” shall mean the obligations of the Grantor under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the other Senior Note Documents.

 

Securities Accounts ” has the meaning assigned to the term “securities accounts” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Securities Intermediary ” has the meaning assigned to the term “securities intermediary” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Security ” has the meaning assigned to the term “security” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Security Entitlement ” has the meaning assigned to the term “security entitlement” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Software ” has the meaning assigned to the term “software” in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Sponsor ” means Macquarie Infrastructure Company, Inc.

 

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Subsidiary ” shall mean as to any person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding equity interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity is at the time owned by (directly or indirectly) or the management is otherwise controlled by (directly or indirectly) such person (irrespective of whether, at the time, equity interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). Unless otherwise qualified, references to “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” herein shall refer to those of the Grantor.

 

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

 

Trademark Collateral ” shall mean all Trademarks, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Trademark Collateral shall not include any Trademark which would be rendered invalid, abandoned, void or unenforceable by reason of its being included as part of the Trademark Collateral.

 

Trademarks ” shall mean, collectively, (a) all trade names, trademarks and service marks, logos, trademark and service mark registrations and applications for trademark and service mark registrations, (b) all renewals and extensions of any of the foregoing and (c) all rights, now existing or hereafter coming into existence, (i) to all income, royalties, damages and other payments (including in respect of all past, present and future infringements) now or hereafter due or payable under or with respect to any of the foregoing, (ii) to sue for all past, present and future infringements with respect to any of the foregoing and (iii) otherwise accruing under or pertaining to any of the foregoing throughout the world, together, in each case, with the product lines and goodwill of the business connected with the use of, or otherwise symbolized by, each such trade name, trademark and service mark.

 

Uniform Commercial Code ” or “ UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction from time to time.

 

Article II

 

THE COLLATERAL

 

Section 2.01 Collateral . For the purposes of this Agreement, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Grantor or in which the Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interests, is collectively referred to as the “ Collateral ”:

 

(a)       all Accounts;

 

(b)       all Deposit Accounts;

 

(c)       all Instruments;

 

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(d)    all Documents;

 

(e)      all Chattel Paper, including all Electronic Chattel Paper;

 

(f)      all Inventory;

 

(g)    all Equipment;

 

(h)    all Fixtures;

 

(i)    all Goods not covered by the preceding clauses of this Section 2.01 ;

 

(j)      all letters of credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights;

 

(k)    all Intellectual Property;

 

(l)    all Investment Property;

 

(m)    all Commercial Tort Claims;

 

(n)      all Payment Intangibles, Software and General Intangibles not covered by the preceding clauses of this Section 2.01 ;

 

(o)    all Securities and Securities Accounts;

 

(p)    all other tangible and intangible property of Grantor, including all books, correspondence, pollution allowances, offsets and similar rights, credit files, records, invoices, tapes, cards, computer runs and other papers and documents in the possession or under the control of Grantor or any computer bureau or service company from time to time acting for Grantor;

 

(q)    all Material Contracts that are specified on the attached Schedule 2 and, to the extent assignable, all material agreements, leases and other similar instruments related to the business and operations of the Grantor (including those in which the Grantor is a third party beneficiary) to which the Grantor becomes a party from time to time after the Closing Date, and all amounts payable to the Grantor under any Material Contract and any other such material agreement, lease or other similar instrument (such Material Contracts and all such other material agreements, contracts, leases and other similar instruments, collectively, the “ Assigned Agreements ”);

 

(r)    all Governmental Approvals required or obtained in connection with the business and operations of the Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries and/or in connection with any transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents (including the Governmental Approvals listed in Schedule 3 ), except that any such Governmental Approval that by its terms or by operation of law would become void, voidable, terminable or revocable if a security interest therein were granted hereunder, is excluded from the lien and security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement, but only to the extent necessary to avoid such voidness, voidability, terminability or revocability;

 

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(s)    to the extent assignable, any present or future right, title or interest of the Grantor under any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty in respect of the business and operations of the Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries and any rents, revenues, incomes, profits, proceeds of insurance or other rights to compensation in respect of the business and operations of the Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(t)    all other personal property and Fixtures of Grantor, whether now owned or hereafter existing or hereafter acquired or arising, or in which Grantor may have an interest, and wheresoever located, whether or not of a type which may be subject to a security interest under the UCC, and any replacements, renewals, or substitutions for any of the foregoing or additional tangible or intangible personal property hereafter acquired by Grantor; and

 

(u)    all Proceeds and products in whatever form of all or any part of the foregoing Collateral, including all rents, profits, income and benefits of the foregoing Collateral and all proceeds of insurance and all condemnation awards and all other compensation for any event of loss with respect to all or any part of the foregoing Collateral (together with all rights to recover and proceed with respect to the same), and all accessions to, substitutions for and replacements of all or any part of the foregoing Collateral;

 

provided, however, that notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Article 2 , this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any requirements of law of a Governmental Authority or requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such requirement of law.

 

Section 2.02 Grant to Collateral Agent . The Grantor, as collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration, on any optional or mandatory prepayment date or otherwise) and performance of any and all of the Secured Obligations, hereby collaterally assigns, mortgages, pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing, first-priority security interest in, all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral. Neither the foregoing nor anything in this Agreement shall constitute an assignment or grant of a security interest in, and “Collateral” shall not include or be deemed to include, any intent-to-use United States federal trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period in which, such assignment or grant could impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application or the underlying trademark under applicable law.

 

Section 2.03 Intellectual Property . Subject to the occurrence of an Event of Default, solely for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise its rights, remedies, powers and privileges under Section 6.01 hereof to the extent the Collateral Agent is in such circumstance lawfully entitled to exercise those rights, remedies, powers and privileges, and for no other purpose, the Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, to the extent the Grantor is able to make such grant without violation of any agreement to which the Grantor is a party, a nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Grantor) to use, assign, license or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property of the Grantor, together with reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout of those items.

 

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Section 2.04 Perfection .

 

(a)    The Grantor authorizes the Collateral Agent to execute and cause the filing of such financing statements, continuation statements and other documents in such offices as are or shall be necessary or as the Collateral Agent may determine to be appropriate to create, perfect and establish the priority of the liens granted by this Agreement in any and all of the Collateral, to preserve the validity, perfection or priority of the liens granted by this Agreement in any and all of the Collateral, or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise its remedies, rights, powers and privileges under this Agreement. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Grantor shall (i) deliver to the Collateral Agent any and all Instruments, endorsed or accompanied by such instruments of assignment and transfer in such form and substance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, , and (ii) take all such other actions and authenticate or sign and file or record such other records or instruments, as are necessary or as the Collateral Agent may request to perfect and establish the priority of the liens granted by this Agreement in any and all of the Collateral or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise its remedies, rights, powers and privileges under this Agreement.

 

(b)    The Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement relating to any security interest granted hereunder without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and agrees that it will not do so without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, subject to the Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.

 

Section 2.05 Instruments . So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Grantor may retain for collection in the ordinary course of business any Instruments obtained by it in the ordinary course of business, and the Collateral Agent shall, promptly upon the request, and at the expense of the Grantor, make appropriate arrangements for making any Instruments pledged by the Grantor available to the Grantor for purposes of presentation, collection or renewal. Any such arrangement shall be effected, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent, against a trust receipt or like document.

 

Section 2.06 Use of Collateral . So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Grantor shall be entitled to use and possess the Collateral in any lawful manner not in breach of this Agreement or any other Finance Document, and subject to the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Collateral Agent under Articles V and VI hereof.

 

Section 2.07 Rights and Obligations .

 

No reference in this Agreement to proceeds or to the sale or other disposition of the Collateral shall authorize the Grantor to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral except to the extent otherwise expressly permitted by the terms of the Finance Documents. The Collateral Agent shall not be required to take steps necessary to preserve any rights against prior parties to any part of the Collateral.

 

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(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Grantor shall remain liable to perform its duties and obligations under each of the Assigned Agreements and any other agreements included in the Collateral in accordance with their respective terms to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed and delivered. The exercise by the Collateral Agent of any right, remedy, power or privilege in respect of this Agreement shall not release the Grantor from any of its duties and obligations under such Assigned Agreements and any other agreements unless expressly assumed by the Collateral Agent in writing. The Collateral Agent shall not have any duty, obligation or liability under such Assigned Agreement or other agreement or in respect of any Governmental Approval included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement or any other Security Document, nor shall the Collateral Agent be obligated to perform any of the duties or obligations of the Grantor under any such Assigned Agreement or other agreement or any such Governmental Approval or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim (for payment) under any such Assigned Agreement or agreement or Governmental Approval.

 

(c)    No lien granted by this Agreement in the Grantor’s right, title and interest in any Assigned Agreement, other agreement, or Governmental Approval shall be deemed to be a consent by the Collateral Agent to any such Assigned Agreement, other agreement or Governmental Approval.

 

Section 2.08 Termination . This Agreement shall create continuing security interests in the Collateral and shall remain in full force and effect for the benefit of the Secured Parties until all Secured Obligations to be paid or performed under the Finance Documents have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full and any commitments under the Finance Documents have terminated, except for unmatured surviving obligations that, by their terms, survive the termination of the Loan Documents but are not, as of the date of determination, due and payable and for which no outstanding claim has been made (“ Unmatured Surviving Obligations ”). Upon the happening of all of such events, the security interests granted hereby shall terminate and the Collateral Agent shall forthwith cause to be assigned, transferred and delivered, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, other than as to the release of the Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon and the absence of any continuing Lien arising by, through or under the Collateral Agent, any remaining Collateral and moneys received in respect of the Collateral, to or on the order of the Grantor. The Collateral Agent, upon payment of its fees and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses), shall execute and deliver to the Grantor, at the Grantor’s expense, such documentation as the Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or expiration and release the liens created under this Agreement, including termination statement(s) for any financing statement on file with respect to the Collateral. The security interests created hereby shall be released with respect to any portion of the Collateral that is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in compliance with the terms and conditions of any of the Finance Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated and relate back to such time as though this Agreement had always been in effect, as the case may be, if at any time any amount received by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in respect of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent or other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of any Grantor or any other Person or upon the appointment of any intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar official for, any Grantor or any other Person or any substantial part of its properties, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

 

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ARTICLE III  

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The Grantor hereby represents and warrants each of the following to the Secured Parties as of the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement:

 

Section 3.01 Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office  .

 

(a)  Schedule 1 attached hereto correctly sets forth the Grantor’s full and correct legal name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number, if any, chief executive office and principal place of business and mailing address as of the date of this Agreement.

 

(b) The Grantor has not (i) changed its location (as defined in Section 9-307 of the Uniform Commercial Code); (ii) previously changed its name except as set forth on Schedule 1 or (iii) previously become a “new debtor” (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) with respect to a currently effective security agreement entered into by another Person except as set forth on Schedule 1 .

 

Section 3.02   Title . The Grantor is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Collateral in which it purports to grant a lien pursuant to this Agreement, and the Grantor has full power and authority to grant the security interests in and to the Collateral under this Agreement. Grantor will be the sole owner of such collateral hereafter acquired, free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others except for Liens that are permitted under each Finance Document and Grantor has full power and authority to grant the security interests in and to the Collateral under this Agreement.

 

Section 3.03 Perfection and Priority . The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a valid and continuing first-priority, perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral for which perfection is governed by the UCC or filings with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, upon the fulfillment by the Grantor of its obligations to perfect such security interests in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof, and all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and protect such security interests have been duly made or taken. Such security interests shall be prior to all other liens on the Collateral except for liens having priority over the Collateral Agent’s liens by operation of law or otherwise as permitted under the Finance Documents.

 

Section 3.04 Intellectual Property .

 

(a)  Schedule 4 attached hereto sets forth all Material Intellectual Property of the Grantor on the date hereof. The Material Intellectual Property set forth on such schedule constitutes all of the intellectual property rights necessary to conduct its business other than such Intellectual Property the absence of which would not reasonably result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in any Finance Document).

 

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(b) On the date hereof, all Material Intellectual Property owned by the Grantor is valid and subsisting and, to the best knowledge of the Grantor, the use thereof in the business of the Grantor does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.

 

(c)   Except as set forth in Schedule 4 , on the date hereof, none of the Material Intellectual Property owned by the Grantor is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to which the Grantor is the licensor or franchisor.

 

(d)   No holding, decision, or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority that would limit, cancel, or question the validity of, or the Grantor’s rights in, any Material Intellectual Property in any respect that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in any Finance Document).

 

(e)   No action or proceeding seeking to limit, cancel, or question the validity of any Material Intellectual Property owned by the Grantor or the Grantor’s ownership interest therein is, on the date hereof, pending, or, to the best knowledge of the Grantor, threatened. There are no claims, judgments, or settlements to be paid by the Grantor relating to the Material Intellectual Property.

 

Section 3.05   Investment Property . (a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by the Grantor hereunder as set forth on Schedule 7 constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the capital stock owned by the Grantor.

 

(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(c)   Each of the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

 

(c)   The Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the security interest created by this Agreement.

 

Section 3.06   Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts . The only Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained by the Grantor on the date hereof are those set forth on Schedule 5 attached hereto and no additional Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts shall be established by the Grantor without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

 

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Section 3.07   Commercial Tort Claims . The only existing or potential Commercial Tort Claims of the Grantor, in excess of $5,000,000, existing on the date hereof (regardless of whether the amount, defendant, or other material facts can be determined and regardless of whether such Commercial Tort Claim has been asserted, threatened, or has otherwise been made known to the obligee thereof or whether litigation has been commenced for such claims) are those set forth on Schedule 6 attached hereto.

 

Section 3.08   Valid Security Interests . Financing statements or other appropriate instruments have been filed pursuant to the UCC as may be necessary to perfect the security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby to the extent any such security interest may be perfected by the filing of such a financing statement. All other action necessary or requested by the Collateral Agent, including with respect to titled Collateral, to protect and perfect the security interest in each item of the Collateral has been duly taken, including the delivery of all originals of any Chattel Paper, Instruments and certificated securities, and all other Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected by the Collateral Agent’s taking possession thereof. Subject to the requirements contained in the UCC with respect to the filing of continuation statements and necessary filings with the U.S. Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, this Agreement constitutes a valid, continuing and perfected first-priority security interest in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent for the equal and ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to no Liens (other than Liens that are permitted under each Finance Document), and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Grantor and against any owner, lessee or mortgagee of the real property where any of the Collateral is located or to which any of the Collateral relates and against any purchaser of such real property and any present or future creditor obtaining a Lien on such real property.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

COVENANTS

 

So long as any Secured Obligations are outstanding or any commitments under the Finance Documents have not been terminated (other than Unmatured Surviving Obligations), the Grantor covenants and agrees as follows, unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Collateral Agent:

 

Section 4.01   Generally . The Grantor shall (a) except for the security interests created pursuant to this Agreement, not create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any Collateral, except Liens that are permitted under each Finance Document; (b) not use or permit any Collateral to be used unlawfully or in violation of any provision of this Agreement, any other Security Document, any applicable law, or any policy of insurance covering the Collateral; (c) not sell, transfer, or assign (by operation of law or otherwise) any Collateral except as permitted under the Finance Documents; (d) not enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of the Grantor or the Collateral Agent to sell, assign, or transfer any Collateral except as permitted under the Finance Documents; and (e) promptly notify the Collateral Agent of its entry into any agreement or assumption of undertaking that restricts the ability to sell, assign, or transfer any Collateral.

 

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Section 4.02   Preservation and Protection of Security Interests . The Grantor shall:

   

(a) upon the acquisition after the date of this Agreement by the Grantor of any Securities, Instruments, Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, other Investment Property, Electronic Chattel Paper, or Letter-of-Credit Rights, promptly (x) take such action with respect to that Collateral as is specified for that type of Collateral in Section 2.04 hereof and (y) take all such other actions, and authenticate or sign and file or record such other records or instruments, as are necessary or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to create, perfect and establish the priority of the liens granted by this Agreement in any and all such Collateral, to preserve the validity, perfection or priority of the liens granted by this Agreement in any and all of such Collateral or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise its remedies, rights, powers and privileges under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, obtaining such agreements from third parties as the Collateral Agent shall deem necessary in connection with the preservation, perfection, or enforcement of any of its rights hereunder;

 

(b) upon the Grantor’s acquiring, or otherwise becoming entitled to the benefits of, any Copyright (or copyrightable material), Patent (or patentable invention), Trademark (or associated goodwill) or other Intellectual Property or upon or prior to the Grantor’s filing, either directly or through the Collateral Agent, any licensee or any other designee, of any application with any Governmental Authority for any Copyright, Patent, Trademark or other Intellectual Property, in each case after the date of this Agreement, execute and deliver such contracts, agreements and other instruments as the Collateral Agent may request to create, perfect and establish the priority of the liens granted by this Agreement in that and any related Intellectual Property (provided that no filing shall be required with respect to Intellectual Property if Grantor determines that such Intellectual Property is not material to the business of the Grantor or that such a filing is not, in Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, necessary or advisable for Grantor’s business);

 

(c) promptly give notice to the Collateral Agent upon the initiation of any Commercial Tort Claim in excess of $5,000,000 and authorize the Collateral Agent to amend Schedule 6 hereto, without any further action or consent from the Grantor, to include any such Commercial Tort Claim as Collateral hereunder; and

 

(d) whether with respect to Collateral as of the date of this Agreement or Collateral in which the Grantor acquires rights in the future, from time to time at the Grantor’s expense, authorize, give, authenticate, execute, deliver, file or record any and all financing statements, notices, contracts, agreements or other records or instruments, obtain any and all Governmental Approvals, and third party consents in accordance with the Finance Documents (including any consent of any licensor, lessor or other Person obligated on any Collateral), execute any agreement, or deliver any Collateral to the Collateral Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, in order to provide the Collateral Agent with control with respect to Collateral in order for the Collateral Agent to obtain, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest in such Collateral, and take all such other actions, as are necessary or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, including with respect to titled Collateral, to create, perfect and establish the priority of the liens granted by this Agreement in any and all the Collateral, to preserve the validity, perfection or priority of the liens granted by this Agreement in any and all of the Collateral or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise its remedies, rights, powers and privileges under this Agreement, including causing any or all Securities to be transferred of record into the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee upon the request of the Collateral Agent (and the Collateral Agent agrees that if any Security is transferred into its name or the name of its nominee, the Collateral Agent shall thereafter promptly give to the Grantor copies of any notices and communications received by it with respect to such Security).

 

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Section 4.03   Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation .

 

(a) The Grantor shall maintain the security interests created by this Agreement as perfected security interests having at least the priority described in Section 3.03 hereof and shall defend such security interests against the claims and demands of all Persons.

 

(b) The Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall have the right to inspect the Collateral as set forth in the applicable Finance Documents.

 

(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, and at the sole expense of the Grantor, the Grantor shall promptly and duly record, or cause to be recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further action as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including the filing of any financing or continuation statement under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral.

 

Section 4.04   Changes in Location, Name, Etc .

 

(a) The Grantor shall not, without prompt notice to the Collateral Agent, do any of the following:

 

1.          change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office from that referred to in Section 3.01(a) hereof; or

 

2.          change its name, identity, or organizational structure or its principal and chief executive offices to such an extent that any financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement would become misleading.

 

(b) The Grantor shall keep and maintain at its own cost and expense satisfactory and complete records of the Collateral, including a record of all payments received and all credits granted with respect to the Collateral and all other dealings with the Collateral.

 

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Section 4.05 Taxes . Except as expressly permitted by the Finance Documents, the Grantor shall pay promptly when due all property and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon, and all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) against the Collateral; provided , that the Grantor shall in any event pay such taxes, assessments, charges, levies or claims not later than 5 days prior to the date of any proposed sale under any judgment, writ, or warrant of attachment entered or filed against the Grantor or any of the Collateral as a result of the failure to make such payment.

 

Section 4.06   Further Assurances . The Grantor, from time to time upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, shall execute and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including within 10 business days after the date hereof issue a promissory note under the Intercompany Loan Agreement and take the actions required pursuant to Section 2.04 in connection with such promissory note.

 

Section 4.07 Insurance. The Grantor shall:

 

(a)          carry and maintain insurance during the term of this Agreement of the types, in the amounts and subject to such deductibles and other terms customarily carried from time to time by others engaged in substantially the same business as such Person and operating in the same geographic area as such Person, including, but not limited to, fire, public liability, property damage and worker’s compensation;

 

(b)          furnish to any Secured Party, upon written request, full information as to the insurance carried and prompt notice of any material modification to the insurance required to be maintained hereunder;

 

(c)          carry and maintain each policy for such insurance with any other insurer which is reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; and

 

(d)          obtain and maintain endorsements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent for such insurance naming the Collateral Agent as additional insured and the Collateral Agent as lender’s loss payee (other than naming the Collateral Agent as additional insured and the Collateral Agent as lender’s loss payee with respect to worker’s compensation insurance);

 

provided that if the Grantor shall fail to maintain insurance in accordance with this Section 4.07 of this Agreement, or if the Grantor shall fail to provide the required endorsements with respect thereto, the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but shall be under no obligation) to procure such insurance and the Grantor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses of procuring such insurance. All such policies as to which the Collateral Agent is named as an additional insured or loss payee, as the case may be, shall (i) provide that the same shall not be cancelled or terminated without at least thirty (30) days’ (or ten (10) days’ in the case of nonpayment of premium) prior written notice to each insured and each loss payee named therein, (ii) provide for at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to each insured and each loss payee named therein of the date on which such policies shall terminate by lapse of time if not renewed, (iii) provide that the insurer thereunder waives all right of subrogation against the Collateral Agent, (iv) be primary without right of contribution from any other insurance carried by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent, any Secured Party or the Collateral Agent with respect to any interest in the Collateral (except with respect to workers’ compensation insurance), (v) provide that no Person other than the Grantor shall have any liability for any premiums with respect thereto, and (vi) provide that inasmuch as the policies are written to cover more than one insured, all terms and conditions, insuring agreements and endorsements, with the exception of limits of liability, shall operate in the same manner as if there were a separate policy covering each insured. The Collateral Agent shall not, by reason of accepting, rejecting, approving or obtaining insurance incur any liability for the existence, nonexistence, form or legal sufficiency thereof, the solvency of any insurer, or the payment of any losses.

 

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ARTICLE V  

 

REMEDIES

 

Section 5.01 Events of Default, Etc . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may exercise, for the benefit of and on behalf of the Secured Parties, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing, or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC is in effect in the jurisdiction where such rights, remedies, powers and privileges are asserted) and such additional rights, remedies, powers and privileges to which a secured party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights, remedies, powers and privileges in respect of this Agreement or the Collateral may be asserted, including the right, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to exercise all voting, consensual and other powers of ownership pertaining to the Collateral as if the Collateral Agent were the sole and absolute owner of the Collateral (and Grantor agrees to take all such action as may be appropriate to give effect to such right). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement, or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon the Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith do any of the following:

 

(a) require Grantor to, and Grantor shall, assemble the Collateral owned by it at such place or places, reasonably convenient to both the Collateral Agent and the Grantor, designated in the Collateral Agent’s request;

 

(b) make any reasonable compromise or settlement it deems desirable with respect to any of the Collateral and may extend the time of payment, arrange for payment in installments, or otherwise modify the terms of, all or any part of the Collateral;

 

(c) in its name or in the name of the Grantor or otherwise, demand, sue for, collect and receive any money or property at any time payable or receivable on account of or in exchange for all or any part of the Collateral, but shall be under no obligation to do so; and

 

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(d) upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Grantor of the time and place, with respect to all or any part of the Collateral which shall then be or shall thereafter come into the possession, custody or control of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective agents, sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Collateral (or contract to do any of the foregoing), at such place or places as the Collateral Agent deems best, for cash, for credit or for future delivery (without thereby assuming any credit risk) and at public or private sale (except such notice as is required above or by applicable statute and cannot be waived), and the Collateral Agent or any other Person may be the purchaser, lessee or recipient of any or all of the Collateral so disposed of at any public sale (or, to the extent permitted by law, at any private sale) and thereafter hold the same absolutely free from any claim or right of whatsoever kind, including any right or equity of redemption (statutory or otherwise) of the Grantor, any such demand, notice and right or equity being hereby expressly waived and released. The Collateral 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 the sale, and such sale may be made at any time or place to which the sale may be so adjourned.

 

The proceeds of, and other realization upon, the Collateral by virtue of the exercise of remedies under this Section 5.01 shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.03 .

 

Section 5.02 Private Sale .

 

(a) The Collateral Agent shall incur no liability as a result of the sale, lease or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral at any private sale pursuant to Section 5.01 conducted in a commercially reasonable manner. The Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer the Collateral to more than one offeree.

 

(b) The Grantor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state securities laws, the Collateral Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the Collateral, to limit purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire the Collateral for their own account, for investment and not with a view to distribution or resale. The Grantor acknowledges that any such private sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the Collateral Agent than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions, and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agree that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the respective issuer of such Collateral to register it for public sale. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Grantor hereby specifically waives all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal which it has or may have under any applicable law now existing or hereafter enacted. The Grantor authorizes the Collateral Agent, at any time and from time to time, to execute, in connection with a disposition of any Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to such Collateral.

 

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Section 5.03   Application of Proceeds . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall apply all Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral, as provided in Section 9.4 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Section 5.04 Deficiency . If the proceeds of, or other realization upon, the Collateral by virtue of the exercise of remedies under Section 5.01 hereof are insufficient to cover the costs and expenses of such exercise and the payment in full of the Secured Obligations, the Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency.

 

Section 5.05   Assignment of Governmental Approvals . The Grantor shall, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default at the request of the Collateral Agent, contemporaneously with and at any other time following any foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any part of the Collateral, assign, transfer or otherwise furnish to the Collateral Agent or to any transferee of the interest of the Collateral Agent (to the extent so assignable or transferable), all of the Grantor’s rights and interest in, to and under all Governmental Approvals, including all offsets (including environmental credits and offsets), allowances and similar rights issued under or in connection with applicable law. At the request of the Collateral Agent upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default following collection, enforcement, foreclosure, sale, lease, license or other disposition by the Collateral Agent on or with respect to the Collateral, the Grantor agrees to use its best efforts to assist the Collateral Agent in renewing or extending in the name of the Collateral Agent (or any other Person) or otherwise obtaining the benefits of all of the Governmental Approvals and other rights referred to in the immediately preceding sentence to the extent that such Governmental Approvals and other rights shall not be assignable or transferable.

 

Section 5.06 Security Interest Absolute . All the rights of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder and the security interest and all obligations of the Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

 

(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any of the Finance Documents or any of the Collateral or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

 

(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment, modification or waiver of or any consent to any departure from or any termination or cancellation of any Finance Document or any of the Collateral or any other agreement or instrument related thereto;

 

(c) any exchange or release of any Collateral or any other collateral, or the non-perfection of any of the security interests granted hereunder or any other Security Document, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to or departure from any guaranty, for all or any of the Secured Obligations; or

 

(d) to the full extent permitted by applicable law, any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Grantor or any third party pledgor.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

THE COLLATERAL AGENT

 

Section 6.01 Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact . The Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any documents or instruments that the Collateral Agent may deem is necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, to perfect, preserve the validity, perfection and priority of, and enforce any lien granted by this Agreement and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to exercise its rights, remedies, powers and privileges under this Agreement. This appointment as attorney-in-fact is irrevocable and coupled with an interest until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled under this Section 6.01 to do any of the following:

 

(a) ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, receive and give receipt and discharge for amounts due and to become due under and in respect of all or any part of the Collateral, defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against the Grantor with respect to any Collateral, and settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding;

 

(b) receive, endorse and collect any Accounts, Chattel Paper, Instruments or General Intangibles;

 

(c) file any claims or take any action or proceeding in any court of law or equity that the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary or advisable for the collection of all or any part of the Collateral, defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against the Grantor with respect to any Collateral, and settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding;

 

(d) execute, in connection with any sale or disposition of the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.02 hereof, any endorsements, assignments, bills of sale or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to all or any part of the Collateral;

 

(e) enforce the rights of the Grantor under any provision of any Assigned Agreement to the extent permitted thereunder and under the terms of this Agreement;

 

(f) pay or discharge Taxes and Liens levied or placed on the Collateral;

 

(g) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes; and

 

(h) do, at the Collateral Agent’s option and at the Grantor’s expense, at any time, from time to time, all acts and things as are necessary to protect, preserve, or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agent’s and the other Secured Parties’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as the Grantor might do.

 

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Anything in this Section 6.01 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Collateral Agent agrees that it shall not exercise any right under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 6.01 unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

Section 6.02 Performance in Lieu of Grantor . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent, without releasing the Grantor from any obligation, covenant or condition hereof, itself may (but shall not be obligated to) make any payment or perform, or cause the performance of, any such obligation, covenant, condition or agreement or any other action in such manner and to such extent as the Collateral Agent may deem necessary to protect, perfect or continue the perfection of the security interest granted under this Agreement. Any reasonable costs or expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the foregoing shall be payable by the Grantor to the Collateral Agent on demand.

 

Section 6.03 Duty of the Collateral Agent . The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it receives as a result of the exercise of such powers. The Collateral Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession shall be to deal with it in the same manner as it deals with similar property for its own account and as otherwise required by Article 9 of the UCC. None of the Collateral Agent, the Secured Parties or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect, or realize upon any Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of the Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any Collateral. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Collateral on behalf of the Secured Parties, as to a first-priority security interest in such Collateral, and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, or agents shall be responsible to the Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

Section 6.04 Authority of the Collateral Agent . The Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment, or other right or remedy provided for hereunder or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, be governed by such agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them.

 

Section 6.05 Role of the Collateral Agent . The rights, duties, liabilities and immunities of the Collateral Agent and its appointment and replacement hereunder shall be governed by the provisions contained in this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 7.01 Indemnification . The Grantor shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their officers, directors and employees, from and against any and all costs, expenses, disbursements, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, injunctions, judgments, suits, actions, causes of action, fines, penalties, claims and demands, of every kind or nature (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) (herein collectively called the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”) which are occasioned by, result from or arise out of any of the terms, agreements, or covenants to be performed by the Grantor or any party thereto under this Agreement or any applicable Assigned Agreement, other than Indemnified Liabilities resulting from the Collateral Agent’s or other Secured Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or by the Collateral Agent’s or other Secured Party’s breach of its obligations hereunder or thereunder and other than Indemnified Liabilities incurred after the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party has expressly assumed in writing the Grantor’s obligations under any Assigned Agreement.

 

Section 7.02   Amendments . Any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement may be amended or waived only by an instrument in writing signed by the Grantor and the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 7.03   Waivers .

 

(a) The waiver (whether expressed or implied) by the Collateral Agent of any breach of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, and the consent (whether expressed or implied) of any Secured Party shall not prejudice any remedy of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party in respect of any continuing or other breach of the terms and conditions hereof, and shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion under this Agreement.

 

(b) No failure to exercise nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; further, no single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. All remedies hereunder and under the other Security Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other remedies that may be available to a party, whether at law, in equity, or otherwise. The application of the Collateral to satisfy the Secured Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof shall not operate to release the Grantor or any other Credit Party from its obligations until payment in full of any deficiency has been made in cash.

 

Section 7.04 Notices . All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by facsimile), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand or, in the case of notice given by mail, private courier, overnight delivery service or facsimile, when received, addressed as follows, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified in accordance with this Section 7.04 by the respective parties hereto:

 

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The Grantor:

 

The Gas Company, LLC

745 Fort Street

Honolulu, HI 96813

United States of America

Attention of: Jeffrey M. Kissel, President and Chief Executive Officer

Telephone No.: (808) 535-5908

Facsimile No.: (808) 535-5943

E-mail: JKissel@hawaiigas.com

 

with a copy to:

 

The Gas Company, LLC

745 Fort Street

Suite 1800

Honolulu, HI 96813

United States of America

Attention of: Nathan C. Nelson, General Counsel

Telephone No.: (808) 535-5912

Facsimile No.: (808) 535-5943

E-mail: NNelson@hawaiigas.com 

 

The Collateral Agent:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard

Mail Code: D1109-019

Charlotte, NC 28262

Attn: Syndication Agency Services

Telephone: 704-590-2706

Facsimile: 704-590-2790

Email: agencyservices.requests@wellsfargo.com

 

Section 7.05 Successors and Assigns .

 

(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Grantor and their successors and permitted assigns.

 

(b)  Nothing contained in this Agreement or any other Security Document is intended to limit the right of any Secured Party to assign, transfer, or grant participations in its rights in its Secured Obligations and in accordance with the provisions of such Secured Party’s respective Finance Documents.

 

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Section 7.06 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.

 

Section 7.07 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of New York. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably (a) consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York state court sitting in New York County, New York or any federal court of the United States sitting in the Southern District of New York, as any party may elect solely for purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement (and not as a general submission to New York jurisdiction) and (b) WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION IN WHICH ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO ARE PARTIES RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

 

Section 7.08 Captions . The headings of the several articles and sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.09 Severability . Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.10 Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with any other agreement executed in connection with this Agreement, is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement as to the matters covered by this Agreement and is intended as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms and conditions of such agreement.

 

Section 7.11 Expenses . The Grantor agrees to pay or to reimburse the Collateral Agent for all reasonable documented costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) that may be incurred by the Collateral Agent in any effort to enforce any of the obligations of the Grantor in respect of the Collateral or in connection with (a) the preservation of the liens on, or the rights of the Secured Parties to the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or (b) any actual or attempted sale, lease, disposition, exchange, collection, compromise, settlement or other realization in respect of, or care of, the Collateral, including all such reasonable costs and expenses (and reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred in any bankruptcy, reorganization, workout or other similar proceeding.

 

[ signature page follows ]

 

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

 

  THE GAS COMPANY, LLC, as Grantor
       
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  
       
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
  ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent
       
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

[Signature page to the TGC Credit Agreement]

 

 
 

 

Schedule 1

 

Organization and Chief Executive Office of Grantor

 

Borrower’s Legal Name, Type and Jurisdiction of Organization, and Organizational Identification Number :

 

The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company

 

Organizational ID#: 23473

 

Borrower’s Chief Executive Office and Mailing Address :

 

(a)          Chief Executive Office Address:

 

745 Fort Street

Suite 1800

Honolulu, HI 96813

Telephone No.: (808) 535-5908

E-mail: JKissel@hawaiigas.com

 

(b)          Mailing Address

 

PO Box 3000

Honolulu, HI 96802-3000

 

 
 

 

Schedule 2

 

Assigned Agreements

 

None.

 

 
 

 

Schedule 3

 

Government Approvals

 

Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Decision and Order No. 30434, filed on June 12, 2012 in Docket No. 2012-0073 re: Approval of Proposed Financing and Security Arrangements and Related Matters.

 

 
 

 

Schedule 4

 

Material Intellectual Property

 

None.

 

 
 

 

Schedule 5

 

Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts

 

1) Deposit Accounts : [redacted]

 

2) Securities Account : [redacted]

 

 
 

 

Schedule 6

 

Commercial Tort Claims

 

None.

 

 
 

 

Schedule 7

 

Investment Properties

 

DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENT PROPERTY

 

Pledged Stock:

 

Issuer   Class of Stock   Stock Certificate No.   No. of Shares
             

None.

 

Pledged Notes:

 

Issuer   Payee   Principal Amount
         

 

None.

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

$80,000,000

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of August 8, 2012,

 

by and among

 

HGC Holdings LLC ,

 

as Borrower,
the Lenders referred to herein,
as Lenders,
and

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent

 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager

 

 

 

 
 

 

Table of Contents

 

    Page
     
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1
     
SECTION 1.1 Definitions 1
     
SECTION 1.2 Other Definitions and Provisions 21
     
SECTION 1.3 Accounting Terms 21
     
SECTION 1.4 UCC Terms 21
     
SECTION 1.5 Rounding 21
     
SECTION 1.6 References to Agreement and Laws 21
     
SECTION 1.7 Times of Day 22
     
SECTION 1.8 Guaranty Obligations 22
     
SECTION 1.9 Covenant Compliance Generally 22
     
ARTICLE II TERM LOAN FACILITY 22
     
SECTION 2.1 Term Loan 22
     
SECTION 2.2 Procedure for Advance of Term Loan 22
     
SECTION 2.3 Repayment of Term Loans 22
     
SECTION 2.4 Prepayments of Term Loans 23
     
ARTICLE III GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS 24
     
SECTION 3.1 Interest 24
     
SECTION 3.2 Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans 25
     
SECTION 3.3 Fees 26
     
SECTION 3.4 Manner of Payment 26
     
SECTION 3.5 Evidence of Indebtedness 26
     
SECTION 3.6 Adjustments 26
     
SECTION 3.7 Obligations of Lenders 27
     
SECTION 3.8 Changed Circumstances 28
     
SECTION 3.9 Indemnity 29
     
SECTION 3.10 Increased Costs 29
     
SECTION 3.11 Taxes 30
     
SECTION 3.12 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 32
     
SECTION 3.13 Defaulting Lenders 33
     
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING 34
     
SECTION 4.1 Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit 34
     
SECTION 4.2 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit 38

 

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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER 38
     
SECTION 5.1 Organization; Power; Qualification 39
     
SECTION 5.2 Ownership 39
     
SECTION 5.3 Authorization Enforceability 39
     
SECTION 5.4 Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc. 39
     
SECTION 5.5 Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals 40
     
SECTION 5.6 Tax Returns and Payments 40
     
SECTION 5.7 Capital Structure 40
     
SECTION 5.8 Environmental Matters 40
     
SECTION 5.9 Employee Benefit Matters 41
     
SECTION 5.10 Margin Stock 42
     
SECTION 5.11 Government Regulation 42
     
SECTION 5.12 Material Contracts 42
     
SECTION 5.13 Employee Relations 42
     
SECTION 5.14 Burdensome Provisions 42
     
SECTION 5.15 Financial Statements 43
     
SECTION 5.16 No Material Adverse Change 43
     
SECTION 5.17 Solvency 43
     
SECTION 5.18 Titles to Properties 43
     
SECTION 5.19 Litigation 43
     
SECTION 5.20 OFAC 43
     
SECTION 5.21 Absence of Defaults 44
     
SECTION 5.22 Senior Indebtedness Status 44
     
SECTION 5.23 Investment Bankers’ and Similar Fees 44
     
SECTION 5.24 Disclosure 44
     
SECTION 5.25 Bank Accounts and Securities Accounts 44
     
SECTION 5.26 Agreements with Affiliates 44
     
SECTION 5.27 Existing Indebtedness; Existing Liens 44
     
SECTION 5.28 Policies of Insurance 45
     
SECTION 5.29 No Agreements to Sell Assets; Etc. 45
     
SECTION 5.30 Creation, Perfection and Priority of Liens 45

 

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ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 45
     
SECTION 6.1 Financial Statements and Budgets 45
     
SECTION 6.2 Certificates; Other Reports 46
     
SECTION 6.3 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters 47
     
SECTION 6.4 Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters 48
     
SECTION 6.5 Maintenance of Property and Licenses 48
     
SECTION 6.6 Insurance 49
     
SECTION 6.7 Accounting Methods and Financial Records 49
     
SECTION 6.8 Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations 49
     
SECTION 6.9 Compliance with Laws and Approvals 49
     
SECTION 6.10 Environmental Laws 49
     
SECTION 6.11 Compliance with ERISA 49
     
SECTION 6.12 Compliance with Agreements 49
     
SECTION 6.13 Visits and Inspections 50
     
SECTION 6.14 Reserved 50
     
SECTION 6.15 Hedge Agreement 50
     
SECTION 6.16 Use of Proceeds 50
     
SECTION 6.17 Corporate Governance 50
     
SECTION 6.18 Further Assurances 50
     
SECTION 6.19 Restricted Payments of TGC 50
     
ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS 51
     
SECTION 7.1 Indebtedness 51
     
SECTION 7.2 Liens 52
     
SECTION 7.3 Investments 53
     
SECTION 7.4 Fundamental Changes 54
     
SECTION 7.5 Asset Dispositions 54
     
SECTION 7.6 Restricted Payments 54
     
SECTION 7.7 Transactions with Affiliates 55
     
SECTION 7.8 Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents 56
     
SECTION 7.9 Reserved 56
     
SECTION 7.10 No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements 56
     
SECTION 7.11 Nature of Business 57

 

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SECTION 7.12 Amendments of Other Documents 57
     
SECTION 7.13 Sale Leasebacks 57
     
SECTION 7.14 Reserved 57
     
SECTION 7.15 Financial Covenants 57
     
SECTION 7.16 Limited Holding Company Status of the Borrower 58
     
SECTION 7.17 Reserved. 58
     
SECTION 7.18 Accounts 58
     
SECTION 7.19 Jurisdiction of Formation 58
     
SECTION 7.20 Foreign Assets Control Regulations 58
     
ARTICLE VIII DEFAULT AND REMEDIES 58
     
SECTION 8.1 Events of Default 58
     
SECTION 8.2 Remedies 61
     
SECTION 8.3 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc. 61
     
SECTION 8.4 Crediting of Payments and Proceeds 62
     
SECTION 8.5 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim 62
     
SECTION 8.6 Credit Bidding 63
     
ARTICLE IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 63
     
SECTION 9.1 Appointment and Authority 63
     
SECTION 9.2 Rights as a Lender 64
     
SECTION 9.3 Exculpatory Provisions 64
     
SECTION 9.4 Reliance by the Administrative Agent 65
     
SECTION 9.5 Delegation of Duties 65
     
SECTION 9.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent 66
     
SECTION 9.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 66
     
SECTION 9.8 No Other Duties, etc. 66
     
SECTION 9.9 Collateral and Guaranty Matters 67
     
SECTION 9.10 Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements 67
     
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS 68
     
SECTION 10.1 Notices 68
     
SECTION 10.2 Amendments, Waivers and Consents 70
     
SECTION 10.3 Expenses; Indemnity 71
     
SECTION 10.4 Right of Setoff 73

 

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SECTION 10.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc. 73
     
SECTION 10.6 Waiver of Jury Trial 74
     
SECTION 10.7 Reversal of Payments 74
     
SECTION 10.8 Injunctive Relief 74
     
SECTION 10.9 Accounting Matters 74
     
SECTION 10.10 Successors and Assigns; Participations 75
     
SECTION 10.11 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality 79
     
SECTION 10.12 Performance of Duties 80
     
SECTION 10.13 All Powers Coupled with Interest 80
     
SECTION 10.14 Survival 80
     
SECTION 10.15 Titles and Captions 80
     
SECTION 10.16 Severability of Provisions 81
     
SECTION 10.17 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution 81
     
SECTION 10.18 Term of Agreement 81
     
SECTION 10.19 USA PATRIOT Act 81
     
SECTION 10.20 Independent Effect of Covenants 81
     
SECTION 10.21 Inconsistencies with Other Documents 81

 

SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1 - Commitments
     
     
     

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 8, 2012, by and among HGC HOLDINGS LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company, as Borrower, the lenders who are party to this Agreement and the lenders who may become a party to this Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof, as Lenders, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders.

 

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

 

The Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto have agreed, to extend certain credit facilities to the Borrower, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

SECTION 1.1            Definitions . The following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them below:

 

Additional TGC Notes ” means notes issued by TGC after the Closing Date on terms substantially similar to the TGC Notes (other than price and maturity) or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the proceeds of which are used to refinance the TGC Loans.

 

Administrative Agent ” means Wells Fargo, in its capacity as Administrative Agent hereunder, and any successor thereto appointed pursuant to Section 9.6 .

 

Administrative Agent’s Office ” means the office of the Administrative Agent specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.1(c) .

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person or any of its Subsidiaries. The term “control” means (a) the power to vote 10% or more of the securities or other equity interests of a Person having ordinary voting power, or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of any other 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. The terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Agent Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(e)(ii) .

 

Agreement ” means this credit agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Applicable Law ” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations having the force of law and orders of Governmental Authorities and all binding orders and decrees of all arbitrators.

 

 
 

 

Applicable Margin ” means the corresponding percentages per annum as set forth below based on the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio:

  

  Consolidated Total    
  Indebtedness to    
Pricing Consolidated LIBOR Base Rate
Level Capitalization Ratio + +
I Less than 10% 1.250% 0.250%
II Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 20% 1.375% 0.375%
III Greater than or equal to 20% but less than 40% 1.500% 0.500%
IV Greater than or equal to 40% but less than 60% 1.875% 0.875%
V Greater than or equal to 60% 2.250% 1.250%

 

The Applicable Margin shall be determined and adjusted quarterly on the date (each a “ Calculation Date ”) 10 Business Days after the day by which the Borrower is required to provide an Officer’s Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.2(a) for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower; provided that (a) the Applicable Margin shall be based on Pricing Level V until the first Calculation Date occurring after the Closing Date and, thereafter the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding the applicable Calculation Date, and (b) if the Borrower fails to provide the Officer’s Compliance Certificate as required by Section 6.2(a) for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding the applicable Calculation Date, the Applicable Margin from such Calculation Date shall be based on Pricing Level V until such time as an appropriate Officer’s Compliance Certificate is provided, at which time the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding such Calculation Date. The Applicable Margin shall be effective from one Calculation Date until the next Calculation Date. Any adjustment in the Applicable Margin shall be applicable to all Extensions of Credit then existing or subsequently made or issued.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any financial statement or Officer’s Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 or 6.2(a) is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether (i) this Agreement is in effect, or (ii) any Extension of Credit is outstanding when such inaccuracy is discovered or such financial statement or Officer’s Compliance Certificate was delivered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “ Applicable Period ”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (A) the Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Officer’s Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (B) the Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period shall be determined as if the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio in the corrected Officer’s Compliance Certificate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (z) the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest and fees owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 3.4 . Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Sections 3.1(c) and 8.2 nor any of their other rights under this Agreement. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

 

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Applicable Period ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

 

Approved Fund ” means any Fund 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.

 

Arranger ” means Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and its successors.

 

Asset Disposition ” means the disposition of any or all of the assets (including, without limitation, any Capital Stock owned thereby) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof whether by sale, lease, transfer or otherwise, and any issuance of Capital Stock by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Person that is not the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof. The term “ Asset Disposition ” shall not include (a) any Equity Issuance, (b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (c) the transfer of assets to the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to any other transaction permitted pursuant to Section 7.4 , (d) the write-off, discount, sale or other disposition of defaulted or past-due receivables and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business and not undertaken as part of an accounts receivable financing transaction, (e) the disposition of any Hedge Agreement and (f) dispositions of Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents.

 

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.10 ), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit G or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Attributable Indebtedness ” means, on any date of determination, in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.

 

Base Rate ” means, at any time, the highest of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% and (c) except during any period of time during which a notice delivered to the Borrower under Section 3.8 shall remain in effect, LIBOR for an Interest Period of one month plus 1%; each change in the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or LIBOR.

 

Base Rate Loan ” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the Base Rate as provided in Section 3.1(a) .

 

Borrower ” means HGC Holdings LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company.

 

Borrower Materials ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.2 .

 

Business Day ” means (a) for all purposes other than as set forth in clause (b) below, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banks in Charlotte, North Carolina, Honolulu, Hawaii and New York, New York, are open for the conduct of their commercial banking business, and (b) with respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, any LIBOR Rate Loan, or any Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, any day that is a Business Day described in clause (a) and that is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

 

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Calculation Date ” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of Applicable Margin.

 

Capital Asset ” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any asset that should, in accordance with GAAP, be classified and accounted for as a capital asset on a Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

Capital Expenditures ” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate cost of all Capital Assets acquired by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, net of any Net Cash Proceeds received from all dispositions of Capital Assets during such period (to the extent permitted hereunder) that have been reinvested pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(i) ; provided that Capital Expenditures shall not be less than zero.

 

Capital Lease ” means, at any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.

 

Capital Stock ” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests, (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person and (f) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Cash Equivalents ” means, collectively, (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than 180 days from the date of creation thereof and currently having the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s, (c) certificates of deposit maturing no more than 180 days from the date of creation thereof issued by commercial banks incorporated under the laws of the United States, each having combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 and having a rating of “A” or better by a nationally recognized rating agency; provided that the aggregate amount invested in such certificates of deposit shall not at any time exceed $5,000,000 for any one such certificate of deposit and $10,000,000 for any one such bank, or (d) time deposits maturing no more than 30 days from the date of creation thereof with commercial banks or savings banks or savings and loan associations each having membership either in the FDIC or the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC and in amounts not exceeding the maximum amounts of insurance thereunder.

 

Cash Management Agreement ” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

 

Cash Management Bank ” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

 

Change in Control ” means (1) the Sponsor shall cease to directly or indirectly own and control more than 50% of the economic and voting interests in the Borrower, (2) the failure of the Borrower to own 100% of outstanding equity interests of TGC or (3) the failure of the Sponsor to be entitled, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of membership interests, contract or otherwise, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Borrower.

 

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Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

Closing Date ” means the date of this Agreement.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended or modified from time to time.

 

Collateral ” means the collateral security for the Secured Obligations pledged or granted pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

Collateral Agent ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent under the Intercreditor Agreement, and its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity.

 

Commitment Percentage ” means, as to any Lender, such Lender’s Term Loan Percentage.

 

Commitments ” means, collectively, as to all Lenders, the Term Loan Commitments.

 

Communications ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(e)(ii).

 

Consolidated ” means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of any Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.

 

Consolidated Capitalization ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness and (ii) Consolidated Net Worth.

 

Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any fiscal quarter, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and determined on a Consolidated basis, Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter adjusted for, to the extent used in determining Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter, (i) any extraordinary gains/losses and generally non-recurring income/expense and any unrealized gains/losses for derivatives during the relevant fiscal quarter; (ii) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or losses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, the non-cash portion of net periodic defined benefit costs, bad debt expense net of cash recoveries, deferred rent, amortization of debt financing costs and asset retirement obligations) during the relevant fiscal quarter; (iii) provision/benefit for current and deferred income taxes (both state and federal) during the relevant fiscal quarter; (iv) Consolidated Interest Expense, net of interest income, during the relevant fiscal quarter; (v) Indebtedness-related fees (which includes, but is not limited to, commitment fees and agency fees) during the relevant fiscal quarter; and (vi) expenses incurred under the Management Agreement during the relevant fiscal quarter.

 

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Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for the period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, interest expense (including, without limitation, interest expense attributable to Capital Leases and all net payment obligations pursuant to Hedge Agreements) for such period.

 

Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP; provided , that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary which shall be subject to clause (c) below), in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third party, except to the extent such net income is actually paid in cash to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by dividend or other distribution during such period, (b) the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent included pursuant to the foregoing clause (a), and (c) the net income (if positive), of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of such net income (i) is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or (ii) would be subject to any taxes payable on such dividends or distributions, but in each case only to the extent of such prohibition or taxes.

 

Consolidated Net Worth ” means, as of any date of determination with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (i) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be included on the Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under “stockholders’ equity” or such similar caption on such date and minus (ii) accumulated other comprehensive income (or loss) determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Total Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis without duplication, the sum of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness on such date to (b) Consolidated Capitalization on such date.

 

Credit Facility ” means the Term Loan Facility.

 

Debt Issuance ” means the issuance of any Indebtedness for borrowed money by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

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Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 8.1 which with the passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender ” means, subject to Section 3.13(b) , any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of the Term Loan required to be funded by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date such Loans unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the FDIC or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 3.13(b) ) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock ” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a)  matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock) (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date; provided, that if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

 

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Dollars ” or “ $ ” means, unless otherwise qualified, dollars in lawful currency of the United States.

 

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.

 

Eligible Assignee ” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.10(b)(ii) , (iv) and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.10 (b)(ii) ).

 

Employee Benefit Plan ” means (a) any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA that is maintained for employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (b) any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has at any time within the preceding 7 years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of the Borrower or any current or former ERISA Affiliate.

 

Environmental Claims ” means any and all administrative, judicial or arbitral actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, written notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by any Person in the ordinary course of business and not in response to any third party action or request of any kind) or proceedings by any Person relating in any way to any actual or alleged violation of or liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law or relating to the actual or alleged presence of or exposure to Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation, any and all claims by Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to human health or the environment.

 

Environmental Laws ” means any and all Applicable Laws, relating to the protection of human health (with respect to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the environment, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials.

 

Equity Issuance ” means (a) any issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to any Person that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof, of (i) shares of its Capital Stock, (ii) any shares of its Capital Stock pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants or (iii) any shares of its Capital Stock pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity and (b) any capital contribution from any Person that is not the Borrower into any Subsidiary thereof. The term “Equity Issuance” shall not include (A) any Asset Disposition or (B) any Debt Issuance.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended or modified from time to time.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that together with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.

 

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Eurodollar Reserve Percentage ” means, for any day, the percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect for such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental or emergency reserves) in respect of eurocurrency liabilities or any similar category of liabilities for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City.

 

Event of Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 8.1 ; provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any other condition, has been satisfied.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Entity ” means any of Macquarie Group Limited, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (including without limitation, any fund managed or controlled thereby, or any investment scheme or similar vehicle or separate managed account related thereto).

 

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, imposed (i) by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located or (ii) by any jurisdiction as a result of a connection between the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such other recipient of any payment and such jurisdiction (other than a connection resulting solely from negotiating, executing, delivering or performing its obligations or receiving a payment under, or enforcing, this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document), (b) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 3.12(b) ), any withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to a law in effect at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office ) , except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.11(a) , (c) Taxes attributable to the Administrative Agent’s, such Lender’s or any other recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.11(e) and (d) any Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Existing HGC Loan Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of June 7, 2006 among HGC, as borrower, MGH, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Dresdner Bank AG London Branch, as administrative agent thereunder.

 

Existing Revolving Credit Facility ” means that certain $10,000,000 unsecured credit facility, dated as of April 10, 2007, among the Borrower, and First Hawaiian Bank, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Existing TGC Loan Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated June 7, 2006, by and among TGC, as borrower, MGH, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, and Dresdner Bank AG London Branch, as administrative agent thereunder.

 

Extensions of Credit ” means, as to any Lender at any time, (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan made by such Lender then outstanding, or (b) the making of any Loan by such Lender, as the context requires.

 

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable), and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof (including any Revenue Ruling, Revenue Procedure, Notice or similar guidance issued by the IRS thereunder as a precondition to relief or exemption from Taxes under such provisions).

 

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FDIC ” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor thereto.

 

Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day), as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotation for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.

 

Fee Letter ” means the separate fee letter agreement dated June 25, 2012, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger.

 

FEMA ” means the Federal Emergency Management Agency and any successor thereto.

 

Fiscal Year ” means the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on each December 31.

 

Foreign Lender ” means (i) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (ii) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

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

 

Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

 

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

 

Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Guaranty Agreement ” means any guarantee agreement entered by any guarantor in connection with this Agreement, including the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement.

 

Guaranty Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person ;

 

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(a) to purchase such Indebtedness or obligation or any property constituting security therefor;

 

(b) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or obligation, or (2) to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or obligation;

 

(c) to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the Indebtedness or obligation; or

 

(d) otherwise to assure the owner of such Indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof.

 

In any computation of the Indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty Agreement, the Indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty Agreement shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor.

 

Hazardous Materials ” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other substances that might pose a hazard to health and safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law including, but not limited to, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation , polychlorinated biphenyls, crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products or by-products or wastes, natural gas, synthetic natural gas, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances.

 

Hedge Agreement ” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, all as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Hedge Bank ” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Hedge Agreement permitted under Article VII , is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a party to such Hedge Agreement.

 

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

 

HGC ” means HGC Holdings LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company.

 

HGC Facility Share ” means, as of any date of determination with respect to an Asset Disposition or Insurance Condemnation Event, an amount equal to the sum of (i) an amount equal to the portion of Net Cash Proceeds realized in such Asset Disposition or Insurance Condemnation Event, as the case may be, which were offered as prepayment of the TGC Notes pursuant to Section 8.7 of the TGC Note Purchase Agreement and declined by the holders of TGC Notes and (ii) if the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds realized, in the case of an Asset Disposition, exceeds $5,000,000 or, in the case of an Insurance Condemnation Event, exceeds $10,000,000, the excess, if any, of (A) the excess of the aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds less, in the case of an Asset Disposition, $5,000,000, or, in the case of an Insurance Condemnation Event, $10,000,000 over (B) the aggregate principal amount TGC Notes and TGC Loans outstanding on such date of determination.

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(b).

 

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, at any time, without duplication:

 

(a)           its liabilities for borrowed money and its redemption obligations in respect of mandatorily redeemable Preferred Stock;

 

(b)           its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business but including all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to any such property;

 

(c)           all liabilities appearing on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of Capital Leases;

 

(d)           all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities);

 

(e)           all its liabilities in respect of letters of credit or instruments serving a similar function issued or accepted for its account by banks and other financial institutions (whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money); and

 

(f)           any Guaranty Obligation of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (e) hereof.

 

Indebtedness of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described in clauses (a) through (f) to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

 

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Insurance and Condemnation Event ” means the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of their respective Property.

 

Intercompany Loan Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2008 between the Sponsor and TGC as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Interest Period ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.1(b) .

 

Investment ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.3 .

 

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service, or any successor thereto.

 

Lender ” means each Person executing this Agreement as a Lender on the Closing Date and any other Person that shall have become a party to this Agreement as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any Person that ceases to be a party hereto as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

 

Lender Parties ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders (and any other lenders from time to time party hereto), the Issuing Lender, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.5, and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns .

 

Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender maintaining such Lender’s Extensions of Credit.

 

LIBOR ” means,

 

(a)           for any interest rate calculation with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to the applicable Interest Period which appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) 2 Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period. If, for any reason, such rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page), then “LIBOR” shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at least $3,000,000 would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) 2 Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period.

 

(b)           for any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan, the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at least $3,000,000 for a period equal to one month (commencing on the date of determination of such interest rate) which appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination, or, if such date is not a Business Day, then the immediately preceding Business Day. If, for any reason, such rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page) then “LIBOR” for such Base Rate Loan shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at least $3,000,000 would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination for a period equal to one month commencing on such date of determination.

 

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Each calculation by the Administrative Agent of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

LIBOR Rate ” means a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

 

LIBOR Rate = LIBOR
  1.00-Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

 

LIBOR Rate Loan ” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate as provided in Section 3.1(a) .

 

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, leasehold mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, hypothecation or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.

 

Loan Documents ” means, collectively, this Agreement, each Note, the Security Documents, the Fee Letter, and each other document, instrument, certificate and agreement executed and delivered by the Borrower in favor of or provided to the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party in connection with this Agreement or otherwise referred to herein or contemplated hereby (excluding any Secured Hedge Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement), all as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Loans ” means the reference to the Term Loan, and “Loan” means any of such Loans.

 

Lock-up Event ” means, on any Calculation Date, the failure of the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio as of such Calculation Date to be less than 65%.

 

Lock-up Period ” means, with respect to each Lock-up Event, the period commencing on the Calculation Date on which such Lock-up Event has occurred and ending on the second consecutive Calculation Date on which no Lock-up Event has occurred.

 

Management Agreement ” means that certain Corporate Allocation Policy Infrastructure and Specialized Funds, dated as of December 2004 (as amended on April 24, 2008) as in effect on the Closing Date .

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (a) a material adverse effect on the properties, business, operations or financial condition of such Persons, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of any such Person to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document or (d) an impairment of the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

 

Material Contract ” means (a) any contract or other agreement, written or oral, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries involving monetary liability of or to any such Person in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 per annum, provided that in connection with any Hedge Agreement such monetary liability shall be calculated at its Hedge Termination Value, or (b) any other contract or agreement, written or oral, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries the failure to comply with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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MGH ” means Macquarie Gas Holdings LLC

 

MHGCI ” means Macquarie HGC Investment LLC.

 

MHGCI Guaranty Agreement ” means the unconditional guaranty agreement of even date herewith executed by MHGCI in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lender Parties, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

Mortgages ” means the collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust or other real property security document, encumbering any real property now or hereafter owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and executed by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as any such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Multiemployer Plan ” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or is accruing an obligation to make, or has accrued an obligation to make contributions within the preceding 7 years.

 

Net Cash Proceeds ” means, as applicable, (a) with respect to any Asset Disposition or Insurance and Condemnation Event, the gross proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom (including any cash, Cash Equivalents, deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, as and when received) less the sum of (i) in the case of an Asset Disposition, all income taxes and other taxes assessed by a Governmental Authority as a result of such transaction, (ii) all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with such transaction or event and (iii) the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset (or a portion thereof) disposed of, which Indebtedness is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction or event, and (b) with respect to any Equity Issuance or Debt Issuance, the gross cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom less all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket legal, underwriting and other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.

 

Non-Consenting Lender ” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver, amendment, modification or termination that (i) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.2 and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders.

 

Notes ” means the collective reference to the Term Notes.

 

Notice of Account Designation ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.1(f) .

 

Notice of Borrowing ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.2 .

 

Notice of Conversion/Continuation ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.2 .

 

Notice of Prepayment ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.4(a) .

 

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Obligations ” means, in each case, whether now in existence or hereafter arising: (a) the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or similar petition) the Loans and (b) all other fees and commissions (including attorneys’ fees), charges, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, financial accommodations, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, in each case under any Loan Document, with respect to any Loan of every kind, nature and description, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any note and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or under any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or adjustment of debts, naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

 

OFAC ” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

Officer’s Compliance Certificate ” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F .

 

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are imposed in connection with an assignment (other than an assignment pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 3.12(b)) .

 

Participant ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.10(d) .

 

Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.10(e) .

 

PATRIOT Act ” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended.

 

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor agency.

 

Pension Plan ” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and which (a) is maintained, funded or administered for the employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) has at any time within the preceding 7 years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of the Borrower or any current or former ERISA Affiliates.

 

Permitted Liens ” means the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.2 .

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other entity.

 

Platform ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.2 .

 

Preferred Stock ” means any class of capital stock of a Person that is preferred over any other class of capital stock (or similar equity interests) of such Person as to the payment of dividends or the payment of any amount upon liquidation or dissolution of such Person.

 

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Prime Rate ” means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such Prime Rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate is an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.

 

Property ” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock.

 

Qualified Capital Stock ” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Register ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.10(c) .

 

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposure representing more than 50% of the Total Credit Exposure of all Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.

 

Resignation Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(a) .

 

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

 

Restricted Payment ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.6 .

 

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw Hill Company Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

Sanctioned Country ” means a country subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by OFAC and available at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx , or as otherwise published from time to time.

 

Sanctioned Person ” means (a) a Person named on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC available at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx , or as otherwise published from time to time, or (b) (i) an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country, (ii) an organization controlled by a Sanctioned Country, or (iii) a person resident in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

Secured Cash Management Agreement ” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower and any Cash Management Bank.

 

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Secured Hedge Agreement ” means any Hedge Agreement permitted under Article VII , in each case that is entered into by and between the Borrower and any Hedge Bank.

 

Secured Obligations ” means, collectively, (a) the Obligations and (b) all existing or future payment and other obligations owing by the Borrower under (i) any Secured Hedge Agreement and (ii) any Secured Cash Management Agreement.

 

Secured Parties ” means, collectively, the Lender Parties and any other holder from time to time of any Secured Obligations and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Security Agreement ” means the security agreement of even date herewith executed by the Borrower in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Security Documents ” means the collective reference to the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Guaranty Agreements and each other agreement or writing pursuant to which the Borrower purports to pledge or grant a security interest in any Property or assets securing the Secured Obligations or any such Person purports to guaranty the payment and/or performance of the Secured Obligations, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Solvent ” and “ Solvency ” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

Sponsor ” means Macquarie Infrastructure Company, Inc.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness ” means the collective reference to any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is subordinated in right and time of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Subsidiary ” means as to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding Capital Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity is at the time owned by (directly or indirectly) or the management is otherwise controlled by (directly or indirectly) such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Capital Stock of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). Unless otherwise qualified, references to “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” herein shall refer to those of the Borrower.

 

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

 

Tax Sharing Agreement ” means that certain Income Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2007, by and among the Borrower, TGC, MHGCI and HGC Investment Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Term Loan ” means the term loan made, or to be made, to the Borrower by the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1 .

 

Term Loan Commitment ” means (a) as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make a portion of the Term Loan to the account of the Borrower hereunder on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the Register, as such amount may be reduced or otherwise modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof and (b) as to all Lenders, the aggregate commitments of all Lenders to make such Term Loans. The individual Term Loan Commitment of each Lender on the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 1.1 . The aggregate Term Loan Commitment of all Lenders on the Closing Date shall be $80,000,000.

 

Term Loan Facility ” means the term loan facility established pursuant to Article I I.

 

Term Loan Lender ” means any Lender with a Term Loan Commitment.

 

Term Loan Maturity Date ” means the first to occur of (a) August 8, 2017, or (b) the date of acceleration of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 8.2(a) .

 

Term Loan Note ” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term Loan Lender evidencing the portion of the Term Loans made by such Term Loan Lender, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A , and any amendments, supplements and modifications thereto, any substitutes therefor, and any replacements, restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part.

 

Term Loan Percentage ” means, as to any Term Loan Lender, after the applicable Term Loans are made, the ratio of (a) the outstanding principal balance of such Term Loan or Term Loans of such Term Loan Lender to (b) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all such Term Loans of all Term Loan Lenders.

 

Termination Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount: (a) a “Reportable Event” described in Section 4043 of ERISA for which the 30 day notice requirement has not been waived by regulation, or (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or (c) the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA, if the plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, or (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC, or (e) any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (f) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, or (g) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or plan in endangered or critical status with the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA or (h) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan if withdrawal liability is asserted by such plan, or (i) any event or condition which results in the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Sections 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or (j) any event or condition which results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (k) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

 

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TGC ” means The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company.

 

TGC Credit Agreement ” means the credit agreement among TGC, as borrower; the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, as lenders; and Wells Fargo, as administrative agent for such lenders.

 

TGC Dividend Block Event ” means in the event and for so long as TGC is prohibited from making Restricted Payments for the purpose of prepaying the Loans pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 8.6 of the TGC Credit Agreement.

 

TGC Loan Documents ” means TGC Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined therein.

 

TGC Loans ” means the loans made under the TGC Credit Agreement.

 

TGC Note Purchase Agreement ” means the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Borrower and the purchasers named therein, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

TGC Notes ” means the notes issued under the US$100,000,000 Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, entered into by the Borrower, as issuer and the purchasers party thereto.

 

TGC Revolving Credit Commitments ” means the commitments under the TGC Credit Agreement.

 

Threshold Amount ” means $5,000,000.

 

Total Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Lender at any time, the outstanding Term Loans of such Lender at such time.

 

Transactions ” means, collectively, (a) repayment of any amounts outstanding under the Existing HGC Loan Agreement and the Existing TGC Loan Agreement, (b) the initial Extensions of Credit, (c) the issuance of the TGC Notes, (d) the entry into the TGC Loan Documents and (e) the payment of the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York, as amended or modified from time to time.

 

United States ” means the United States of America.

 

U.S. Person ” means any Person that is a “United States person” within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

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Wells Fargo ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, and its successors.

 

SECTION 1.2            Other Definitions and Provisions . With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: (a) the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (b) whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms, (c) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (d) the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”, (e) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (f) 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, (g) 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, (h) 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, (i) the term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form, (j) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including” and (k) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

SECTION 1.3            Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time and in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements required by Section 6.1(a) , except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein (including, without limitation, as prescribed by Section 10.9 ). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

 

SECTION 1.4            UCC Terms . Terms defined in the UCC in effect on the Closing Date and not otherwise defined herein shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided by those definitions. Subject to the foregoing, the term “UCC” refers, as of any date of determination, to the UCC then in effect.

 

SECTION 1.5            Rounding . Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio or percentage is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

 

SECTION 1.6            References to Agreement and Laws . Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to formation documents, governing documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.

 

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SECTION 1.7            Times of Day . Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

 

SECTION 1.8            Guaranty Obligations . Unless otherwise specified, the amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guaranty Obligation.

 

SECTION 1.9            Covenant Compliance Generally . For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 7.1 , 7.2 , 7.3 , 7.5 and 7.6 , any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating Consolidated Net Income in the annual and quarterly financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) , as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 7.1 , 7.2 and 7.3 , with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no breach of any basket contained in such sections shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.9 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.

 

ARTICLE II

TERM LOAN FACILITY

 

SECTION 2.1            Term Loan . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make the Term Loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in a principal amount equal to such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment as of the Closing Date.

 

SECTION 2.2            Procedure for Advance of Term Loan . The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent an irrevocable Notice of Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a “ Notice of Borrowing ”) prior to 11:00 a.m. on the Closing Date requesting that the Term Loan Lenders make the Term Loan as a Base Rate Loan on such date (provided that the Borrower may request, no later than 3 Business Days prior to the Closing Date, that the Lenders make the Term Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan if the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent indemnifying the Lenders in the manner set forth in Section 3.9 of this Agreement). Upon receipt of such Notice of Borrowing from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Loan Lender thereof. Not later than 2:00 p.m. on the Closing Date, each Term Loan Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in immediately available funds, the amount of such Term Loan to be made by such Term Loan Lender on the Closing Date. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of the Term Loan in immediately available funds by wire transfer to such Person or Persons as may be designated by the Borrower in writing.

 

SECTION 2.3            Repayment of Term Loans . The Borrower shall repay the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan on the Term Loan Maturity Date.

 

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SECTION 2.4            Prepayments of Term Loans .

 

(a)           Optional Prepayments . The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, without premium or penalty, to prepay the Term Loans, in whole or in part, upon delivery to the Administrative Agent of a notice of prepayment substantially in the form of Exhibit D (a “ Notice of Prepayment ”) not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) on the same Business Day as each Base Rate Loan and (ii) at least 3 Business Days before each LIBOR Rate Loan, specifying the date and amount of repayment, whether the repayment is of LIBOR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans or a combination thereof, and if a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each. Each optional prepayment of the Term Loans hereunder shall be in an aggregate principal amount of at least $3,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall be applied, on a pro rata basis, to the outstanding principal installments of the Term Loan as directed by the Borrower. Each repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.9 hereof. A Notice of Prepayment received after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Term Loan Lenders of each Notice of Prepayment.

 

(b)           Mandatory Prepayments .

 

(i)           Asset Dispositions . The Borrower shall make mandatory principal prepayments of the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to the HGC Facility Share of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Disposition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that no such prepayment shall be required for so long as a TGC Dividend Block Event shall have occurred and be continuing. Any mandatory principal prepayments of the Loans shall be made within 3 Business Days after the date of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Asset Disposition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no prepayment shall be required under this Section 2.4(b)(i) to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds are reinvested in assets used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries within 180 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; provided further that any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds not actually reinvested within such 180-day period shall be prepaid on or before the last day of such 180-day period unless such portion is committed to be reinvested, in which case such 180-day period shall be extended for an additional 180-day period.

 

(ii)          Insurance and Condemnation Events . The Borrower shall make mandatory principal prepayments of the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to the HGC Facility Share of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from any Insurance and Condemnation Event by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided no such prepayment shall be required for so long as a TGC Dividend Block Event shall have occurred and be continuing. Any mandatory principal prepayments of the Loans shall be made within 3 Business Days after the date of receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of any such Insurance and Condemnation Event by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no prepayment shall be required under this Section 2.4(b)(ii) to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds are reinvested in assets used or useful in the business of the Borrower within 270 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; provided further that any portion of the Net Cash Proceeds not actually reinvested within such 270-day period shall be prepaid on or before the last day of such 270-day period unless such portion is committed to be reinvested, in which case such 270-day period shall be extended for an additional 270-day period.

 

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(iii)         Notice; Manner of Payment . Upon the occurrence of any event triggering the prepayment requirement under clauses (i) and (ii) above, the Borrower shall promptly deliver a Notice of Prepayment to the Administrative Agent and upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Lenders. Each prepayment of the Loans under this Section 2.4(b) shall be applied on a pro rata basis with respect to Loans of all Lenders.

 

(iv)         No Reborrowings . Amounts prepaid in respect of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section may not be reborrowed. Each prepayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.9 .

 

ARTICLE III

GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 3.1            Interest .

 

(a)           Interest Rate Options . Subject to the provisions of this Section, at the election of the Borrower, the Term Loans shall bear interest at (A) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or (B) the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin ( provided that the LIBOR Rate shall not be available until three Business Days after the Closing Date unless the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent indemnifying the Lenders in the manner set forth in Section 3.9 of this Agreement). The Borrower shall select the rate of interest and Interest Period, if any, applicable to any Loan at the time a Notice of Borrowing is given or at the time a Notice of Conversion/Continuation is given pursuant to Section 3.2 . Any Loan or any portion thereof as to which the Borrower has not duly specified an interest rate as provided herein shall be deemed a Base Rate Loan.

 

(b)           Interest Periods . In connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan, the Borrower, by giving notice at the times described in Section 2.2 or 3.2 , as applicable, shall elect an interest period (each, an “ Interest Period ”) to be applicable to such Loan, which Interest Period shall be a period of 1, 2, 3, or 6 months or, if agreed by all of the relevant Lenders, 9 or 12 months; provided that:

 

(i)           the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of or conversion to any LIBOR Rate Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;

 

(ii)          if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, that if any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

(iii)         any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;

 

(iv)         no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, and Interest Periods shall be selected by the Borrower so as to avoid payment of any amounts pursuant to Section 3.9 ; and

 

(v)          there shall be no more than 5 Interest Periods in effect at any time.

 

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(c)           Default Rate . Subject to Section 8.3 , (i) immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a) , (b) , (i) or (j) , or (ii) at the election of the Required Lenders, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, (A) the Borrower shall no longer have the option to request LIBOR Rate Loans, (B) all outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum of 2% in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans until the end of the applicable Interest Period and thereafter at a rate equal to 2% in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans, (C) all outstanding Base Rate Loans and other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 2% in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans or such other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document and (D) all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on demand of the Administrative Agent. Interest shall continue to accrue on the Obligations after the filing by or against the Borrower of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any act or law pertaining to insolvency or debtor relief, whether state, federal or foreign.

 

(d)           Interest Payment and Computation . Interest on each Base Rate Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter commencing September 30, 2012; and interest on each LIBOR Rate Loan shall be due and payable on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto, and if such Interest Period extends over 3 months, at the end of each 3 month interval during such Interest Period. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by the Prime Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest provided hereunder shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year).

 

(e)           Maximum Rate . In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all amounts deemed interest under this Agreement charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement exceed the highest rate permissible under any Applicable Law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto. In the event that such a court determines that the Lenders have charged or received interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, the rate in effect hereunder shall automatically be reduced to the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law and the Lenders shall at the Administrative Agent’s option (i) promptly refund to the Borrower any interest received by the Lenders in excess of the maximum lawful rate or (ii) apply such excess to the principal balance of the Obligations on a pro rata basis. It is the intent hereof that the Borrower not pay or contract to pay, and that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender receive or contract to receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law.

 

SECTION 3.2            Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans . Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Borrower shall have the option to (a) convert at any time all or any portion of any outstanding Base Rate Loans in a principal amount of no less than $3,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof into one or more LIBOR Rate Loans and (b) upon the expiration of any Interest Period, (i) convert all or any part of its outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans in a principal amount of no less than $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof into Base Rate Loans or (ii) continue such LIBOR Rate Loans as LIBOR Rate Loans. Whenever the Borrower desires to convert or continue Loans as provided above, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable prior written notice in the form attached as Exhibit E (a “ Notice of Conversion/Continuation ”) not later than 11:00 a.m. 3 Business Days before the day on which a proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be effective specifying (A) the Loans to be converted or continued, and, in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loan to be converted or continued, the last day of the Interest Period therefor, (B) the effective date of such conversion or continuation (which shall be a Business Day), (C) the principal amount of such Loans to be converted or continued, and (D) the Interest Period to be applicable to such converted or continued LIBOR Rate Loan. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the affected Lenders of such Notice of Conversion/Continuation.

 

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SECTION 3.3            Fees . The Borrower shall pay to the Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.

 

SECTION 3.4            Manner of Payment . Sharing of Payments. Each payment by the Borrower on account of the principal of or interest on the Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts payable to the Lenders under this Agreement shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the account of the Lenders entitled to such payment in Dollars, in immediately available funds and shall be made without any set off, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever. Any payment received after such time but before 2:00 p.m. on such day shall be deemed a payment on such date for the purposes of Section 8.1 , but for all other purposes shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Any payment received after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of each such payment, the Administrative Agent shall distribute to each such Lender at its address for notices set forth herein its Commitment Percentage in respect of the relevant Credit Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment and shall wire advice of the amount of such credit to each Lender. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of Administrative Agent’s fees or expenses shall be made for the account of the Administrative Agent and any amount payable to any Lender under Sections 3.9 , 3.10 , 3.11 or 10.3 shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lender. Subject to Section 3.1(b)(ii) , if any payment under this Agreement shall be specified to be made upon a day which is not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in computing any interest if payable along with such payment.

 

SECTION 3.5            Evidence of Indebtedness . The Extensions of Credit made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Extensions of Credit made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Term Loan Note which shall evidence such Lender’s Term Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Notes and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 3.6            Adjustments . If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations (other than pursuant to Sections 3.9 , 3.10 , 3.11 or 10.3 ) greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them; provided that

 

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(i)           if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and

 

(ii)          the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender).

 

The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

SECTION 3.7            Obligations of Lenders .

 

(a)           Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.2 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the daily average Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)           Nature of Obligations of Lenders Regarding Extensions of Credit . The obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement to make the Loans are several and are not joint or joint and several. The failure of any Lender to make available its Commitment Percentage of any Loan requested by the Borrower shall not relieve it or any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Commitment Percentage of such Loan available on the borrowing date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make its Commitment Percentage of such Loan available on the borrowing date.

 

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SECTION 3.8            Changed Circumstances .

 

(a)           Circumstances Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability . In connection with any request for a LIBOR Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to LIBOR or a conversion to or continuation thereof, if for any reason (i) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Loan, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan or any Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to LIBOR or (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the LIBOR Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans during such Interest Period, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, the obligation of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to LIBOR and the right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to LIBOR shall be suspended, and (i) in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, the Borrower shall either (A) repay in full (or cause to be repaid in full) the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan together with accrued interest thereon (subject to Section 3.1(d) ), on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan; or (B) convert the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is not determined by reference to LIBOR as of the last day of such Interest Period; or (ii) in the case of Base Rate Loans as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, the Borrower shall convert the then outstanding principal amount of each such Loan to a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is not determined by reference to LIBOR as of the last day of such Interest Period.

 

(b)           Laws Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability . If, after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan or any Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, and the right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR shall be suspended and thereafter the Borrower may select only Base Rate Loans as to which the interest rate is not determined by reference to LIBOR hereunder, (ii) all Base Rate Loans shall cease to be determined by reference to LIBOR and (iii) if any of the Lenders may not lawfully continue to maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan to the end of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, the applicable Loan shall immediately be converted to a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is not determined by reference to LIBOR for the remainder of such Interest Period.

 

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SECTION 3.9            Indemnity . The Borrower hereby indemnifies each of the Lenders against any loss or expense (including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained) which may arise or be attributable to each Lender’s obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits or other funds acquired to effect, fund or maintain any Loan (a) as a consequence of any failure by the Borrower to make any payment when due of any amount due hereunder in connection with a LIBOR Rate Loan, (b) due to any failure of the Borrower to borrow, continue or convert on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation or (c) due to any payment, prepayment or conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor. The amount of such loss or expense shall be determined, in the applicable Lender’s sole discretion, based upon the assumption that such Lender funded its Commitment Percentage of the LIBOR Rate Loans in the London interbank market and using any reasonable attribution or averaging methods which such Lender deems appropriate and practical. A certificate of such Lender setting forth the basis for determining such amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender shall be forwarded to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusively presumed to be correct save for manifest error.

 

SECTION 3.10          Increased Costs .

 

(a)           Increased Costs Generally . If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)           impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or advances, loans or other credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the LIBOR Rate); or

 

(ii)          impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Rate Loans made by such Lender (except for (A) Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes, in either case that are indemnified pursuant to section 3.11, and (B) the imposition, or change in rate, of any Excluded Tax);

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any LIBOR Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon written request of such Lender, the Borrower shall promptly pay to any such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)           Capital Requirements . If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time upon written request of such Lender the Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c)           Certificates for Reimbursement . A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

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(d)           Delay in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

 

SECTION 3.11          Taxes .

 

(a)           Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law; provided that if the applicable withholding agent shall be required by Applicable Law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the Borrower as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions and (iii) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

(b)           Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower . Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

(c)           Indemnification by the Borrower . Without duplication of Section 3.11(a) or Section 3.11(b) , the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.11 ) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender 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 as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(d)           Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(e)           Status of Lenders . Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person, any Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(i)           in the case of any Lender that is a U.S. Person, properly executed originals of IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form);

 

(ii)          in the case of any Foreign Lender:

 

(A)          properly executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor form) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party;

 

(B)          properly executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form);

 

(C)          if such Foreign Lender is claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) properly executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor form);

 

(D)          if such Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, properly executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor form), together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made ; or

 

(E)          any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

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If a payment made to or for the account of a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with any requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall (A) enter into such agreements with the IRS as necessary to establish an exemption from withholding under FATCA; (B) comply with any certification, documentation, information, reporting or other requirement necessary to establish an exemption from withholding under FATCA; (C) provide any documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent sufficient for the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to comply with their respective obligations, if any, under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied such applicable requirements; and (D) provide a certification signed by the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Lender certifying that such Lender has complied with any necessary requirements to establish an exemption from withholding under FATCA. To the extent that the relevant documentation provided pursuant to this paragraph is rendered obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect as a result of changes in circumstances with respect to the status of a Lender, such Lender shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent revised and/or updated documentation sufficient for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to confirm such Lender’s compliance with their respective obligations under FATCA.

 

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(f)           Indemnification of the Administrative Agent . Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Taxes attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (f). The agreements in this paragraph (f) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent.

 

(g)           Refunds . If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines in good faith that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 3.11 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to Section 3.11(a)), it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments, including payments of additional amounts, made under this Section 3.11 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). The Borrower, upon the written request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over to the Borrower by such indemnified party pursuant to this Section 3.11(g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.

 

(h)           Survival . Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations.

 

SECTION 3.12          Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

 

(a)           Designation of a Different Lending Office . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.10 , or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.11 , then such Lender shall, at the request of the Borrower, use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.10 or Section 3.11 , as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

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(b)           Replacement of Lenders . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.10 , or if the Borrower is required to pay Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.11 , and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 3.12(a) , or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.10 ), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:

 

(i)           the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 10.10 ;

 

(ii)          such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.9 ) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

 

(iii)         in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.10 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.11 , such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;

 

(iv)         such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law; and

 

(v)          in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.

 

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

 

SECTION 3.13          Defaulting Lenders .

 

(a)           Defaulting Lender Adjustments . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:

 

(i)           Waivers and Amendments . Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders.

 

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(ii)          Defaulting Lender Waterfall . Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.4 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; third , so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and fourth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(b)           Defaulting Lender Cure . If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING

 

SECTION 4.1            Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit . The obligation of the Lenders to close this Agreement and to make the initial Loan is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)           Executed Loan Documents . This Agreement, a Term Loan Note in favor of each Lender requesting a Term Loan Note, and the Security Documents, together with any other applicable Loan Documents, shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent by the parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and no Default or Event of Default shall exist hereunder or thereunder.

 

(b)           Closing Certificates; Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

(i)           Officer’s Certificate . A certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that (A) all representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true, correct and complete; (B) the Borrower is not in violation of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (C) after giving effect to the Transactions, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (D) since December 31, 2011, no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (E)  the Borrower has satisfied each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 .

 

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(ii)          Certificate of Secretary of the Borrower . A certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each officer of the Borrower executing Loan Documents to which it is a party and certifying that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of (A) the articles or certificate of incorporation or formation of the Borrower and all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, (B) the bylaws or other governing document of the Borrower as in effect on the Closing Date, (C) resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or other governing body) of the Borrower authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (D) each certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(b)(iii) .

 

(iii)         Certificates of Good Standing . Certificates as of a recent date of the good standing of the Borrower under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, each other jurisdiction where the Borrower is qualified to do business and, to the extent available, a certificate of the relevant taxing authorities of such jurisdictions certifying that the Borrower has filed required tax returns and owes no delinquent taxes.

 

(iv)         Opinions of Counsel . Favorable opinions of counsel to the Borrower addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Borrower, the Loan Documents and such other matters as the Lenders shall request (which such opinions shall expressly permit reliance by permitted successors and assigns of the addressees thereof).

 

(c)           Personal Property Collateral .

 

(i)           Filings and Recordings . The Administrative Agent shall have received all filings and recordations that are necessary to perfect the security interests of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that upon such filings and recordations such security interests constitute valid and perfected first priority Liens thereon.

 

(ii)          Pledged Collateral . The Collateral Agent shall have received (A) original stock certificates or other certificates evidencing the Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Security Documents, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate duly executed in blank by the registered owner thereof and (B) each original promissory note pledged pursuant to the Security Documents together with an undated endorsement for each such promissory note duly executed in blank by the holder thereof.

 

(iii)         Lien Search . The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a Lien search (including a search as to judgments, pending litigation, bankruptcy, tax and intellectual property matters), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory thereto, made against the Borrower under the UCC (or applicable judicial docket) as in effect in each jurisdiction in which filings or recordations under the UCC should be made to evidence or perfect security interests in all assets of the Borrower, indicating among other things that the assets of the Borrower are free and clear of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens).

 

(iv)         Hazard and Liability Insurance . The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of policies of property hazard, business interruption and liability insurance, such policies to be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, evidence of payment of all insurance premiums for the current policy year of each (with appropriate endorsements naming the Collateral Agent as lender’s loss payee (and mortgagee, as applicable) on all policies for property hazard insurance and as additional insured on all policies for liability insurance, and if requested by the Administrative Agent, copies of such insurance policies .

 

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(d)           Consents; Defaults .

 

(i)           Governmental and Third Party Approvals . The Borrower shall have received all material governmental, shareholder and third party consents and approvals necessary (or any other material consents as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the other transactions contemplated hereby and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken by any Person that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose any material adverse conditions on any of the Borrower or such other transactions or that could seek or threaten any of the foregoing, and no law or regulation shall be applicable which in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent could reasonably be expected to have such effect.

 

(ii)          Consents; Defaults. No action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or legislation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any Governmental Authority to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, or which is related to or arises out of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or which, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable determination, would make it inadvisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(e)           Financial Matters .

 

(i)           Financial Statements . The Administrative Agent shall have received (A) an audited Consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of MHGCI and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and the related audited Consolidated and consolidating statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended and (B) an unaudited Consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of MHGCI and its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2012 and related unaudited Consolidated and consolidating interim statements of income and retained earnings.

 

(ii)          Financial Projections . The Administrative Agent shall have received pro forma Consolidated financial statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, operating budget and projections prepared by management of the Borrower, including balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements on a quarterly basis for the first year following the Closing Date and on an annual basis for each year thereafter during the term of the Credit Facility, which shall not be materially inconsistent with any financial information or projections previously delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

(iii)         Financial Condition/Solvency Certificate . The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and certified as accurate by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, that (A) after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof is each Solvent, (B) attached thereto are calculations evidencing compliance on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Transactions with the covenants contained in Section 7.15 and (C) the financial projections previously delivered to the Administrative Agent represent the good faith estimates (utilizing reasonable assumptions) of the financial condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

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(iv)         Reserved.

 

(v)          Payment at Closing . The Borrower shall have paid (A) to the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders the fees set forth or referenced in Section 3.3 and to the extent invoiced, any other accrued and unpaid fees or commissions due hereunder, (B) all invoiced fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the extent accrued and unpaid prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings ( provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) and (C) to any other Person, to the extent invoiced, such reasonable amount as may be due thereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including all taxes, fees and other charges in connection with the execution, delivery, recording, filing and registration of any of the Loan Documents.

 

(f)           Miscellaneous .

 

(i)           Notice of Borrowing . The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing from the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.2 , and a Notice of Account Designation substantially in the form of Exhibit C (a “ Notice of Account Designation ”) specifying the account or accounts to which the proceeds of any Loans made on or after the Closing Date are to be disbursed.

 

(ii)          Existing Indebtedness . Except for any amounts outstanding under the Existing Revolving Credit Facility or any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 , all existing Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be repaid in full and terminated and all collateral security therefor shall be released, and the Administrative Agent shall have received pay-off letters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it evidencing such repayment, termination and release. Any existing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 shall be on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(iii)         TGC Notes . TGC shall have received at least $100,000,000 in gross cash proceeds from the issuance of the TGC Notes.

 

(iv)         Funds Flow Memorandum . The Administrative Agent shall have received a memorandum summarizing the sources and uses of funds from the Extensions of Credit hereunder and the initial borrowings under the TGC Credit Agreement, if any, and in connection with the TGC Notes.

 

(v)          PATRIOT Act . The Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries shall have provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent in order to comply with requirements of the PATRIOT Act.

 

(vi)         TGC Credit Agreement . The condition precedent set forth in Section 5.1 of the TGC Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived by the lenders thereunder.

 

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(vii)        Other Documents . All opinions, certificates and other instruments and all proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all other documents, certificates and instruments reasonably requested thereby, with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.3 , for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.1 , the Administrative Agent and each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

 

SECTION 4.2            Conditions to All Extensions of Credit . The obligations of the Lenders to make or participate in any Extensions of Credit (including the initial Extension of Credit), convert or continue any Loan are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant borrowing, continuation, conversion, issuance or extension date:

 

(a)           Continuation of Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties contained in Article V shall be true and correct in all material respects, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of such borrowing, continuation, conversion, issuance or extension date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date, (except for any such representation and warranty that by its terms is made only as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall remain true and correct in all material respects, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date.

 

(b)           No Existing Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the borrowing, continuation or conversion date with respect to such Loan or after giving effect to the Loans to be made, continued or converted on such date.

 

(c)           Notices . The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as applicable, from the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.2 or Section 3.2 , as applicable.

 

(d)           Additional Documents . The Administrative Agent shall have received each additional document, instrument, legal opinion or other item reasonably requested by it.

 

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER

 

To induce the Administrative Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make Extensions of Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder, which representations and warranties shall be deemed made on the Closing Date and as otherwise set forth in Section 4.2 , that:

 

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SECTION 5.1            Organization; Power; Qualification . The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, (b) has the power and authority to own its Properties and to carry on its business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and (c) is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its Properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The jurisdictions in which the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof are organized and qualified to do business as of the Closing Date are described on Schedule 5.1 .

 

SECTION 5.2            Ownership . Each Subsidiary of the Borrower as of the Closing Date is listed on Schedule 5.2 . As of the Closing Date, the capitalization of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries consists of the number of shares, authorized, issued and outstanding, of such classes and series, with or without par value, described on Schedule 5.2 . All outstanding shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights, except as described in Schedule 5.2 . The shareholders or other owners, as applicable, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the number of shares owned by each as of the Closing Date are described on Schedule 5.2 . As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding stock purchase warrants, subscriptions, options, securities, instruments or other rights of any type or nature whatsoever, which are convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise provide for or require the issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, except as described on Schedule 5.2 . All Capital Stock of the Borrower has been offered and sold in compliance with all federal and state securities laws and all other requirements of Applicable Law, except where any failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.3            Authorization Enforceability . The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof that is a party thereto, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof that is a party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.

 

SECTION 5.4            Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof of the Loan Documents to which each such Person is a party, in accordance with their respective terms, the Extensions of Credit hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (a) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof where the failure to obtain such Governmental Approval or such violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to such Person, which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person other than Permitted Liens or (e) require any consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act in respect of, an arbitrator or Governmental Authority and no consent of any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 5.5            Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals . The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof (a) has all Governmental Approvals required by any Applicable Law for it to conduct its business, each of which is in full force and effect, is final and not subject to review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to its knowledge, threatened attack by direct or collateral proceeding, (b) is in compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance with all other Applicable Laws relating to it or any of its respective properties and (c) has timely filed all material reports, documents and other materials required to be filed by it under all Applicable Laws with any Governmental Authority and has retained all material records and documents required to be retained by it under Applicable Law except in each case (a), (b) or (c) where the failure to have, comply or file could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.6            Tax Returns and Payments . The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof has duly filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and other tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed, and has paid, or made adequate provision for the payment of, all federal, state, local and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it and its property, income, profits and assets which are due and payable (other than any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of the Borrower), except where the failure to file such tax returns or pay such taxes could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect . Such returns accurately reflect in all material respects all liability for taxes of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof for the periods covered thereby , except where the failure to accurately reflect such liability for taxes could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6 , there is no material ongoing audit or examination or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, other investigation by any Governmental Authority of the tax liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof. No Governmental Authority has asserted any Lien or other claim against the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof with respect to unpaid taxes which has not been discharged or resolved (other than (a) any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of the Borrower and (b) any Permitted Lien). The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof in respect of federal, state, local and other taxes for all Fiscal Years and portions thereof since the organization of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof are in the judgment of MHGCI and the Borrower adequate, and the Borrower does not anticipate any additional taxes or assessments for any of such years.

 

SECTION 5.7            Capital Structure . The Sponsor owns and controls more than 50% of the economic and voting interests in the Borrower. The Borrower owns 100% of outstanding equity interests of TGC.

 

SECTION 5.8            Environmental Matters . Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)           The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof and their respective properties and operations are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, Environmental Laws;

 

(b)           Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of to or from any of the properties owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in violation of, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, in a manner or to a location which could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws;

 

(c)           There are no Environmental Claims pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or with respect to any of their respective properties or operations, nor are there any administrative or judicial decrees or orders outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to the Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties or operations; and

 

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(d)           There has been no release, or to the Borrower’s knowledge, threat of release, of Hazardous Materials at or from properties owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or by the Borrower or any Subsidiary at any other location , now or in the past, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws.

 

SECTION 5.9            Employee Benefit Matters .

 

(a)           As of the Closing Date, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary maintains or contributes to, or has any obligation under, any Employee Benefit Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code other than those identified on Schedule 5.9 ;

 

(b)           The Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans except for any required amendments for which the remedial amendment period as defined in Section 401(b) of the Code has not yet expired and except where a failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified, and each trust related to such plan has been determined to be exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code except for such plans that have not yet received determination letters but for which the remedial amendment period for submitting a determination letter has not yet expired and except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No liability has been incurred by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied for any taxes or penalties assessed with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any Multiemployer Plan except for a liability that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)           As of the Closing Date and except as could not reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower in an amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, no Pension Plan has been terminated, nor has any Pension Plan become subject to funding based benefit restrictions under Section 436 of the Code, nor has any funding waiver from the IRS been received or requested with respect to any Pension Plan, nor has the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate failed to make any contributions or to pay any amounts due and owing as required by Sections 412 or 430 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any Pension Plan prior to the due dates of such contributions under Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, nor has there been any event requiring any disclosure under Section 4041(c)(3)(C) or 4063(a) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan;

 

(d)           Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has: (i) engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code; (ii) incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums and there are no premium payments which are due and unpaid; (iii) failed to make a required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan, or (iv) failed to make a required installment or other required payment under Sections 412 or 430 of the Code;

 

(e)           No Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;

 

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(f)           Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct in all material respects could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no proceeding, claim (other than a benefits claim in the ordinary course of business), lawsuit and/or investigation is existing or, to the best of the knowledge of the Borrower after due inquiry, threatened concerning or involving (i) any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) currently maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) any Pension Plan or (iii) any Multiemployer Plan.

 

SECTION 5.10          Margin Stock . Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof is engaged principally or as one of its activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” (as each such term is defined or used, directly or indirectly, in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans will be used for purchasing or carrying margin stock or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of such Board of Governors. Following the application of the proceeds of each Extension of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 7.2 or Section 7.5 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness in excess of the Threshold Amount will be “margin stock”. If requested by any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U 1 referred to in Regulation U.

 

SECTION 5.11          Government Regulation . Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” (as each such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) and neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof is, or after giving effect to any Extension of Credit will be, subject to regulation under the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, the Federal Power Act, as amended, any state public utilities code or any other Applicable Law which limits its ability to incur or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except that the incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder is subject to the approval of the Hawaii Public Utility Commission.

 

SECTION 5.12          Material Contracts . Schedule 5.12 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts of the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof in effect as of the Closing Date. Other than as set forth in Schedule 5.12 , each such Material Contract is, and after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will be, in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof. To the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof has delivered to the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of each Material Contract required to be listed on Schedule 5.12 or any other Schedule hereto. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof (nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any other party thereto) is in breach of or in default under any Material Contract in any material respect.

 

SECTION 5.13          Employee Relations . Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any collective bargaining agreement or has any labor union been recognized as the representative of its employees except as set forth on Schedule 5.13 . The Borrower knows of no pending, threatened or contemplated strikes, work stoppage or other collective labor disputes involving its employees or those of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.14          Burdensome Provisions . The Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not presently anticipate that future expenditures needed to meet the provisions of any statutes, orders, rules or regulations of a Governmental Authority will be so burdensome as to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Subsidiary is party to any agreement or instrument or otherwise subject to any restriction or encumbrance that restricts or limits its ability to make dividend payments or other distributions in respect of its Capital Stock to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or to transfer any of its assets or properties to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary in each case other than existing under or by reason of the Loan Documents or Applicable Law.

 

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SECTION 5.15          Financial Statements . The audited and unaudited financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(e)(i) are complete and correct and fairly present on a Consolidated basis the assets, liabilities and financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates, and the results of the operations and changes of financial position for the periods then ended (other than customary year-end adjustments for unaudited financial statements). All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. Such financial statements show all material indebtedness and other material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including material liabilities for taxes, material commitments, and Indebtedness, in each case, to the extent required to be disclosed under GAAP. The projections delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(e)(ii) were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions are believed to be reasonable in light of then existing conditions except that such financial projections and statements shall be subject to normal year end closing and audit adjustments.

 

SECTION 5.16          No Material Adverse Change . Since December 31, 2011, there has been no material adverse change in the properties, business, operations, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.17          Solvency . The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof is Solvent.

 

SECTION 5.18          Titles to Properties . As of the Closing Date, the real property listed on Schedule 5.18 constitutes all of the real property that is owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof has such title to the real property owned or leased by it as is necessary or desirable to the conduct of its business and valid and legal title to all of its personal property and assets, except those which have been disposed of by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries subsequent to such date which dispositions have been in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder.

 

SECTION 5.19          Litigation . There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or relating to any of their respective properties or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.20          OFAC . Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is an “enemy” or an “ally of the enemy” within the meaning of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.), as amended, (ii) is in violation of (A) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, (B) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto or (C) the PATRIOT Act, (iii) is a Sanctioned Person, (ii) has more than 10% of its assets in Sanctioned Countries, or (iii) derives more than 10% of its operating income from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Countries. No part of the proceeds of any Extension of Credit hereunder will be used directly or indirectly to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country.

 

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SECTION 5.21          Absence of Defaults . No event has occurred or is continuing (a) which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, or (b) which constitutes, or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute, a default or event of default by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof under any Material Contract or judgment, decree or order to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof is a party or by which the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound or which would require the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to make any payment thereunder prior to the scheduled maturity date therefore that, in any case under this clause (b), could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 5.22          Senior Indebtedness Status . The Obligations and Secured Obligations of the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents ranks and shall continue to rank at least senior in priority of payment to all Subordinated Indebtedness and all senior unsecured Indebtedness of each such Person and is designated as “Senior Indebtedness” under all instruments and documents, now or in the future, relating to all Subordinated Indebtedness and all senior unsecured Indebtedness of such Person.

 

SECTION 5.23          Investment Bankers’ and Similar Fees . The Borrower has no obligation to any Person in respect of any finders’, brokers’, investment banking or other similar fee in connection with any of the Transactions.

 

SECTION 5.24          Disclosure . The Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries have disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which the Borrower and any Subsidiary thereof are subject, and all other matters known to them, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No financial statement, material report, material certificate or other material information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken together as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material 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, pro forma financial information, estimated financial information and other projected or estimated information, such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

 

SECTION 5.25          Bank Accounts and Securities Accounts . Schedule 5.25 sets forth a true and complete listing of all bank accounts and securities accounts maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.

 

SECTION 5.26          Agreements with Affiliates . Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.26 , the Borrower has not entered into and, as of the Closing Date does not contemplate entering into, any material agreement or contract with any Affiliate of such Person except upon terms at least as favorable to the Borrower as an arms-length transaction with unaffiliated Persons, based on the totality of the circumstances.

 

SECTION 5.27          Existing Indebtedness; Existing Liens .

 

(a)           Schedule 5.27(a) sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower as of the date of this Agreement. The Borrower is not in default, and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any of its Indebtedness, and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Borrower that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

 

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(b)           Schedule 5.27 (b) sets forth a complete and correct list of all Liens on or in the Property of the Borrower (other than Permitted Liens). The Borrower has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien other than Permitted Liens.

 

SECTION 5.28          Policies of Insurance . Schedule 5.28 sets forth a true and complete listing of all insurance maintained by the Borrower as of the Closing Date. Such insurance has not been terminated and is in full force and effect, and the Borrower has taken all action required to be taken as of the date of this Agreement to keep unimpaired its rights thereunder in all material respects. The Properties of the Borrower are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties.

 

SECTION 5.29          No Agreements to Sell Assets; Etc. The Borrower has no legal obligation, absolute or contingent, to any Person to sell the assets of the Borrower, or to effect any merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Borrower or to enter into any agreement with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 5.30          Creation, Perfection and Priority of Liens . As of the Closing Date, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by the Borrower, together with UCC financing statements, are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties, as security for the Secured Obligations, a valid and perfected first priority Lien on all of the Collateral (subject only to Permitted Liens).

 

ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash and the Commitments terminated, the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:

 

SECTION 6.1            Financial Statements and Budgets . Deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):

 

(a)           Annual Financial Statements . As soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2012), an audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and audited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows and a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such financial statements for the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the year. Such annual financial statements shall be audited by KPMG LLP or an independent certified public accounting firm of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by a report and opinion thereon by such certified public accountants prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards that is not subject to any “going concern” or similar qualification or exception or any qualification as to the scope of such audit or with respect to accounting principles followed by the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries not in accordance with GAAP.

 

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(b)           Quarterly Financial Statements . As soon as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2012), an unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and unaudited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows and a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such financial statements for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the period, and certified by a Responsible Officer of MHGCI (as applicable) or the Borrower to present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of their respective dates and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods then ended, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided that through the end of the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2012, the foregoing requirements of this Section 6.1(b) may be satisfied with the delivery of such Consolidated and consolidating financial statements of MHGCI.

 

(c)           Annual Business Plan and Budget . As soon as practicable and in any event within 60 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a business plan and operating and capital budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the ensuing 12 fiscal quarters, such plan to be prepared in accordance with GAAP and to include, on a quarterly basis, the following: a quarterly operating and capital budget, a projected income statement, statement of cash flows and balance sheet, calculations demonstrating projected compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.15 and a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such budget with a reasonable disclosure of the key assumptions and drivers with respect to such budget, accompanied by a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that such budget contains good faith estimates (utilizing assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of delivery of such budget) of the financial condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.

 

SECTION 6.2            Certificates; Other Reports . Deliver to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):

 

(a)           at each time financial statements are delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) and at such other times as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, a duly completed Officer’s Compliance Certificate and a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such financial statements;

 

(b)           promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all reports, if any, submitted to the Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective boards of directors by their respective independent public accountants in connection with their auditing function, including, without limitation, any management report and any management responses thereto;

 

(c)           promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any holder of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in excess of the Threshold Amount pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement;

 

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(d)           promptly after the assertion or occurrence thereof, notice of any Environmental Claim against, or of any noncompliance with any Environmental Law by or any liability under any Environmental Law of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof that could (i) reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) cause any Property described in the Mortgages to be subject to any material restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or transferability under any Environmental Law;

 

(e)           promptly upon the request thereof, such other information and documentation required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act), as from time to time reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; and

 

(f)           such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

 

The Borrower shall provide electronic copies of the Officer’s Compliance Certificates required by Section 6.2 to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Officer’s Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

 

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “ Borrower Materials ”) by posting the Borrower Materials on SyndTrak Online or another similar electronic system (the “ Platform ”).

 

SECTION 6.3            Notice of Litigation and Other Matters . Promptly (but in no event later than 10 days after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof) notify the Administrative Agent in writing of (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):

 

(a)           the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

 

(b)           the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or before any Governmental Authority and all actions and proceedings before any arbitrator against or involving the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses in each case that if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)           any notice of any violation received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof from any Governmental Authority including, without limitation, any notice of violation of Environmental Laws which in any such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(d)           any labor controversy that has resulted in a strike or other work action against the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof;

 

(e)           any attachment, judgment, lien, levy or order exceeding the Threshold Amount that may be assessed against the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof;

 

(f)           any event which constitutes or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute a default or event of default under any Material Contract to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(g)           (i) any unfavorable determination letter from the IRS regarding the qualification of an Employee Benefit Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code (along with a copy thereof), (ii) all notices received by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC’s intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Pension Plan, (iii) all notices received by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA and (iv) the Borrower obtaining knowledge or reason to know that the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has filed or intends to file a notice of intent to terminate any Pension Plan under a distress termination within the meaning of Section 4041(c) of ERISA; and

 

(h)           any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Article V that is subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications inaccurate in any respect or any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Article V that is not subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications inaccurate in any material respect.

 

Each notice pursuant to Section 6.3 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.3(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

 

SECTION 6.4            Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters . Except as permitted by Section 7.4 , preserve and maintain its separate corporate existence and all rights, franchises, licenses and privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature and scope of its activities require it to so qualify under Applicable Law in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 6.5            Maintenance of Property and Licenses .

 

(a)           In addition to the requirements of any of the Security Documents, protect and preserve all Properties necessary in and material to its business, including copyrights, patents, trade names, service marks and trademarks; maintain in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all buildings, equipment and other tangible real and personal property; and from time to time make or cause to be made all repairs, renewals and replacements thereof and additions to such Property necessary for the conduct of its business, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be conducted in a commercially reasonable manner, in each case except as such action or inaction would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           Maintain, in full force and effect in all material respects, each and every material license, permit, certification, qualification, approval or franchise issued by any Governmental Authority required for each of them to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 6.6            Insurance . Maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against at least such risks and in at least such amounts as are customarily maintained by similar businesses and as may be required by Applicable Law and as are required by any Security Documents (including, without limitation, hazard and business interruption insurance). All such insurance shall, (a) provide that no cancellation thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days (or 10 days in the case of nonpayment of premium) after receipt by the Collateral Agent of written notice thereof, (b) name the Collateral Agent as an additional insured party thereunder and (c) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, name the Collateral Agent as lender’s loss payee. On the Closing Date and from time to time thereafter deliver to the Collateral Agent (a) upon its request information in reasonable detail as to the insurance then in effect, stating the names of the insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the insurance, the dates of the expiration thereof and the properties and risks covered thereby and (b) prompt notice of any material modification to the insurance policies required to be maintained hereunder.

 

SECTION 6.7            Accounting Methods and Financial Records . Maintain a system of accounting, and keep proper books, records and accounts (which shall be true and complete in all material respects) as may be required or as may be necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and in compliance with the regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or any of its Properties.

 

SECTION 6.8            Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations . Pay and perform (a) all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that may be levied or assessed upon it or any of its Property and (b) all other indebtedness, obligations and liabilities in accordance with customary trade practices; provided , that the Borrower or such Subsidiary may contest any item described in clause (a) of this Section in good faith so long as adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, except where the failure to pay or perform such items described in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 6.9            Compliance with Laws and Approvals . Observe and remain in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case applicable to the conduct of its business except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 6.10          Environmental Laws . In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 6.9, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) comply and ensure all tenants and subtenants, if any, comply with all Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants, if any, obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by any Environmental Laws, (b) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws, and (c) except as being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, promptly comply with all orders and directives of any Governmental Authority regarding Environmental Laws.

 

SECTION 6.11          Compliance with ERISA . In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 6.9 , (a) except where the failure to so comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) comply with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans, (ii) not take any action or fail to take action the result of which could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to the PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan, and (b) furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the Administrative Agent’s request such additional information about any Employee Benefit Plan as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 6.12          Compliance with Agreements . Comply in all respects with each term, condition and provision of all leases, agreements and other instruments entered into in the conduct of its business including, without limitation, any Material Contract, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 6.13          Visits and Inspections . Permit representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, from time to time upon prior reasonable notice and at such times during normal business hours, all at the expense of the Borrower, to visit and inspect its properties; inspect, audit and make extracts from its books, records and files, including, but not limited to, management letters prepared by independent accountants; and discuss with its principal officers, and its independent accountants, its business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects; provided that excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than once during any calendar year at the Borrower’s expense; provided further that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours without advance notice.

 

SECTION 6.14          Reserved .

 

SECTION 6.15          Hedge Agreement . Not later than 30 days after the Closing Date, enter into and maintain at all times thereafter for a period of not less than four years, Hedge Agreements with any Lender or other Persons acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in an amount sufficient to cause at least 75% percent of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to be fixed rate Indebtedness.

 

SECTION 6.16          Use of Proceeds . The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans to refinance the $80,000,000 of outstanding term loans of the Borrower.

 

SECTION 6.17          Corporate Governance . (a) Maintain entity records and books of account separate from those of any o t her entity which is an Affiliate of such entity, (b) not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity (except pursuant to cash management systems reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and (c) provide that its board of directors (or equivalent governing body) will hold all appropriate meetings to authorize and approve such entity’s actions, which meetings will be separate from those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity.

 

SECTION 6.18          Further Assurances . Maintain the security interest created by the Security Documents in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement, subject to the rights of the Borrower to dispose of the Collateral pursuant to the Loan Documents; and make, execute and deliver all such additional and further acts, things, deeds, instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably require for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of renewing the rights of the Lender Parties with respect to the Collateral as to which the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, has a perfected Lien pursuant hereto or thereto, including, without limitation, filing any financing or continuation statements under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby or by the other Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 6.19          Restricted Payments of TGC . The Borrower, as the sole shareholder of TGC, shall, to the extent that TGC is permitted to make Restricted Payments under the TGC Credit Agreement, cause TGC to make such Restricted Payments in the amounts and at the times required in order to enable the Borrower to pay interest due on the Loans, to make any mandatory prepayments of the Loans required to be made under the TGC Credit Agreement and to make any other payment required to be made by Borrower under the Loan Documents.

 

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ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent, indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, and the Commitments terminated, the Borrower will not, and, other than in the case of Sections 7.16 and 7.17, will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to.

 

SECTION 7.1            Indebtedness . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:

 

(a)           the Obligations and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (ii) the final maturity date and weighted average life of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall not be prior to or shorter than that applicable to the Indebtedness prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension;

 

(b)           Indebtedness and obligations owing under Hedge Agreements entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks or to secure feedstock or inventory and not for speculative purposes;

 

(c)           Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 5.27(a) , and, other than in the case of the Existing Revolving Credit Facility, any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (ii) the final maturity date and weighted average life of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall not be prior to or shorter than that applicable to the Indebtedness prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and (iii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Subordinated Indebtedness shall be (A) on subordination terms at least as favorable to the Lenders, (B) no more restrictive on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the Subordinated Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended and (C) in an amount not less than the amount outstanding at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension;

 

(d)           Indebtedness incurred in connection with Capital Leases of TGC for barges used by TGC in the ordinary course of its business to transport its gas;

 

(e)           unsecured intercompany Indebtedness between the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and TGC and its Subsidiaries;

 

(f)           Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or other similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(g)           Indebtedness of TGC and its Subsidiaries in connection with the TGC Credit Agreement, but in no event in excess of $100,000,000 and the TGC Notes, but in no event in excess of $100,000,000, and, in each case, any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (ii) the final maturity date and weighted average life of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall not be prior to or shorter than that applicable to the Indebtedness prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension; provided, further that upon any refinancing of any outstanding TGC Loans with Additional TGC Notes, the TGC Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permitted to be reinstated in an amount equal to the lesser of the principal amount of the TGC Loans subject to such refinancing or $50,000,000;

 

(h)           Indebtedness under performance bonds, surety bonds, release, appeal and similar bonds, statutory obligations or with respect to workers’ compensation claims, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, and reimbursement obligations in respect of any of the foregoing; or

 

(i)           unsecured Indebtedness of TGC or any Subsidiary thereof not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding.

 

SECTION 7.2            Liens . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

 

(a)           Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents;

 

(b)           Liens in existence on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 5.27(b) , including Liens incurred in connection with any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 7.1(c) (solely to the extent that such Liens were in existence on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 5.27(b) ); provided that the scope of any such Lien shall not be increased, or otherwise expanded, to c over any a dditional property or type of asset, as applicable, beyond that in existence on the Closing Date, except for products and proceeds of the foregoing;

 

(c)           Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA) (i) not yet due or as to which the period of grace (not to exceed 30 days), if any, related thereto has not expired or (ii) which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;

 

(d)           the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, processors or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, which (i) are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days, or if more than 30 days overdue, no action has been taken to enforce such Liens and such Liens are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP and (ii) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(e)           deposits or pledges made in the ordinary course of business in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment and health insurance and other types of social security or similar legislation, or to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, in each case, so long as no foreclosure sale or similar proceeding has been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;

 

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(f)           encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property or otherwise disclosed by a survey or visual inspection, which in the aggregate are not substantial in amount and which do not, in any case, detract from the value of such property or impair the use thereof in the Borrower’s ordinary conduct of business;

 

(g)           Liens incurred by TGC and its Subsidiaries in connection with the TGC Credit Agreement and the TGC Notes, and, in each case, any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that the scope of any such Lien shall not be increased, or otherwise expanded, to cover any additional property or type of asset, as applicable, beyond that in existence on the Closing Date, except for products and proceeds of the foregoing;

 

(h)           Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by TGC or its Subsidiaries; provided that (i) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, and (ii) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; and

 

(i)           Liens incurred by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, each as required or permitted under this Agreement or the TGC Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.3            Investments . Purchase, own, invest in or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions), directly or indirectly, any Capital Stock, interests in any partnership or joint venture (including, without limitation, the creation or capitalization of any Subsidiary), evidence of Indebtedness or other obligation or security, substantially all or a portion of the business or assets of any other Person or any other investment or interest whatsoever in any other Person, or make or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or any investment in cash or by delivery of Property in, any Person (all the foregoing, “ Investments ”) except:

 

(a)           (i) Investments existing on the Closing Date in Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date, (ii) Investments existing on the Closing Date (other than Investments in Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date) and described on Schedule 7.3 and (iii) Investments made after the Closing Date by the Borrower in TGC;

 

(b)           Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(c)           Investments by TGC or any of its Subsidiaries in the form of Capital Expenditures permitted pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(d)           deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of leases or other obligations as permitted by Section 7.2;

 

(e)           Hedge Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 ;

 

(f)           purchases of assets in the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)           Investments in the form of intercompany Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.1(e) ;

 

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(i)           Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in each other; and

 

(j)           So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any loan or advance of funds by TGC (i) to the Borrower or (ii) pursuant to the Intercompany Loan Agreement, but in each case only to the extent permitted under the TGC Credit Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof.

 

For purposes of determining the amount of any Investment outstanding for purposes of this Section 7.3, such amount shall be deemed to be the amount of such Investment when made, purchased or acquired (without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment) less any amount realized in respect of such Investment upon the sale, collection or return of capital (not to exceed the original amount invested).

 

SECTION 7.4            Fundamental Changes . Consolidate with or merge into any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into it, acquire any Person as a new Subsidiary or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person without the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent acting at the direction of the Required Lenders; provided that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may merge into or consolidate with each other if (i) no Default or Event of Default will result after giving effect to any such merger or consolidation and (ii) in any such merger or consolidation the Borrower is the surviving person.

 

SECTION 7.5            Asset Dispositions . Make any Asset Disposition except:

 

(a)           the sale of obsolete, worn-out or surplus assets no longer used or usable in the business of TGC or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(b)           sales by TGC or its Subsidiaries of inventory to Persons in the ordinary course of their businesses and the granting of any option or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire inventory in the ordinary course of TGC’s business or the business of its Subsidiaries;

 

(c)           sales or other dispositions by TGC or its Subsidiaries of any Property, provided that (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the purchase price paid to TGC or its Subsidiaries for such Property shall be no less than the fair market value of such Property as determined in good faith by the Borrower at the time of such sale (provided that details of such determination be made available to the Administrative Agent upon request) and (iii) the aggregate purchase price paid to TGC or its Subsidiaries for such Property during the same fiscal year pursuant to this clause (c) shall not exceed $10,000,000; and

 

(d)           sales or other dispositions by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of Investments permitted by Section 7.3(a) of this Agreement for not less than fair market value as determined in good faith by the Borrower at the time of such sale (provided that the details of such determination be made available to the Administrative Agent upon request).

 

SECTION 7.6            Restricted Payments . Declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any dividend on, or make any payment or other distribution on account of, or purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire (directly or indirectly), or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or make, directly or indirectly, any distribution of cash, property or assets to the holders of shares of any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (all of the foregoing, the “ Restricted Payments ”) provided that:

 

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(a)           the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof may pay dividends in shares of its own Qualified Capital Stock;

 

(b)           any Subsidiary of the Borrower may pay cash dividends to the Borrower or ratably to all holders of its outstanding Qualified Capital Stock;

 

(c)           TGC may declare and make (and each Subsidiary of TGC may declare and make to enable itself or TGC to do the same) Restricted Payments to the Borrower, so that the Borrower may:

 

(i)           pay corporate operating (including, without limitation, directors fees and expenses) and overhead expenses (including, without limitation, rent, utilities and salary) in the ordinary course of business and fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, appraisers and the like;

 

(ii)          redeem, retire or otherwise acquire shares of its Capital Stock or options or other equity or phantom equity in respect of its Capital Stock from present or former officers, employees, directors or consultants (or their family members or trusts or other entities for the benefit of any of the foregoing) or make severance payments to such Persons in connection with the death, disability or termination of employment or consultancy of any such officer, employee, director or consultant to the extent that such purchase is made with the Net Cash Proceeds of any offering of equity securities of or capital contributions to the Borrower; and

 

(iii)         make cash payments under the Management Agreement ; and

 

(d)           the Borrower may declare and make Restricted Payments to:

 

(i) redeem, retire or otherwise acquire shares of its Capital Stock or options or other equity or phantom equity in respect of its Capital Stock from present or former officers, employees, directors or consultants (or their family members or trusts or other entities for the benefit of any of the foregoing) or make severance payments to such Persons in connection with the death, disability or termination of employment or consultancy of any such officer, employee, director or consultant to the extent that such purchase is made with the Net Cash Proceeds of any offering of equity securities of or capital contributions to the Borrower; and

 

(ii) pay cash dividends ratably to all holders of its outstanding Qualified Capital Stock (including the Sponsor and its Affiliates pursuant to the Management Agreement), so long as (1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (2) no Lock-Up Period is in effect or (3) the Borrower has not failed to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.4(b) because a TGC Dividend Block Event has occurred.

 

SECTION 7.7            Transactions with Affiliates . Directly or indirectly enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with (a) any officer, director, holder of any Capital Stock in, or other Affiliate of, TGC, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any Affiliate of any such officer, director or holder or (c) the Sponsor or any officer, director, holder of any Capital Stock in, or other Affiliate of, the Sponsor, other than:

 

(i)           transactions among the Persons identified in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above that are explicitly permitted by Sections 7.1 , 7.2 , 7.3 , 7.4 , 7.5 , 7.6 and 7.13 ;

 

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(ii)          transactions existing on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 7.7 ;

 

(iii)         other transactions in the ordinary course of business on terms as favorable as would be obtained by it on a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an independent, unrelated third party as determined in good faith by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower;

 

(iv)         employment and severance arrangements (including equity incentive plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements) with their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business;

 

(v)          payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities for the benefit of, directors, officers and employees of TGC, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(vi)         payments as contemplated under the Tax Sharing Agreement; and

 

(vii)        payment to the Sponsor or its designee of (A) fees and indemnities in an amount not to exceed the amount set forth in the Management Agreement and (B) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses; provided that, in either case set forth in the foregoing clauses (A) or (B), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing prior thereto or as result thereof.

 

SECTION 7.8            Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents .

 

(a)           Change its Fiscal Year end, or make (without the consent of the Administrative Agent) any material change in its accounting treatment and reporting practices except as required by GAAP.

 

(b)           Amend, modify or change its articles of incorporation (or corporate charter or other similar organizational documents) or amend, modify or change its bylaws (or other similar documents) in any manner materially adverse to the rights or interests of the Lenders.

 

SECTION 7.9            Reserved .

 

SECTION 7.10          No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements .

  

(a)           Enter into, assume or be subject to any agreement prohibiting or otherwise restricting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for such obligation if security is given for some other obligation, except (i) pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) pursuant to the TGC Note Purchase Agreement and the documents related thereto, (iii) pursuant to the TGC Credit Agreement and the documents related thereto, (iv) pursuant to any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.1(h) ; provided, that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets acquired in connection therewith (v) restrictions contained in the organizational documents of the Borrower as of the Closing Date and (vi) restrictions in connection with any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien ( provided , that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien).

 

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(b)           Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Borrower or any Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, (ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Borrower, (iii) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (v) act as a guarantor pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in respect of any of the matters referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (B) the TGC Note Purchase Agreement and the documents related thereto as the same exist on the date hereof, (C) pursuant to the TGC Credit Agreement and the documents related thereto, (D), Applicable Law, (E)  any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.1(h) (provided, that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets acquired in connection therewith), ( F) any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien (provided, that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien), (G) obligations that are binding on a Subsidiary at the time such Subsidiary first becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such obligations are not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (H) customary restrictions contained in an agreement related to the sale of Property (to the extent such sale is permitted pursuant to Section 7.5 ) that limit the transfer of such Property pending the consummation of such sale, (I) customary restrictions in leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted by this Agreement so long as such restrictions relate only to the assets subject thereto and (J) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

SECTION 7.11          Nature of Business . Engage or permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than the current business that it or its Subsidiaries is currently engaged in including, but not limited to, the distribution of natural gas, propane and synthetic natural gas including in connection with additional clean and renewable energy alternatives, renewable natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG), and any business activity reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

 

SECTION 7.12          Amendments of Other Documents . Amend, modify, waive or supplement (or permit modification, amendment, waiver or supplement of) any of the terms or provisions of the Management Agreement, the Intercompany Loan Agreement, the TGC Credit Agreement or any other Material Contract (other than the TGC Note Purchase Agreement and the documents related thereto), in any respect which would materially and adversely affect the rights or interests of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, in each case, without the prior written consent of Required Lenders.

 

SECTION 7.13          Sale Leasebacks . Directly or indirectly become or remain liable as lessee or as guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease, whether an operating lease or a Capital Lease, of any Property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (a) which the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof has sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to a Person which is not the Borrower or Subsidiary of the Borrower or (b) which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other Property that has been sold or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Subsidiary to another Person which is not the Borrower or Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with such lease.

 

SECTION 7.14          Reserved .

 

SECTION 7.15          Financial Covenants .

 

(a)           Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio . As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio to be greater than 67.5%.

 

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(b)           Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio . As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.

 

SECTION 7.16          Limited Holding Company Status of the Borrower .

 

(a)           Hold any assets other than (i) the Capital Stock of TGC and (ii) other miscellaneous non-material assets;

 

(b)           Have any liabilities other than (i) the liabilities under the Loan Documents, (ii) liabilities incurred in connection with Hedge Agreements required by Section 6.15 , (iii) tax liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.1 , and (v) corporate, administrative and operating expenses in the ordinary course of business; or

 

(c)           Engage in any activities or business other than (i) holding the assets and incurring the liabilities described in this Section 7.16 and activities incidental and related thereto or (ii) making payments, dividends, distributions, issuances or other activities permitted pursuant to Sections 7.6 or 7.7 .

 

SECTION 7.17          Reserved .

 

SECTION 7.18          Accounts . Maintain bank accounts or securities accounts other than (i) the bank accounts and securities accounts listed in Schedule 7.18 , and (ii) additional bank accounts and securities accounts established after the Closing Date for the working capital needs of the Borrower which are subject to control agreements.

 

SECTION 7.19          Jurisdiction of Formation . Change their jurisdiction of formation except upon not less than 90 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 7.20          Foreign Assets Control Regulations . Use the proceeds of any Extension of Credit:

 

(i)           to fund any operations of, to finance any investments or activities in, or to make any payments to, any person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control; or

 

(ii)          to fund any operations in, to finance any investments or activities in, or to make any payments to, an agency of the government of a country, an organization controlled by a country, or a person resident in a country that is subject to a sanctions program administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control under 31 C.F.R. Chapter V.

 

ARTICLE VIII

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

SECTION 8.1            Events of Default . Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

(a)           Default in Payment of Principal of Loans . The Borrower shall default in any payment of principal of any Loan when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise).

 

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(b)           Other Payment Default . The Borrower shall default in the payment when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) of interest on any Loan or the payment of any other Obligation, and such default shall continue for a period of 3 Business Days.

 

(c)           Misrepresentation . Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in this Agreement, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith that is subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any respect when made or deemed made or any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith that is not subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made.

 

(d)           Default in Performance of Certain Covenants . The Borrower shall default in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement contained in Sections 6.4 , 6.5(b), 6.9, 6.16 or Article VII .

 

(e)           Default in Performance of Other Covenants and Conditions . The Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof shall default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than as specifically provided for in this Section) or any other Loan Document and such default shall continue for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (i) the Administrative Agent’s delivery of written notice thereof to the Borrower and (ii) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower having obtained knowledge thereof.

 

(f)           Indebtedness Cross-Default . The Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof shall (i) default in the payment of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) the aggregate outstanding amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of the Threshold Amount beyond the period of grace if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created, or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) the aggregate outstanding amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of the Threshold Amount or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving of notice and/or lapse of time, if required, any such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity (any applicable grace period having expired).

 

(g)           Other Cross-Defaults . The Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof shall default in the payment when due, or in the performance or observance, of any obligation or condition of any Material Contract, and in each case, any grace or cure period thereunder shall have expired , unless, but only as long as, the existence of any such default is being contested by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves in respect thereof have been established on the books of the Borrower to the extent required by GAAP.

 

(h)           Change in Control . Any Change in Control shall occur.

 

(i)           Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding . The Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof shall (i) commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (ii) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition for adjustment of debts, (iii) consent to or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws or other laws, (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property, domestic or foreign, (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vii) take any corporate action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing.

 

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(j)           Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding . A case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or under any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or adjustment of debts, or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like for the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or for all or any substantial part of their respective assets, domestic or foreign, and such case or proceeding shall continue without dismissal or stay for a period of 60 consecutive days, or an order granting the relief requested in such case or proceeding (including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such federal bankruptcy laws) shall be entered.

 

(k)           Failure of Agreements . Any provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof party thereto or any such Person shall so state in writing, or any Loan Document shall for any reason cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on, or security interest in, any of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, in each case other than in accordance with the express terms hereof or thereof.

 

(l)           ERISA Events . The occurrence of any of the following events: (i) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to make full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Pension Plan or Sections 412 or 430 of the Code, the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as contributions thereto and the resultant liability of the Borrower is in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) a Termination Event.

 

(m)           Judgment . A judgment or order for the payment of money which causes the aggregate amount of all such judgments or orders (net of any amounts paid or fully covered by independent third party insurance as to which the relevant insurance company does not dispute coverage) to exceed the Threshold Amount shall be entered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof by any court and such judgment or order shall continue without having been discharged, vacated or stayed for a period of 60 consecutive days after the entry thereof.

 

(n)           Abandonment . Except for in the case of force majeure in which case this Section 8.1(n) shall not apply, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries shall abandon its business operations, which abandonment shall be deemed to have occurred if the Borrower or its Subsidiaries fails, without reasonable cause, to conduct business operations in the ordinary course for a continuous period of more than 30 days.

 

(o)           Loss of Governmental Approvals . Any material Governmental Approvals necessary (i) for the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any of the Loan Documents or Material Contracts to which it is a party, or for the performance by the Borrower of its material rights and obligations under any of the Loan Documents or Material Contracts to which it is a party or (ii) for the ownership, leasing or operation of any material portion of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis) as conducted as of the date hereof, shall be revoked, terminated, withdrawn, suspended or materially modified unless (x) such Governmental Approval is reinstated within 10 days after the occurrence of such event (or such longer period as is necessary to reinstate such Governmental Approval, so long as the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are diligently pursuing such reinstatement and such extension of time does not result or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), or (y) the revocation, termination, withdrawal, suspension or modification of such Governmental Approval does not result in or could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(p)           Illegality . It becomes unlawful for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents (other than an illegality referred to in Section 3.8 ) and such illegality could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 8.2            Remedies . Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower:

 

(a)           Acceleration; Termination of Credit Facility . Declare the principal of and interest on the Loans at the time outstanding, and all other amounts owed to the Lenders and to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and all other Obligations, to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower, anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, and terminate the Credit Facility and any right of the Borrower to request borrowings thereunder; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(i) or (j) , the Credit Facility shall be automatically terminated and all Obligations shall automatically become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower, anything in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

(b)           General Remedies . Exercise on behalf of the Lender Parties all of its other rights and remedies under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and Applicable Law, in order to satisfy all of the Obligations.

 

SECTION 8.3            Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc.

  

(a)           The enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in this Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies, all of which shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist at law or in equity or by suit or otherwise. No delay or failure to take action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default. No course of dealing between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or their respective agents or employees shall be effective to change, modify or discharge any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to constitute a waiver of any Event of Default.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Borrower or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.2 for the benefit of all the Lenders; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.4 (subject to the terms of Section 3.4 ), or (c) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to the Borrower under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided , further , that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.2 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of the preceding proviso, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

 

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SECTION 8.4            Crediting of Payments and Proceeds . In the event that the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.2 or the Administrative Agent or any Lender has exercised any remedy set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, all payments received by the Lenders upon the Secured Obligations and all net proceeds from the enforcement of the Secured Obligations shall be applied:

 

First , to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts, including attorney fees, payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

 

Second , to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders under the Loan Documents, including attorney fees, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 

Third , to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

 

Fourth , to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and payment obligations then owing under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, ratably among the Lenders, the Hedge Banks and the Cash Management Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and

 

Last , the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Applicable Law.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be. Each Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.

 

SECTION 8.5            Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim . In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

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(a)           to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 3.3 and 10.3 ) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)           to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 3.3 and 10.3 .

 

SECTION 8.6            Credit Bidding .

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, shall have the right to credit bid and purchase for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all or any portion of Collateral at any sale thereof conducted by the Administrative Agent under the provisions of the UCC, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC, at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363 thereof, or a sale under a plan of reorganization, or at any other sale or foreclosure conducted by the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

(b)           Each Lender hereby agrees that, except as otherwise provided in any Loan Documents or with the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, it will not take any enforcement action, accelerate obligations under any Loan Documents, or exercise any right that it might otherwise have under applicable law to credit bid at foreclosure sales, UCC sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral.

 

ARTICLE IX

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

SECTION 9.1            Appointment and Authority .

 

(a)           Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Wells Fargo to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

 

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(b)           The Administrative Agent shall also act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacity as a potential Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank) hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by the Borrower to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto (including, without limitation, to enter into additional Loan Documents or supplements to existing Loan Documents on behalf of the Lender Parties). In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as Collateral Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Article IX for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Articles IX and X (including Section 10.3 , as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 9.2            Rights as a Lender . The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

SECTION 9.3            Exculpatory Provisions .

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

 

(i)           shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(ii)          shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and

 

(iii)         shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

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(b)           The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.2 and Section 8.2 ) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.

 

(c)           The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 9.4            Reliance by the Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for TGC and the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

SECTION 9.5            Delegation of Duties . The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facility as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

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SECTION 9.6            Resignation of Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “ Resignation Effective Date ”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.

 

(a)           With effect from the Resignation Effective Date, (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 9.7            Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders . Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties 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 any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

SECTION 9.8            No Other Duties, etc.   Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the syndication agents, documentation agents, co-agents, book managers, lead managers, arrangers, lead arrangers or co-arrangers listed on the cover page or signature pages hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder.

 

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SECTION 9.9            Collateral and Guaranty Matters .

 

(a)           Each of the Lenders (including in its or any of its Affiliate’s capacities as a potential Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank) irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion:

 

(i)           to release any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, under any Loan Document (A) upon the payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than (1) contingent indemnification obligations and (2) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank shall have been made), (B) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (C) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 10.2 ;

 

(ii)          to subordinate any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Permitted Lien; and

 

(iii)         to release any guarantor from its obligations under any Loan Documents if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.

 

Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any guarantor from its obligations pursuant to this Section 9.9 . In each case as specified in this Section 9.9 , the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the Borrower such documents as the Borrower may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Security Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such guarantor from its obligations, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.9 . In the case of any such sale, transfer or disposal of any property constituting Collateral in a transaction constituting an Asset Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.5 , the Liens created by any of the Security Documents on such property shall be automatically released without need for further action by any person.

 

(b)           The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by the Borrower in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

 

SECTION 9.10          Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements . No Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 8.4 or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.

 

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ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 10.1          Notices .

 

(a)           Notices Generally . Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in 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 facsimile as follows:

 

If to the Borrower:

 

HGC Holdings LLC
745 Fort Street

Honolulu, HI 96813

United States of America
Attention of: Jeffrey M. Kissel, President and Chief Executive Officer
Telephone No.: (808) 535-5908

Facsimile No.: (808) 535-5943

E-mail: JKissel@hawaiigas.com

 

With copies to:

 

HGC Holdings LLC

745 Fort Street

Suite 1800

Honolulu, HI 96813

United States of America

Attention of: Nathan C. Nelson, General Counsel

Telephone No.: (808) 535-5912

Facsimile No.: (808) 535-5943

E-mail: NNelson@hawaiigas.com

 

If to Wells Fargo as
Administrative
Agent:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard

Mail Code: D1109-019

Charlotte, NC 28262

Attn: Syndication Agency Services

Telephone: 704-590-2706

Facsimile: 704-590-2790

Email:  agencyservices.requests@wellsfargo.com

 

If to any Lender:

 

To the address set forth on the Register

 

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Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

 

(b)           Electronic Communications . Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication . The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or other communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

 

(c)           Administrative Agent’s Office . The Administrative Agent hereby designates its office located at the address set forth above, or any subsequent office which shall have been specified for such purpose by written notice to the Borrower and Lenders, as the Administrative Agent’s Office referred to herein, to which payments due are to be made and at which Loans will be disbursed.

 

(d)           Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

 

(e)           Platform .

 

(i)           The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available the Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.

 

(ii)          The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform. “ Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that the Borrower provides to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform.

 

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SECTION 10.2          Amendments, Waivers and Consents . Except as set forth below or as specifically provided in any Loan Document, any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be amended or waived by the Lenders, and any consent given by the Lenders, if, but only if, such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and delivered to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of an amendment, signed by the Borrower; provided , that no amendment, waiver or consent shall:

 

(a)           waive, extend or postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(b)           reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, or (subject to clause (ii) of the second proviso to this Section) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the rate set forth in Section 3.1(c) during the continuance of an Event of Default or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;

 

(c)           change Section 3.6 or Section 8.4 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(d)           change Section 2.4(b) in a manner that would alter the order of application of amounts prepaid pursuant thereto without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(e)           except as otherwise permitted by this Section 10.2 , change any provision of this Section or reduce the percentages specified in the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

 

(f)           consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 7.4 ), in each case, without the written consent of each Lender; or

 

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(g)           release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release any Security Document (other than as authorized in Section 9.9 or as otherwise specifically permitted or contemplated in this Agreement, the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement or any other applicable Security Document) without the written consent of each Lender;

 

provided further , that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, and (iii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend any provision of the Loan Documents (and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any such provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder.

 

SECTION 10.3          Expenses; Indemnity .

 

(a)           Costs and Expenses . The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one legal counsel (and, solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel, and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant material jurisdiction to all such persons) for the Administrative Agent), and shall pay all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facility, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii)  all out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of one legal counsel (and, solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel, and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant material jurisdiction to all such persons) for the Administrative Agent or any Lender), and shall pay all fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.

 

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(b)           Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), 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, and shall pay or reimburse any such Indemnitee for, any and all losses, claims (including, without limitation, any Environmental Claims), damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any one legal counsel (and, solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel, and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant material jurisdiction to all such persons) for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless, each Indemnitee from, and shall pay or reimburse any such Indemnitee for, all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower), other than such Indemnitee and its Related Parties, arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, the Transactions), (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or any Environmental Claim to the extent related to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (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, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, or (v) any claim (including, without limitation, any Environmental Claims), investigation, litigation or other proceeding (whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Lender is a party thereto) and the prosecution and defense thereof, arising out of or in any way connected with the Loans, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys and consultant’s fees, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Subsidiary has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 10.3(b) shall not apply to taxes except for Taxes arising from a non-Tax claim.

 

(c)           Reimbursement by Lenders . To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under clause (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s share of the Total Credit Exposure at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 3.7 .

 

(d)           Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Borrower shall not assert, and 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, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in clause (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(e)           Payments . All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after demand therefor.

 

(f)           Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder.

 

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SECTION 10.4          Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or any such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or such Affiliate different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.4 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

 

SECTION 10.5          Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc.

 

(a)           Governing Law . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

(b)           Submission to Jurisdiction . The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts 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, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, in such federal court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation 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 in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(c)           Waiver of Venue . The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any 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 Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

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(d)           Service of Process . Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.1 . Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.

 

SECTION 10.6          Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

E ACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). E ACH PARTY HERETO (A) C ERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) A CKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

SECTION 10.7          Reversal of Payments . To the extent the Borrower makes a payment or payments to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent receives any payment or proceeds of the Collateral which payments or proceeds or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds repaid, the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 10.8          Injunctive Relief . The Borrower recognizes that, in the event the Borrower fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its obligations or liabilities under this Agreement, any remedy of law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Lenders. Therefore, the Borrower agrees that the Lenders, at the Lenders’ option, shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.

 

SECTION 10.9          Accounting Matters . If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

 

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SECTION 10.10          Successors and Assigns; Participations .

 

(a)           Successors and Assigns Generally . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)           Assignments by Lenders . Any Lender may at any time 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 Loans at the time owing to it); provided that, in each case with respect to any Credit Facility, any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)           Minimum Amounts .

 

(A)          in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

 

(B)          in any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the principal outstanding balance of the 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 or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);

 

(ii)          Required Consents . No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

 

(A)          the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and

 

(B)          the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of the Term Loans to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund.

 

(iii)         Assignment and Assumption . The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 for each assignment; provided that (A) only one such fee will be payable in connection with simultaneous assignments to two or more Approved Funds by a Lender and (B) the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

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(iv)         No Assignment to Certain Persons . Subject to clause (vii) below, no such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower, any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates or the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (including without limitation, any Excluded Entity) or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).

 

(v)          No Assignment to Natural Persons . No such assignment shall be made to a natural Person.

 

(vi)         Certain Additional Payments . In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested, but not funded by, the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (A) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (B) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans in accordance with the Term Loan Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

(vii)        Sponsor Entity Assignments . Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may assign all or a portion of its Term Loans to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates in accordance with Section 10.10(b) ; provided that:

 

(A)          no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom;

 

(B)          any such Term Loans assigned shall be automatically and permanently cancelled for upon the effectiveness of such assignment and will thereafter no longer be outstanding for any purpose hereunder;

 

(C)          no such Term Loan may be assigned pursuant to this clause (vii), if after giving effect to such assignment, the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates in the aggregate would own in excess of 20% of the Total Credit Exposure of all Lenders;

 

(D)          the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates shall make a representation that, as of the date of any such assignment, it is not in possession of any information regarding the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or their assets, their ability to perform any of their obligations under the Loan Documents or any other matter that may be material to a decision by any Lender to participate in any such assignment or any of the transactions contemplated thereby and that has not previously been disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;

 

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(E)          the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates shall have any right to (i) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not invited, and (ii) receive any information or material prepared by Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II), or (iii) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent or any other such Lender under the Loan Documents;

 

(F)          for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by the Borrower therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document: the Total Credit Exposure of the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders have taken or consented to any actions;

 

(G)          if a case under Title 11 of the United States Code is commenced against the Borrower, the Borrower shall seek (and the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates shall consent) to provide that the vote of the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (in its capacity as a Lender) with respect to any plan of reorganization of the Borrower shall not be counted except that the Sponsor’s or any of its Affiliates’ vote (in its capacity as a Lender) may be counted to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes to treat the Obligations held by the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates in a manner that is less favorable in any material respect to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower;

 

(H)          the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as the Sponsor’s or any of its Affiliates’ attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates and in the name of the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of paragraph (G) above; and

 

(I)          the Borrower has authorized and consented to such assignment in writing in its sole discretion.

 

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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.8 , 3.9 , 3.10 , 3.11 and 10.3 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph 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 (d) of this Section.

 

(c)           Register . The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, a copy of each Assignment and Assumption Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall 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. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender (but only to the extent of entries in the Register that are applicable to such Lender), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(d)           Participations . Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries including without limitation, any Excluded Entity) (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 10.3(c) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).

 

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 or modification described in Section 10.2 that directly affects such Participant and could not be affected by a vote of the Required Lenders. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.8 , 3.9 , 3.10 and 3.11 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 3.12 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower's request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 3.12 with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.4 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 3.6 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

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(e)           Limitations upon Participant Rights . A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.10 and 3.11 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. No Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.11 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.11(e) as though it were a Lender.

 

(f)           Certain Pledges . Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

SECTION 10.11          Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by, or required to be disclosed to, any rating agency, or regulatory or similar authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement, under any other Loan Document or under any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, 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 and obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (iii) to an investor or prospective investor in an Approved Fund that also agrees that Information shall be used solely for the purpose of evaluating an investment in such Approved Fund, (iv) to a trustee, collateral manager, servicer, backup servicer, noteholder or secured party in an Approved Fund in connection with the administration, servicing and reporting on the assets serving as collateral for an Approved Fund, or (v) to a nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the Loans and the Loan Documents in connection with ratings issued with respect to an Approved Fund; (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the Credit Facility or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Credit Facility; (h) with the consent of the Borrower, (i) to Gold Sheets and other similar bank trade publications, such information to consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications, (j) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or (k) to governmental regulatory authorities in connection with any regulatory examination of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s regulatory compliance policy if the Administrative Agent or such Lender deems necessary for the mitigation of claims by those authorities against the Administrative Agent or such Lender or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. For purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof 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.

 

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SECTION 10.12          Performance of Duties . The Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be performed by the Borrower at its sole cost and expense.

 

SECTION 10.13          All Powers Coupled with Interest . All powers of attorney and other authorizations granted to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any Persons designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied, any of the Commitments remain in effect or the Credit Facility has not been terminated.

 

SECTION 10.14          Survival .

 

(a)           All representations and warranties set forth in Article V and all representations and warranties contained in any certificate, or any of the Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any such representation or warranty made in or in connection with any amendment thereto) shall constitute representations and warranties made under this Agreement. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement shall be made or deemed to be made at and as of the Closing Date (except those that are expressly made as of a specific date), shall survive the Closing Date and shall not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Lenders or any borrowing hereunder.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the indemnities to which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are entitled under the provisions of this Article X and any other provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against events arising after such termination as well as before.

 

SECTION 10.15          Titles and Captions . Titles and captions of Articles, Sections and subsections in, and the table of contents of, this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 10.16          Severability of Provisions . Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 10.17          Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution .

 

(a)           Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.1 , this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement

 

(b)           Electronic Execution of Assignments . The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

SECTION 10.18          Term of Agreement . This Agreement shall remain in effect from the Closing Date through and including the date upon which all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full. No termination of this Agreement shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising prior to such termination or in respect of any provision of this Agreement which survives such termination.

 

SECTION 10.19          USA PATRIOT Act . The Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and any guarantors, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each guarantor and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower or such guarantor in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.

 

SECTION 10.20          Independent Effect of Covenants . The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that each covenant contained in Articles VI or VI I hereof shall be given independent effect. Accordingly, the Borrower shall not engage in any transaction or other act otherwise permitted under any covenant contained in Articles VI or VI I , before or after giving effect to such transaction or act, the Borrower shall or would be in breach of any other covenant contained in Articles VI or VII .

 

SECTION 10.21          Inconsistencies with Other Documents . In the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall control; provided that any provision of the Security Documents which imposes additional burdens on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or further restricts the rights of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or gives the Collateral Agent or Lenders additional rights shall not be deemed to be in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement and shall be given full force and effect.

 

[ Signature pages to follow ]

 

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

 

  HGC HOLDINGS LLC , as Borrower
   
  By:  /s/ Jeffrey M. Kissel
  Name:  Jeffrey M. Kissel
  Title:  Chief Executive officer and President

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  AGENTS AND LENDERS:
   
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and Lender
   
  By:  /s/ Yann Blindert
  Name:  Yann Blindert
  Title:  Director

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  UNION BANK, N.A., as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Jeffrey Fesenmaier
  Name: Jeffrey Fesenmaier
  Title: Vice President

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  BANK OF HAWAII, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Donovan Koki
  Name: Donovan Koki
  Title: Senior Vice President

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Garrett Grace
  Name: Garrett Grace
  Title: Senior Vice President

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK, F.S.B., as
  Lender
   
  By: /s/ Edward Chin
  Name: Edward Chin
  Title: Vice President

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK NEW YORK
  BRANCH, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Jason Lee
  Name: Jason Lee
  Title: V.P. and General Manager

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  HUA NAN COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD.,
  LOS ANGELES BRANCH, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Oliver C. H. Hsu
  Name: Oliver C. H. Hsu
  Title: VP & General Manager

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  TAIWAN BUSINESS BANK LOS ANGELES
  BRANCH, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Alex Wang
  Name: Alex Wang
  Title: S.V.P. & General Manager

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  TAIWAN COOPERATIVE BANK, LOS
  ANGELES BRANCH, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Li Hua Huang
  Name: Li Hua Huang
  Title: VP & General Manager

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

  

 
 

 

COMMITMENTS

 

Name of Lender   Term Loan Commitment  
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association   $ 14,285,714.29  
Union Bank, N.A.   $ 13,142,857.14  
Bank of Hawaii   $ 11,428,571.42  
Central Pacific Bank   $ 11,428,571.42  
American Savings Bank, F.S.B.   $ 8,571,428.57  
First Commercial Bank New York Branch   $ 5,285,714.29  
Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Ltd. Los Angeles Branch   $ 5,285,714.29  
Taiwan Business Bank, Los Angeles Branch   $ 5,285,714.29  
Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Los Angeles Branch   $ 5,285,714.29  
TOTAL   $ 80,000,000.00  

 

HGC Holdings LLC Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

$60,000,000

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of August 8, 2012,

 

by and among

 

The Gas Company, LLC

as Borrower,

 

the Lenders referred to herein,
as Lenders,
and

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender

 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager

  

 

 

 
 

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1
     
SECTION 1.1. Definitions 1
SECTION 1.2. Other Definitions and Provisions 24
SECTION 1.3. Accounting Terms 24
SECTION 1.4. UCC Terms 25
SECTION 1.5. Rounding 25
SECTION 1.6. References to Agreement and Laws 25
SECTION 1.7. Times of Day 25
SECTION 1.8. Letter of Credit Amounts 25
SECTION 1.9. Guaranty Obligations 25
SECTION 1.10. Covenant Compliance Generally 25
   
ARTICLE II REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY 26
     
SECTION 2.1. Revolving Credit Loans 26
SECTION 2.2. Swingline Loans 26
SECTION 2.3. Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans 27
SECTION 2.4. Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit and Swingline Loans 28
SECTION 2.5. Permanent Reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment 30
SECTION 2.6. Termination of Revolving Credit Facility 30
   
ARTICLE III LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY 31
     
SECTION 3.1. Letter of Credit Commitment 31
SECTION 3.2. Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit 31
SECTION 3.3. Commissions and Other Charges 32
SECTION 3.4. Letter of Credit Participations 32
SECTION 3.5. Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower 33
SECTION 3.6. Obligations Absolute 33
SECTION 3.7. Effect of Letter of Credit Application 34
   
ARTICLE IV GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS 34
     
SECTION 4.1. Interest 34
SECTION 4.2. Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans 36
SECTION 4.3. Fees 36

 

 
 

 

SECTION 4.4. Manner of Payment 36
SECTION 4.5. Evidence of Indebtedness 37
SECTION 4.6. Adjustments 37
SECTION 4.7. Obligations of Lenders 38
SECTION 4.8. Changed Circumstances 39
SECTION 4.9. Indemnity 40
SECTION 4.10. Increased Costs 40
SECTION 4.11. Taxes 41
SECTION 4.12. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 44
SECTION 4.13. Incremental Loans 45
SECTION 4.14. Cash Collateral. 47
SECTION 4.15. Defaulting Lenders 48
   
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS OF SIGNING AND BORROWING 50
     
SECTION 5.1. Conditions to Signing 50
SECTION 5.2. Conditions to All Extensions of Credit 54
   
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES 54
     
SECTION 6.1. Organization; Power; Qualification 55
SECTION 6.2. Ownership 55
SECTION 6.3. Authorization Enforceability 55
SECTION 6.4. Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc. 55
SECTION 6.5. Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals 56
SECTION 6.6. Tax Returns and Payments 56
SECTION 6.7. Capital Structure 56
SECTION 6.8. Environmental Matters 56
SECTION 6.9. Employee Benefit Matters 57
SECTION 6.10. Margin Stock 58
SECTION 6.11. Government Regulation 58
SECTION 6.12. Material Contracts 58
SECTION 6.13. Employee Relations 58
SECTION 6.14. Burdensome Provisions 59
SECTION 6.15. Financial Statements 59
SECTION 6.16. No Material Adverse Change 59
SECTION 6.17. Solvency 59

 

 
 

 

SECTION 6.18. Titles to Properties 59
SECTION 6.19. Litigation 59
SECTION 6.20. OFAC 59
SECTION 6.21. Absence of Defaults 60
SECTION 6.22. Senior Indebtedness Status 60
SECTION 6.23. Investment Bankers’ and Similar Fees 60
SECTION 6.24. Disclosure 60
SECTION 6.25. Bank Accounts and Securities Accounts 60
SECTION 6.26. Agreements with Affiliates 60
SECTION 6.27. Existing Indebtedness; Existing Liens 61
SECTION 6.28. Policies of Insurance 61
SECTION 6.29. No Agreements to Sell Assets; Etc. 61
SECTION 6.30. Creation, Perfection and Priority of Liens 61
   
ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 61
     
SECTION 7.1. Financial Statements and Budgets 61
SECTION 7.2. Certificates; Other Reports 62
SECTION 7.3. Notice of Litigation and Other Matters 63
SECTION 7.4. Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters 64
SECTION 7.5. Maintenance of Property and Licenses 64
SECTION 7.6. Insurance 65
SECTION 7.7. Accounting Methods and Financial Records 65
SECTION 7.8. Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations 65
SECTION 7.9. Compliance with Laws and Approvals 65
SECTION 7.10. Environmental Laws 65
SECTION 7.11. Compliance with ERISA 66
SECTION 7.12. Compliance with Agreements 66
SECTION 7.13. Visits and Inspections 66
SECTION 7.14. Additional Subsidiaries and Real Property 66
SECTION 7.15. Use of Proceeds 67
SECTION 7.16. Reserved 67
SECTION 7.17. Corporate Governance 67
SECTION 7.18. Further Assurances 67
SECTION 7.19. Post Signing Matters 67

 

 
 

 

ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS 68
     
SECTION 8.1. Indebtedness 68
SECTION 8.2. Liens 69
SECTION 8.3. Investments 71
SECTION 8.4. Fundamental Changes 71
SECTION 8.5. Asset Dispositions 72
SECTION 8.6. Restricted Payments 72
SECTION 8.7. Transactions with Affiliates 73
SECTION 8.8. Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents 74
SECTION 8.9. Payments and Modifications of Subordinated Indebtedness 74
SECTION 8.10. No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements 74
SECTION 8.11. Nature of Business 75
SECTION 8.12. Amendments of Other Documents 75
SECTION 8.13. Sale Leasebacks 75
SECTION 8.14. Reserved 75
SECTION 8.15. Financial Covenants 75
SECTION 8.16. Disposal of Subsidiary Interests 76
SECTION 8.17. Accounts 76
SECTION 8.18. Jurisdiction of Formation 76
SECTION 8.19. Foreign Assets Control Regulations 76
   
ARTICLE IX DEFAULT AND REMEDIES 76
     
SECTION 9.1. Events of Default 76
SECTION 9.2. Remedies 78
SECTION 9.3. Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc. 79
SECTION 9.4. Crediting of Payments and Proceeds 80
SECTION 9.5. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim 81
SECTION 9.6. Credit Bidding 81
   
ARTICLE X THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 82
     
SECTION 10.1. Appointment and Authority 82
SECTION 10.2. Rights as a Lender 82
SECTION 10.3. Exculpatory Provisions 82
SECTION 10.4. Reliance by the Administrative Agent 83
SECTION 10.5. Delegation of Duties 84
SECTION 10.6. Resignation of Administrative Agent 84

 

 
 

 

SECTION 10.7. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 85
SECTION 10.8. No Other Duties, etc. 85
SECTION 10.9. Collateral and Guaranty Matters 85
SECTION 10.10. Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements 86
SECTION 10.11. Intercreditor Agreement 86
   
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS 86
     
SECTION 11.1. Notices 86
SECTION 11.2. Amendments, Waivers and Consents 89
SECTION 11.3. Expenses; Indemnity 91
SECTION 11.4. Right of Setoff 93
SECTION 11.5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc. 93
SECTION 11.6. Waiver of Jury Trial 94
SECTION 11.7. Reversal of Payments 94
SECTION 11.8. Injunctive Relief 94
SECTION 11.9. Accounting Matters 94
SECTION 11.10. Successors and Assigns; Participations 95
SECTION 11.11. Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality 100
SECTION 11.12. Performance of Duties 100
SECTION 11.13. All Powers Coupled with Interest 100
SECTION 11.14. Survival 100
SECTION 11.15. Titles and Captions 101
SECTION 11.16. Severability of Provisions 101
SECTION 11.17. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution 101
SECTION 11.18. Term of Agreement 101
SECTION 11.19. USA PATRIOT Act 102
SECTION 11.20. Independent Effect of Covenants 102
SECTION 11.21. Inconsistencies with Other Documents 102
SECTION 11.22. Effective Date 102

 

 
 

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit H – Form of Subsidiary Agreement

 

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.1- Commitments

 

 
 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 8, 2012, by and among The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company, as Borrower, the lenders who are party to this Agreement and the lenders who may become a party to this Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof, as Lenders, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders.

 

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

 

The Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto have agreed, to extend certain credit facilities to the Borrower, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties hereby agree as follows::

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

SECTION 1.1.           Definitions . The following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them below:

 

Administrative Agent ” means Wells Fargo, in its capacity as Administrative Agent hereunder, and any successor thereto appointed pursuant to Section 10.6 .

 

Administrative Agent’s Office ” means the office of the Administrative Agent specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.1(c) .

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person or any of its Subsidiaries. The term “control” means (a) the power to vote 10% or more of the securities or other equity interests of a Person having ordinary voting power, or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of any other 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. The terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Agent Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(e)(ii) .

 

Aggregate Cash Available for Distribution ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) $6,500,000 for the fiscal quarters which commenced prior to June 30, 2012 and (ii) (a) the aggregate amount of Cash Available for Distribution for the fiscal quarters which commenced after June 30, 2012 and prior to such date of determination, minus (b) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of Section 8.6(c) and Investments made pursuant to Section 8.3(i) during such fiscal quarters. It being understood and agreed that, for the purposes of determining the portion of “Aggregate Cash Available for Distribution” allocable to the fiscal quarter commencing July 1, 2012, the negative covenants contained in Sections 8.3 and 8.6 shall be deemed to be effective as of July 1, 2012.

 

Agreement ” means this credit agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

 
 

 

Applicable Law ” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations having the force of law and orders of Governmental Authorities and all binding orders and decrees of all arbitrators.

 

Applicable Margin ” means the corresponding percentages per annum as set forth below based on the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio:

 

Pricing
Level
  Consolidated Total
Indebtedness to
Consolidated
Capitalization Ratio
  Commitment
Fee
    LIBOR
+
    Base Rate
+
 
I   Less than 10%     0.175 %     1.250 %     0.250 %
II   Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 20%     0.200 %     1.375 %     0.375 %
III   Greater than or equal to 20% but less than 40%     0.225 %     1.500 %     0.500 %
IV   Greater than or equal to 40% but less than 60%     0.275 %     1.875 %     0.875 %
V   Greater than or equal to 60%     0.350 %     2.250 %     1.250 %

 

The Applicable Margin shall be determined and adjusted quarterly on the date (each a “ Calculation Date ”) 10 Business Days after the day by which the Borrower is required to provide an Officer’s Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 7.2(a) for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower; provided that (a) the Applicable Margin shall be based on Pricing Level III until the first Calculation Date occurring after the Signing Date and, thereafter the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding the applicable Calculation Date, and (b) if the Borrower fails to provide the Officer’s Compliance Certificate as required by Section 7.2(a) for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding the applicable Calculation Date, the Applicable Margin from such Calculation Date shall be based on Pricing Level V until such time as an appropriate Officer’s Compliance Certificate is provided, at which time the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding such Calculation Date. The Applicable Margin shall be effective from one Calculation Date until the next Calculation Date. Any adjustment in the Applicable Margin shall be applicable to all Extensions of Credit then existing or subsequently made or issued.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any financial statement or Officer’s Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 or 7.2(a) is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether (i) this Agreement is in effect, (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments are in effect, or (iii) any Extension of Credit is outstanding when such inaccuracy is discovered or such financial statement or Officer’s Compliance Certificate was delivered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “ Applicable Period ”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (A) the Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Officer’s Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (B) the Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period shall be determined as if the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio in the corrected Officer’s Compliance Certificate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (z) the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest and fees owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 4.4 . Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Sections 4.1(c) and 9.2 nor any of their other rights under this Agreement. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

 

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Applicable Period ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

 

Approved Fund ” means any Fund 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.

 

Arranger ” means Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and its successors.

 

Asset Disposition ” means the disposition of any or all of the assets (including, without limitation, any Capital Stock owned thereby) of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof whether by sale, lease, transfer or otherwise, and any issuance of Capital Stock by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Person that is not a Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof. The term “ Asset Disposition ” shall not include (a) any Equity Issuance, (b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (c) the transfer of assets to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to any other transaction permitted pursuant to Section 8.4 , (d) the write-off, discount, sale or other disposition of defaulted or past-due receivables and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business and not undertaken as part of an accounts receivable financing transaction, (e) the disposition of any Hedge Agreement, (f) dispositions of Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents, and (f) the transfer by any Credit Party of its assets to any other Credit Party.

 

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 11.10 ), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit G or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Attributable Indebtedness ” means, on any date of determination in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.

 

Base Rate ” means, at any time, the highest of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% and (c) except during any period of time during which a notice delivered to the Borrower under Section 4.8 shall remain in effect, LIBOR for an Interest Period of one month plus 1%; each change in the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or LIBOR.

 

Base Rate Loan ” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the Base Rate as provided in Section 4.1(a) .

 

Borrower ” means The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company.

 

Borrower Materials ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.2 .

 

Business Day ” means (a) for all purposes other than as set forth in clause (b) below, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banks in Charlotte, North Carolina, Honolulu, Hawaii and New York, New York, are open for the conduct of their commercial banking business, and (b) with respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, any LIBOR Rate Loan, or any Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, any day that is a Business Day described in clause (a) and that is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

 

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Calculation Date ” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of Applicable Margin.

 

Capital Asset ” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any asset that should, in accordance with GAAP, be classified and accounted for as a capital asset on a Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

Capital Expenditures ” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate cost of all Capital Assets acquired by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, net of any Net Cash Proceeds received from all dispositions of Capital Assets during such period (to the extent permitted hereunder) that have been reinvested pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(iii) ; provided that Capital Expenditures shall not be less than zero.

 

Capital Lease ” means, at any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.

 

Capital Stock ” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests, (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person and (f) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Cash Available for Distribution ” means, for any fiscal quarter, the sum (without duplication) of:

 

(a)          Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities during such fiscal quarter;

 

(b)          less Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 8.6(c)(ii) during such fiscal quarter;

 

(c)          plus Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 8.6(c)(iii) during such fiscal quarter;

 

(d)          plus payments of principal received by the Borrower pursuant to the Intercompany Loan Agreement during such fiscal quarter;

 

(e)          less principal payments made by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness and Guaranty Obligations in respect of Indebtedness during such fiscal quarter; and

 

(f)          less Capital Expenditures and asset purchases of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter (except to the extent attributable to the incurrence of Capital Lease obligations or otherwise financed by incurring Indebtedness; provided that if, on an aggregate basis, the total amount of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease obligations) that financed all Capital Expenditures and asset purchases of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on and after July 1, 2012, through the end of such fiscal quarter exceeds 70% of the aggregate amount of all such Capital Expenditures and asset purchases, this exception shall in no event be greater than 70% of the aggregate amount of such Capital Expenditures and asset purchases of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on and after July 1, 2012 through, the end of such fiscal quarter).

 

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Cash Collateralize ” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Issuing Lender or the Lenders, as collateral for Letter of Credit Obligations or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender shall agree, in their reasonable discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender. “ Cash Collateral ” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such Cash Collateral and other credit support.

 

Cash Equivalents ” means, collectively, (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than 180 days from the date of creation thereof and currently having the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s, (c) certificates of deposit maturing no more than 180 days from the date of creation thereof issued by commercial banks incorporated under the laws of the United States, each having combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 and having a rating of “A” or better by a nationally recognized rating agency; provided that the aggregate amount invested in such certificates of deposit shall not at any time exceed $5,000,000 for any one such certificate of deposit and $10,000,000 for any one such bank, or (d) time deposits maturing no more than 30 days from the date of creation thereof with commercial banks or savings banks or savings and loan associations each having membership either in the FDIC or the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC and in amounts not exceeding the maximum amounts of insurance thereunder.

 

Cash Management Agreement ” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

 

Cash Management Bank ” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

 

Change in Control ” means (1) the Sponsor shall cease to directly or indirectly own and control more than 50% of the economic and voting interests in HGC, (2) the failure of HGC to own 100% of outstanding equity interests of the Borrower or (3) the failure of the Sponsor to be entitled, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of membership interests, contract or otherwise, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Borrower.

 

Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

Class ” means, when used in reference to any Loan, whether such Loan is a Revolving Credit Loan or Swingline Loan.

 

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Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended or modified from time to time.

 

Collateral ” means the collateral security for the Secured Obligations pledged or granted pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

Collateral Agent ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent under the Intercreditor Agreement, and its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity.

 

Commitment Fee ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.3(a) .

 

Commitment Percentage ” means, as to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage.

 

Commitments ” means, collectively, as to all Lenders, the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Lenders.

 

Communications ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(e)(ii) .

 

Consolidated ” means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of any Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.

 

Consolidated Capitalization ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness and (ii) Consolidated Net Worth.

 

Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any fiscal quarter, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and determined on a Consolidated basis, Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter adjusted for, to the extent used in determining Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter:

 

(i) any extraordinary gains/losses and generally non-recurring income/expense and any unrealized gains/losses for derivatives during the relevant fiscal quarter;

 

(ii) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or losses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, the non-cash portion of net periodic defined benefit costs, bad debt expense net of cash recoveries, deferred rent, amortization of debt financing costs and asset retirement obligations) during the relevant fiscal quarter;

 

(iii) provision/benefit for current and deferred income taxes (both state and federal) during the relevant fiscal quarter;

 

(iv) Consolidated Interest Expense, net of interest income, during the relevant fiscal quarter;

 

(v) Indebtedness-related fees (which includes, but is not limited to, commitment fees and agency fees) during the relevant fiscal quarter; and

 

(vi) expenses incurred under the Management Agreement during the relevant fiscal quarter.

 

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Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for the period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, interest expense (including, without limitation, interest expense attributable to Capital Leases and all net payment obligations pursuant to Hedge Agreements) for such period.

 

Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP; provided , that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary which shall be subject to clause (c) below), in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third party, except to the extent such net income is actually paid in cash to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by dividend or other distribution during such period, (b) the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent included pursuant to the foregoing clause (a), and (c) the net income (if positive), of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of such net income (i) is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or (ii) would be subject to any taxes payable on such dividends or distributions, but in each case only to the extent of such prohibition or taxes.

 

Consolidated Net Worth ” means, as of any date of determination with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (i) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be included on the Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under “stockholders’ equity” or such similar caption on such date and minus (ii) accumulated other comprehensive income (or loss) determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Total Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis without duplication, the sum of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness on such date to (b) Consolidated Capitalization on such date.

 

Credit Facility ” means, collectively, the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swingline Facility and the Letter of Credit Facility.

 

Credit Parties ” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Debt Issuance ” means the issuance of any Indebtedness for borrowed money by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

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Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 9.1 which with the passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender ” means, subject to Section 4.15(b) , any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans, participations in Letter of Credit Obligations or participations in Swingline Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date such Loans or participations were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the FDIC or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 4.15(b) ) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock ” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a)  matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock) (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided, that if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

 

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Dollars ” or “ $ ” means, unless otherwise qualified, dollars in lawful currency of the United States.

 

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.

 

Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.22 .

 

Eligible Assignee ” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.10(b)(ii) , (iv) and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.10 (b)(ii) ).

 

Employee Benefit Plan ” means (a) any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA that is maintained for employees of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or (b) any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has at any time within the preceding 7 years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any current or former ERISA Affiliate.

 

Environmental Claims ” means any and all administrative, judicial or arbitral actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, written notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by any Person in the ordinary course of business and not in response to any third party action or request of any kind) or proceedings by any Person relating in any way to any actual or alleged violation of or liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law or relating to the actual or alleged presence of or exposure to Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation, any and all claims by Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to human health or the environment.

 

Environmental Laws ” means any and all Applicable Laws, relating to the protection of human health (with respect to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the environment, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials.

 

Equity Issuance ” means (a) any issuance by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to any Person that is not a Credit Party or a Subsidiary thereof, of (i) shares of its Capital Stock, (ii) any shares of its Capital Stock pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants or (iii) any shares of its Capital Stock pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity and (b) any capital contribution from any Person that is not a Credit Party into any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof. The term “Equity Issuance” shall not include (A) any Asset Disposition or (B) any Debt Issuance.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended or modified from time to time.

 

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ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that together with any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.

 

Eurodollar Reserve Percentage ” means, for any day, the percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect for such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental or emergency reserves) in respect of eurocurrency liabilities or any similar category of liabilities for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City.

 

Event of Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 9.1 ; provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any other condition, has been satisfied.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Entity ” means any of Macquarie Group Limited, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (including without limitation, any fund managed or controlled thereby, or any investment scheme or similar vehicle or separate managed account related thereto).

 

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, imposed (i) by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located or (ii) by any jurisdiction as a result of a connection between the Administrative Agent, such Lender, the Issuing Lender or such other recipient of any payment and such jurisdiction (other than a connection resulting solely from negotiating, executing, delivering or performing its obligations or receiving a payment under, or enforcing, this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document), (b) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 4.12(b) ), any withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to a law in effect at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 4.11(a) , (c) Taxes attributable to the Administrative Agent’s, such Lender’s or any other recipient’s failure to comply with Section 4.11(e) and (d) any Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Existing HGC Loan Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of June 7, 2006 among HGC, as borrower, MGH, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Dresdner Bank AG London Branch, as administrative agent thereunder.

 

Existing Revolving Credit Facility ” means that certain $10,000,000 unsecured credit facility, dated as of April 10, 2007, among the Borrower and First Hawaiian Bank, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Existing TGC Loan Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated June 7, 2006, by and among the Borrower, MGH, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, and Dresdner Bank AG London Branch, as administrative agent thereunder.

 

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Extensions of Credit ” means, as to any Lender at any time, (a) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender then outstanding, (ii) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding and (iii) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Swingline Loans then outstanding, or (b) the making of any Loan or participation in any Letter of Credit by such Lender, as the context requires.

 

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable), and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof (including any Revenue Ruling, Revenue Procedure, Notice or similar guidance issued by the IRS thereunder as a precondition to relief or exemption from Taxes under such provisions).

 

FDIC ” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.

 

Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day), as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotation for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.

 

Fee Letter ” means the separate fee letter agreement dated June 25, 2012 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger.

 

FEMA ” means the Federal Emergency Management Agency and any successor thereto.

 

Fiscal Year ” means the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on each December 31.

 

Foreign Lender ” means (i) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (ii) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

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

 

Fronting Exposure ” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations other than Letter of Credit Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.

 

Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

 

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

 

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Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Guaranty Agreement ” means any guarantee agreement entered by any guarantor in connection with this Agreement, including the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement and any Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement.

 

Guaranty Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person;

 

(a) to purchase such Indebtedness or obligation or any property constituting security therefor;

 

(b) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or obligation, or (2) to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or obligation;

 

(c) to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the Indebtedness or obligation; or

 

(d) otherwise to assure the owner of such Indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof.

 

In any computation of the Indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty Agreement, the Indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty Agreement shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor.

 

Hazardous Materials ” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other substances that might pose a hazard to health and safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law including, but not limited to, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products or by-products or wastes, natural gas, synthetic natural gas, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances.

 

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Hedge Agreement ” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, all as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Hedge Bank ” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Hedge Agreement permitted under Article VIII , is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a party to such Hedge Agreement.

 

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

 

HGC ” means HGC Holdings LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company.

 

HGC Credit Agreement ” means the credit agreement among HGC, as borrower; the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, as lenders; and Wells Fargo, as administrative agent for such lenders.

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3(b) .

 

Increased Amount Date ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13 .

 

Incremental Lender ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13 .

 

Incremental Loans ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13 .

 

Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13 .

 

Incremental Revolving Credit Increase ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13 .

 

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, at any time, without duplication:

 

(a)          its liabilities for borrowed money and its redemption obligations in respect of mandatorily redeemable Preferred Stock;

 

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(b)          its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business but including all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to any such property);

 

(c)          all liabilities appearing on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of Capital Leases;

 

(d)          all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities);

 

(e)          all its liabilities in respect of letters of credit or instruments serving a similar function issued or accepted for its account by banks and other financial institutions (whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money); and

 

(f)          any Guaranty Obligation of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (e) hereof.

 

Indebtedness of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described in clauses (a) through (f) to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

 

Insurance and Condemnation Event ” means the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of their respective Property.

 

Intercompany Loan Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2008 between the Sponsor and the Borrower as in effect on the Signing Date.

 

Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Administrative Agent, the holders of the TGC Notes and the Collateral Agent and acknowledged by the Borrower.

 

Interest Period ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.1(b) .

 

Investment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3 .

 

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service, or any successor thereto.

 

ISP98 ” means the International Standby Practices (1998 Revision, effective January 1, 1999), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.

 

Issuing Lender ” means with respect to Letters of Credit issued hereunder on or after the Signing Date, Wells Fargo, in its capacity as issuer thereof, or any successor thereto.

 

Lender ” means each Person executing this Agreement as a Lender on the Signing Date and any other Person that shall have become a party to this Agreement as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any Person that ceases to be a party hereto as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.

 

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Lender Joinder Agreement ” means a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent delivered in connection with Section 4.13 .

 

Lender Parties ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders (and any other lenders from time to time party hereto), the Issuing Lender, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 10.5, and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns .

 

Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender maintaining such Lender’s Extensions of Credit.

 

Letters of Credit ” means the collective reference to letters of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

Letter of Credit Application ” means an application, in the form specified by the Issuing Lender from time to time, requesting the Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.

 

Letter of Credit Commitment ” means the lesser of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

Letter of Credit Facility ” means the letter of credit facility established pursuant to Article III .

 

Letter of Credit Obligations ” means at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5 .

 

Letter of Credit Participants ” means the collective reference to all the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the Issuing Lender.

 

LIBOR ” means,

 

(a)           for any interest rate calculation with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to the applicable Interest Period which appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) 2 Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period. If, for any reason, such rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page), then “LIBOR” shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at least $3,000,000 would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) 2 Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period.

 

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(b)           for any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan, the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at least $3,000,000 for a period equal to one month (commencing on the date of determination of such interest rate) which appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination, or, if such date is not a Business Day, then the immediately preceding Business Day. If, for any reason, such rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page) then “LIBOR” for such Base Rate Loan shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at least $3,000,000 would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination for a period equal to one month commencing on such date of determination.

 

Each calculation by the Administrative Agent of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

LIBOR Market Index Rate ” means, for any day, LIBOR with a one-month maturity for dollar deposits of $3,000,000.

 

LIBOR Rate ” means a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

 

LIBOR Rate = LIBOR
  1.00-Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

 

LIBOR Rate Loan ” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate as provided in Section 4.1(a) .

 

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, leasehold mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, hypothecation or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.

 

Loan Documents ” means, collectively, this Agreement, each Note, the Letter of Credit Applications, the Security Documents, the Fee Letter, and each other document, instrument, certificate and agreement executed and delivered by the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries in favor of or provided to the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party in connection with this Agreement or otherwise referred to herein or contemplated hereby (excluding any Secured Hedge Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement), all as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Loans ” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swingline Loans, and “Loan” means any of such Loans.

 

Management Agreement ” means that certain Corporate Allocation Policy Infrastructure and Specialized Funds, dated as of December 2004 (as amended on April 24, 2008) as in effect on the Signing Date.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (a) a material adverse effect on the properties, business, operations or financial condition of such Persons, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of any such Person to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document or (d) an impairment of the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

 

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Material Contract ” means (a) any contract or other agreement, written or oral, of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries involving monetary liability of or to any such Person in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 per annum, provided that in connection with any Hedge Agreement such monetary liability shall be calculated at its Hedge Termination Value, or (b) any other contract or agreement, written or oral, of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries the failure to comply with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

MGH ” means Macquarie Gas Holdings LLC.

 

MHGCI ” means Macquarie HGC Investment LLC.

 

MHGCI Guaranty Agreement ” means the unconditional guaranty agreement of even date herewith executed by MHGCI in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lender Parties, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Minimum Collateral Amount ” means, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to 105% of the Fronting Exposure of all Issuing Lenders with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (ii) otherwise, an amount reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

Mortgages ” means the collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust or other real property security document, encumbering any real property now or hereafter owned by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and executed by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as any such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Multiemployer Plan ” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or is accruing an obligation to make, or has accrued an obligation to make contributions within the preceding 7 years.

 

Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities ” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, the net cash flow from operating activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Net Cash Proceeds ” means, as applicable, (a) with respect to any Asset Disposition or Insurance and Condemnation Event, the gross proceeds received by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom (including any cash, Cash Equivalents, deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, as and when received) less the sum of (i) in the case of an Asset Disposition, all income taxes and other taxes assessed by a Governmental Authority as a result of such transaction, (ii) all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with such transaction or event and (iii) the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset (or a portion thereof) disposed of, which Indebtedness is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction or event, and (b) with respect to any Equity Issuance or Debt Issuance, the gross cash proceeds received by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom less all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket legal, underwriting and other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.

 

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Non-Consenting Lender ” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver, amendment, modification or termination that (i) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.2 and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender ” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

 

Notes ” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Notes and any Swingline Note.

 

Notice of Account Designation ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.3(b) .

 

Notice of Borrowing ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.3(a) .

 

Notice of Conversion/Continuation ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.2 .

 

Notice of Prepayment ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.4(c) .

 

Obligations ” means, in each case, whether now in existence or hereafter arising: (a) the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or similar petition) the Loans, (b) the Letter of Credit Obligations and (c) all other fees and commissions (including attorneys’ fees), charges, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, financial accommodations, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Credit Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, in each case under any Loan Document, with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit of every kind, nature and description, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any note and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or under any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or adjustment of debts, naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

 

OFAC ” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

Officer’s Compliance Certificate ” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F .

 

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are imposed in connection with an assignment (other than an assignment pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 4.12(b) ).

 

Participant ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.10(d) .

 

Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.10(e) .

 

PATRIOT Act ” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended.

 

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor agency.

 

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Pension Plan ” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and which (a) is maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) has at any time within the preceding 7 years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any current or former ERISA Affiliates.

 

Permitted Liens ” means the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.2 .

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other entity.

 

Platform ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.2 .

 

Preferred Stock ” means any class of capital stock of a Person that is preferred over any other class of capital stock (or similar equity interests) of such Person as to the payment of dividends or the payment of any amount upon liquidation or dissolution of such Person.

 

Prime Rate ” means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such Prime Rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate is an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.

 

Property ” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock.

 

Qualified Capital Stock ” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Register ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.10(c) .

 

Reimbursement Obligation ” means the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.

 

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposure representing more than 50% of the Total Credit Exposure of all Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.

 

Resignation Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(a) .

 

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

 

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Restricted Payment ” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 8.6 .

 

Revolving Credit Commitment ” means (a) as to any Revolving Credit Lender, the obligation of such Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans to the account of the Borrower hereunder in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Credit Lender’s name on the Register, as such amount may be modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof (including, without limitation, Section 4.13 ) and (b) as to all Revolving Credit Lenders, the aggregate commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans, as such amount may be modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof (including, without limitation, Section 4.13 ). The individual Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender on the Signing Date is set forth on Schedule 1.1 . The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of all the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Effective Date shall be $60,000,000.

 

Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage ” means, as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the ratio of (a) the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Revolving Credit Lender to (b) the Revolving Credit Commitment of all the Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations and Swingline Loans at such time.

 

Revolving Credit Facility ” means the revolving credit facility established pursuant to Article II (including any increase in such revolving credit facility established pursuant to Section 4.13 ).

 

Revolving Credit Lenders ” means, collectively, all of the Lenders with a Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

Revolving Credit Loan ” means any revolving loan made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 , and all such revolving loans collectively as the context requires.

 

Revolving Credit Maturity Date ” means the earliest to occur of (a) August 8, 2017, (b) the failure of the conditions contained in Sections 5.2(d) and (f) to be satisfied within one year of the Signing Date, (c) the date of termination of the entire Revolving Credit Commitment by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.5 , or (d) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 9.2(a) .

 

Revolving Credit Note ” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A-1 , and any amendments, supplements and modifications thereto, any substitutes therefor, and any replacements, restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part.

 

Revolving Credit Outstandings ” means the sum of (a) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; plus (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit Obligations on any date, the aggregate outstanding amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any Extensions of Credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.

 

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S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw Hill Company Inc. and any successor thereto .

 

Sanctioned Country ” means a country subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by OFAC and available at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx , or as otherwise published from time to time.

 

Sanctioned Person ” means (a) a Person named on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC available at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx , or as otherwise published from time to time, or (b) (i) an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country, (ii) an organization controlled by a Sanctioned Country, or (iii) a person resident in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

Secured Cash Management Agreement ” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Credit Party and any Cash Management Bank.

 

Secured Hedge Agreement ” means any Hedge Agreement permitted under Article VIII , in each case that is entered into by and between any Credit Party and any Hedge Bank.

 

Secured Obligations ” means, collectively, (a) the Obligations, (b) any other Senior Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) and (c) all existing or future payment and other obligations owing by any Credit Party under (i) any Secured Hedge Agreement and (ii) any Secured Cash Management Agreement.

 

Secured Parties ” means, collectively, the Lender Parties, the holders of the TGC Notes and any other holder from time to time of any Secured Obligations and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Security Agreement ” means the security agreement of even date herewith executed by the Credit Parties in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Security Documents ” means the collective reference to the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Guaranty Agreements, and each other agreement or writing pursuant to which any Credit Party purports to pledge or grant a security interest in any Property or assets securing the Secured Obligations or any such Person purports to guaranty the payment and/or performance of the Secured Obligations, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Signing Date ” means the date of this Agreement.

 

Solvent ” and “ Solvency ” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

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Sponsor ” means Macquarie Infrastructure Company, Inc.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness ” means the collective reference to any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is subordinated in right and time of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Subsidiary ” means as to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding Capital Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity is at the time owned by (directly or indirectly) or the management is otherwise controlled by (directly or indirectly) such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Capital Stock of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). Unless otherwise qualified, references to “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” herein shall refer to those of the Borrower.

 

Subsidiary Guarantors ” means, collectively, all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than Foreign Subsidiaries to the extent that and for so long as the guaranty of such Foreign Subsidiary would reasonably be expected to have adverse tax consequences for the Borrower or any other Credit Party or result in a violation of Applicable Laws) in existence on the Signing Date or which becomes a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement.

 

Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement ” means the unconditional guaranty agreement to be executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lender Parties, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit H .

 

Swingline Commitment ” means the lesser of (a) $10,000,000 and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

Swingline Facility ” means the swingline facility established pursuant to Section 2.2 .

 

Swingline Lender ” means Wells Fargo in its capacity as swingline lender hereunder or any successor thereto.

 

Swingline Loan ” means any swingline loan made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2 , and all such swingline loans collectively as the context requires.

 

Swingline Note ” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of the Swingline Lender evidencing any Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A-2 , and any amendments, supplements and modifications thereto, any substitutes therefor, and any replacements, restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part.

 

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

 

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Tax Sharing Agreement ” means that certain Income Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2007, by and among the Borrower, HGC, MHGCI and HGC Investment Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as in effect on the Signing Date.

 

Termination Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount: (a) a “Reportable Event” described in Section 4043 of ERISA for which the 30 day notice requirement has not been waived by regulation, or (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or (c) the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA, if the plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, or (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC, or (e) any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (f) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, or (g) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or plan in endangered or critical status with the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA or (h) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan if withdrawal liability is asserted by such plan, or (i) any event or condition which results in the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Sections 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or (j) any event or condition which results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (k) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate.

 

TGC Facility Share ” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding as of such date and the denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans and TGC Notes outstanding as of such date.

 

TGC Note Purchase Agreement ” means the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Borrower and the purchasers named therein, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

TGC Notes ” means the notes issued under the US$100,000,000 Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Signing Date, entered into by the Borrower, as issuer and the purchasers party thereto.

 

Threshold Amount ” means $5,000,000.

 

Total Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.

 

Transactions ” means, collectively, (a) repayment of any amounts outstanding under the Existing HGC Loan Agreement and the Existing TGC Loan Agreement, (b) the issuance of the TGC Notes, (c) the entry into the Loan Documents and (d) the payment of the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York, as amended or modified from time to time.

 

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Uniform Customs ” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), effective July, 2007 International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600.

 

United States ” means the United States of America.

 

U.S. Person ” means any Person that is a “United States person” within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

Wells Fargo ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, and its successors.

 

Wholly-Owned ” means, with respect to a Subsidiary, that all of the shares of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (except for directors’ qualifying shares or other shares required by Applicable Law to be owned by a Person other than the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries).

 

SECTION 1.2.           Other Definitions and Provisions . With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: (a) the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (b) whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms, (c) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (d) the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”, (e) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (f) 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, (g) 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, (h) 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, (i) the term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form, (j) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including” and (k) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

SECTION 1.3.           Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time and in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements required by Section 7.1(a) , except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein (including, without limitation, as prescribed by Section 11.9 ). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

 

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SECTION 1.4.           UCC Terms . Terms defined in the UCC in effect on the Signing Date and not otherwise defined herein shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided by those definitions. Subject to the foregoing, the term “UCC” refers, as of any date of determination, to the UCC then in effect.

 

SECTION 1.5.           Rounding . Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio or percentage is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

 

SECTION 1.6.           References to Agreement and Laws . Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to formation documents, governing documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.

 

SECTION 1.7.           Times of Day . Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

 

SECTION 1.8.           Letter of Credit Amounts . Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the Letter of Credit Application therefor (at the time specified therefor in such applicable Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application and as such amount may be reduced by (a) any permanent reduction of such Letter of Credit or (b) any amount which is drawn, reimbursed and no longer available under such Letter of Credit).

 

SECTION 1.9.           Guaranty Obligations . Unless otherwise specified, the amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guaranty Obligation.

 

SECTION 1.10.          Covenant Compliance Generally . For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 8.1 , 8.2 , 8.3 , 8.5 and 8.6 , any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating Consolidated Net Income in the annual and quarterly financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or (b) , as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 8.1 , 8.2 and 8.3 , with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no breach of any basket contained in such sections shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.10 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

 

SECTION 2.1.           Revolving Credit Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower from time to time from the Effective Date through, but not including, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date as requested by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3 ; provided , that (a) after the Effective Date, the Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment and (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not at any time exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Each Revolving Credit Loan by a Revolving Credit Lender shall be in a principal amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans requested on such occasion. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder until the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

SECTION 2.2.           Swingline Loans .

 

(a)           Availability . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Swingline Lender may in its sole discretion make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time from the Effective Date through, but not including, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided , that (a) after giving effect to any amount requested, the Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans (after giving effect to any amount requested), shall not exceed the Swingline Commitment. A Swingline Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan, unless the Borrower has requested a LIBOR Market Index Rate Loan. At all times such Loan is a LIBOR Market Index Rate Loan, the Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of such LIBOR Market Index Rate Loan from the date of borrowing of such LIBOR Market Index Rate Loan until such principal amount shall be paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Market Index Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans in effect from time to time.

 

(b)           Refunding.

 

(i)           Swingline Loans shall be refunded by the Revolving Credit Lenders on demand by the Swingline Lender. Such refundings shall be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages and shall thereafter be reflected as Revolving Credit Loans of the Revolving Credit Lenders on the books and records of the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall fund its respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of Revolving Credit Loans as required to repay Swingline Loans outstanding to the Swingline Lender upon demand by the Swingline Lender but in no event later than 1:00 p.m. on the next succeeding Business Day after such demand is made. No Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to fund its respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of a Swingline Loan shall be affected by any other Revolving Credit Lender’s failure to fund its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of a Swingline Loan, nor shall any Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage be increased as a result of any such failure of any other Revolving Credit Lender to fund its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of a Swingline Loan.

 

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(ii)          The Borrower shall pay to the Swingline Lender on demand the amount of such Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the Revolving Credit Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full the outstanding Swingline Loans requested or required to be refunded. In addition, the Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to charge any account maintained by the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (up to the amount available therein) in order to immediately pay the Swingline Lender the amount of such Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the Revolving Credit Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full the outstanding Swingline Loans requested or required to be refunded. If any portion of any such amount paid to the Swingline Lender shall be recovered by or on behalf of the Borrower from the Swingline Lender in bankruptcy or otherwise, the loss of the amount so recovered shall be ratably shared among all the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (unless the amounts so recovered by or on behalf of the Borrower pertain to a Swingline Loan extended after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default of which the Administrative Agent has received notice in the manner required pursuant to Section 10.3 and which such Event of Default has not been waived by the Required Lenders or the Lenders, as applicable).

 

(iii)         Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to refund Swingline Loans in accordance with the terms of this Section is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation, non-satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article V . Further, each Revolving Credit Lender agrees and acknowledges that if prior to the refunding of any outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section, one of the events described in Section 9.1(i) or (j) shall have occurred, each Revolving Credit Lender will, on the date the applicable Revolving Credit Loan would have been made, purchase an undivided participating interest in the Swingline Loan to be refunded in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount of such Swingline Loan. Each Revolving Credit Lender will immediately transfer to the Swingline Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof the Swingline Lender will deliver to such Revolving Credit Lender a certificate evidencing such participation dated the date of receipt of such funds and for such amount. Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest in a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account thereof, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded).

 

(c)           Defaulting Lenders . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, this Section 2.2 shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 4.14 and Section 4.15 .

 

SECTION 2.3.           Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans .

 

(a)           Requests for Borrowing . The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable prior written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a “ Notice of Borrowing ”) not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) on the same Business Day as each Base Rate Loan and each Swingline Loan and (ii) at least 3 Business Days before each LIBOR Rate Loan, of its intention to borrow, specifying (A) the date of such borrowing, which shall be a Business Day, (B) the amount of such borrowing, which shall be, (x) with respect to Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans) in an aggregate principal amount of no less than $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (y) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans in an aggregate principal amount of no less than $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (z) with respect to Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, (C) whether such Loan is to be a Revolving Credit Loan or Swingline Loan, (D) in the case of a Revolving Credit Loan whether the Loans are to be LIBOR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans, (E) in the case of a Swingline Loan, whether the Loans are to be Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Market Index Rate Loans and (F) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto. A Notice of Borrowing received after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of each Notice of Borrowing.

 

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(b)           Disbursement of Revolving Credit and Swingline Loans . Not later than 2:00 p.m. on the proposed borrowing date, (i) each Revolving Credit Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made on such borrowing date and (ii) the Swingline Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Loans to be made on such borrowing date. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of each borrowing requested pursuant to this Section in immediately available funds by crediting or wiring such proceeds to the deposit account of the Borrower identified in the most recent notice substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C (a “ Notice of Account Designation ”) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or as may be otherwise agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent from time to time. Subject to Section 4.7 hereof, the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to disburse the portion of the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loan requested pursuant to this Section to the extent that any Revolving Credit Lender has not made available to the Administrative Agent its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Loan. Revolving Credit Loans to be made for the purpose of refunding Swingline Loans shall be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders as provided in Section 2.2(b) .

 

SECTION 2.4.           Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit and Swingline Loans.

 

(a)           Repayment on Termination Date . The Borrower hereby agrees to repay the outstanding principal amount of (i) all Revolving Credit Loans in full on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, and (ii) all Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.2(b) (but, in any event, no later than the earlier of (i) 14 days after such Swingline Loan is made or (ii) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date); provided that interest on Swingline Loans shall be repaid in accordance with Section 4.1(d) .

 

(b)           Mandatory Prepayments .

 

(i)           Revolving Credit Outstandings Excess . If at any time the Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment, the Borrower agrees to repay immediately upon notice from the Administrative Agent, by payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders, Extensions of Credit in an amount equal to such excess with each such repayment applied first , to the principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans, second to the principal amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and third , with respect to any Letters of Credit then outstanding, a payment of Cash Collateral into a Cash Collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, in an amount equal to such excess (such Cash Collateral to be applied in accordance with Section 9.2(b) ).

 

(ii)          Reserved .

 

(iii)         Asset Dispositions . The Borrower shall make mandatory principal prepayments of the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to the TGC Facility Share of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Disposition by any Credit Party to the extent that the aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds exceed $5,000,000 during any Fiscal Year. Any mandatory principal prepayments of the Loans shall be made within 3 Business Days after the date of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Asset Disposition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that, (A) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no prepayment shall be required under this Section 2.4(b)(iii) to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds are reinvested in assets used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries within 180 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; provided further that any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds not actually reinvested within such 180-da y period shall be prepaid on or before the last day of such 180-da y period unless such portion is committed to be reinvested, in which case such 180-day period shall be extended for an additional 180-day period.

 

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(iv)         Insurance and Condemnation Events . The Borrower shall make mandatory principal prepayments of the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to the TGC Facility Share of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from any Insurance and Condemnation Event by any Credit Party to the extent that the aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds exceed $10,000,000 during any Fiscal Year. Any mandatory principal prepayments of the Loans shall be made within 3 Business Days after the date of receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of any such Insurance and Condemnation Event by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no prepayment shall be required under this Section 2.4(b)(iv) to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds are reinvested in assets used or useful in the business of the Borrower within 270 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; provided further that any portion of the Net Cash Proceeds not actually reinvested within such 270-day period shall be prepaid on or before the last day of such 270-day period unless such portion is committed to be reinvested, in which case such 270-day period shall be extended for an additional 270-day period.

 

(v)          Notice; Manner of Payment . Upon the occurrence of any event triggering the prepayment requirement under clauses (i) through and including (iv) above, the Borrower shall promptly deliver a Notice of Prepayment to the Administrative Agent and upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Lenders. Each prepayment of the Loans under this Section 2.4(b) shall be applied on a pro rata basis with respect to Loans of all Lenders.

 

(vi)         Termination of Revolving Credit Commitments . Amounts prepaid under the Loans pursuant to this Section may not be reborrowed and shall be applied pro rata to reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender according to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. All commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination. Each prepayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.9 .

 

(c)           Optional Prepayments . The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, in whole or in part, with irrevocable prior written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D (a “ Notice of Prepayment ”) given not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) on the same Business Day as each Base Rate Loan and each Swingline Loan and (ii) at least 3 Business Days before each LIBOR Rate Loan, specifying the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of LIBOR Rate Loans, Base Rate Loans, Swingline Loans or a combination thereof, and, if of a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date set forth in such notice. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate amount of $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof with respect to Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans), $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans and $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof with respect to Swingline Loans. A Notice of Prepayment received after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Each such repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Notice of a Prepayment delivered in connection with any refinancing of all of the Credit Facility with the proceeds of such refinancing or of any incurrence of Indebtedness, may be, if expressly so stated to be, contingent upon the consummation of such refinancing or incurrence and may be revoked by the Borrower in the event such refinancing is not consummated ( provided that the failure of such contingency shall not relieve the Borrower from its obligations in respect thereof under Section 4.9 ).

 

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(d)           Limitation on Prepayment of LIBOR Rate Loans . The Borrower may not prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on any day other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto unless such prepayment is accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof.

 

(e)           Hedge Agreements . No repayment or prepayment pursuant to this Section shall affect any of the Borrower’s obligations under any Hedge Agreement.

 

(f)           Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-17 . The Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans used for working capital purposes or any other purposes not permitted under Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-17 together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon within twelve (12) months from the date of the borrowing thereof.

 

SECTION 2.5.           Permanent Reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

(a)           Voluntary Reduction . The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon at least 5 Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, to permanently reduce, without premium or penalty, (i) the entire Revolving Credit Commitment at any time or (ii) portions of the Revolving Credit Commitment, from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not less than $3,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender according to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. All commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

 

(b)           Corresponding Payment . Each permanent reduction permitted or required pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a payment of principal sufficient to reduce the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations, as applicable, after such reduction to the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced and if the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced, the Borrower shall be required to deposit Cash Collateral in a Cash Collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to such excess. Such Cash Collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 9.2(b) . Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment to zero shall be accompanied by payment of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans (and furnishing of Cash Collateral reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for all Letter of Credit Obligations) and shall result in the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment and the Swingline Commitment and the Revolving Credit Facility. If the reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment requires the repayment of any LIBOR Rate Loan, such repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof.

 

SECTION 2.6.           Termination of Revolving Credit Facility . The Revolving Credit Facility and the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY

 

SECTION 3.1.           Letter of Credit Commitment .

 

(a)           Availability . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a) , agrees to issue standby letters of credit and documentary letters of credit (the “ Letters of Credit ”) for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof on any Business Day from the Effective Date through but not including the 5th Business Day prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Issuing Lender; provided , that the Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (a) the Letter of Credit Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Commitment or (b) the Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars in a minimum amount of $500,000, (or such lesser amount as agreed to by the Issuing Lender), (ii) be a standby letter of credit issued to support obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, contingent or otherwise, incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) expire on a date no more than 12 months after the date of issuance or last renewal of such Letter of Credit (subject to automatic renewal for additional 1 year periods pursuant to the terms of the Letter of Credit Application or other documentation acceptable to the Issuing Lender), which date shall be no later than the 5th Business Day prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (iv) be subject to the Uniform Customs and/or ISP98, as set forth in the Letter of Credit Application or as determined by the Issuing Lender and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of New York. The Issuing Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause the Issuing Lender or any Letter of Credit Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any Applicable Law. References herein to “issue” and derivations thereof with respect to Letters of Credit shall also include extensions or modifications of any outstanding Letters of Credit, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

(b)           Defaulting Lenders . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Article III shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 4.14 and Section 4.15 .

 

SECTION 3.2.           Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit . The Borrower may from time to time request that the Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the Issuing Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office a Letter of Credit Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may request. Upon receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the Issuing Lender shall process such Letter of Credit Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall, subject to Section 3.1 and Article V , promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than 3 Business Days after its receipt of the Letter of Credit Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Borrower a copy of such Letter of Credit and promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the issuance and upon request by any Revolving Credit Lender, furnish to such Lender a copy of such Revolving Credit Letter of Credit and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation therein.

 

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SECTION 3.3.           Commissions and Other Charges .

 

(a)           Letter of Credit Commissions . Subject to Section 4.15 , the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender and the Letter of Credit Participants, a letter of credit commission with respect to each Letter of Credit in the amount equal to the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit times the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Credit Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans (determined on a per annum basis). Such commission shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and thereafter on demand of the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, distribute to the Issuing Lender and the Letter of Credit Participants all commissions received pursuant to this Section 3.3 in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages.

 

(b)           Issuance Fee . In addition to the foregoing commission, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, an issuance fee with respect to each Letter of Credit as set forth in the Fee Letter. Such issuance fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and thereafter on demand of the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)           Other Costs . In addition to the foregoing fees and commissions, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse the Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Lender in issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.

 

SECTION 3.4.           Letter of Credit Participations .

 

(a)           The Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each Letter of Credit Participant, and, to induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each Letter of Credit Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such Letter of Credit Participant’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in the Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder and the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Lender thereunder. Each Letter of Credit Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which the Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower through a Revolving Credit Loan or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such Letter of Credit Participant shall pay to the Issuing Lender upon demand at the Issuing Lender’s address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, which is not so reimbursed.

 

(b)           Upon becoming aware of any amount required to be paid by any Letter of Credit Participant to the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall notify each Letter of Credit Participant of the amount and due date of such required payment and such Letter of Credit Participant shall pay to the Issuing Lender the amount specified on the applicable due date. If any such amount is paid to the Issuing Lender after the date such payment is due, such Letter of Credit Participant shall pay to the Issuing Lender on demand, in addition to such amount, the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Rate as determined by the Administrative Agent during the period from and including the date such payment is due to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. A certificate of the Issuing Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. With respect to payment to the Issuing Lender of the unreimbursed amounts described in this Section, if the Letter of Credit Participants receive notice that any such payment is due (A) prior to 1:00 p.m. on any Business Day, such payment shall be due that Business Day, and (B) after 1:00 p.m. on any Business Day, such payment shall be due on the following Business Day.

 

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(c)           Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Letter of Credit Participant its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such payment in accordance with this Section, the Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise), or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Issuing Lender will distribute to such Letter of Credit Participant its pro rata share thereof; provided , that in the event that any such payment received by the Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by the Issuing Lender, such Letter of Credit Participant shall return to the Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender to it.

 

SECTION 3.5.           Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower . In the event of any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the Borrower agrees to reimburse (either with the proceeds of a Revolving Credit Loan as provided for in this Section or with funds from other sources), in same day funds, the Issuing Lender on each date on which the Issuing Lender notifies the Borrower of the date and amount of a draft paid under any Letter of Credit for the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any amounts referred to in Section 3.3(c) incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with such payment. Unless the Borrower shall immediately notify the Issuing Lender that the Borrower intends to reimburse the Issuing Lender for such drawing from other sources or funds, the Borrower shall be deemed to have timely given a Notice of Borrowing to the Administrative Agent requesting that the Revolving Credit Lenders make a Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest at the Base Rate on such date in the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any amounts referred to in Section 3.3(c) incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with such payment, and the Revolving Credit Lenders shall make a Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest at the Base Rate in such amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied to reimburse the Issuing Lender for the amount of the related drawing and costs and expenses. Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to fund a Revolving Credit Loan in accordance with this Section to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any draft paid under a Letter of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation, non-satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.3(a) or Article V . If the Borrower has elected to pay the amount of such drawing with funds from other sources and shall fail to reimburse the Issuing Lender as provided above, the unreimbursed amount of such drawing shall bear interest at the rate which would be payable on any outstanding Base Rate Loans which were then overdue from the date such amounts become payable (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) until payment in full.

 

SECTION 3.6.           Obligations Absolute . The Borrower’s obligations under this Article III (including, without limitation, the Reimbursement Obligation) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set off, counterclaim or defense to payment which the Borrower may have or have had against the Issuing Lender or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees that the Issuing Lender and the Letter of Credit Participants shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligation under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions caused by the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final nonappealable judgment. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of the Issuing Lender or any Letter of Credit Participant to the Borrower. The responsibility of the Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are in conformity with such Letter of Credit.

 

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SECTION 3.7.           Effect of Letter of Credit Application . To the extent that any provision of any Letter of Credit Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Article III , the provisions of this Article III shall apply.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 4.1.           Interest .

 

(a)           Interest Rate Options . Subject to the provisions of this Section, at the election of the Borrower, (i) Revolving Credit Loans shall bear interest at (A) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or (B) the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin and (ii) any Swingline Loan shall bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or the LIBOR Market Index Rate plus the Applicable Margin. The Borrower shall select the rate of interest and Interest Period, if any, applicable to any Loan at the time a Notice of Borrowing is given or at the time a Notice of Conversion/Continuation is given pursuant to Section 4.2 . Any Loan or any portion thereof as to which the Borrower has not duly specified an interest rate as provided herein shall be deemed a Base Rate Loan.

 

(b)           Interest Periods . In connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan, the Borrower, by giving notice at the times described in Section 2.3 or 4.2 , as applicable, shall elect an interest period (each, an “ Interest Period ”) to be applicable to such Loan, which Interest Period shall be a period of 1, 2, 3, or 6 months or, if agreed by all of the relevant Lenders, 9 or 12 months; provided that:

 

(i)           the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of or conversion to any LIBOR Rate Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;

 

(ii)          if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, that if any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

(iii)         any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;

 

(iv)         no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and Interest Periods shall be selected by the Borrower so as to permit the Borrower to make mandatory reductions of the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 2.5(b) without payment of any amounts pursuant to Section 4.9 ; and

 

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(v)          there shall be no more than 5 Interest Periods in effect at any time.

 

(c)           Default Rate . Subject to Section 9.3 , (i) immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a) , (b) , (i) or (j) , or (ii) at the election of the Required Lenders, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, (A) the Borrower shall no longer have the option to request LIBOR Rate Loans, Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit, (B) all outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum of 2% in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans until the end of the applicable Interest Period and thereafter at a rate equal to 2% in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans, (C) all outstanding Base Rate Loans and other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 2% in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans or such other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document and (D) all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on demand of the Administrative Agent. Interest shall continue to accrue on the Obligations after the filing by or against the Borrower of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any act or law pertaining to insolvency or debtor relief, whether state, federal or foreign.

 

(d)           Interest Payment and Computation . Interest on each Base Rate Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter commencing September 30, 2012; interest on each LIBOR Rate Loan shall be due and payable on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto, and if such Interest Period extends over 3 months, at the end of each 3 month interval during such Interest Period; and interest on each Swingline Loan shall be due and payable on the last Business Day of each calendar month. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by the Prime Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest provided hereunder shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year).

 

(e)           Maximum Rate . In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all amounts deemed interest under this Agreement charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement exceed the highest rate permissible under any Applicable Law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto. In the event that such a court determines that the Lenders have charged or received interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, the rate in effect hereunder shall automatically be reduced to the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law and the Lenders shall at the Administrative Agent’s option (i) promptly refund to the Borrower any interest received by the Lenders in excess of the maximum lawful rate or (ii) apply such excess to the principal balance of the Obligations on a pro rata basis. It is the intent hereof that the Borrower not pay or contract to pay, and that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender receive or contract to receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law.

 

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SECTION 4.2.           Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans . Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Borrower shall have the option to (a) convert at any time all or any portion of any outstanding Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans) in a principal amount of no less than $3,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof into one or more LIBOR Rate Loans and (b) upon the expiration of any Interest Period, (i) convert all or any part of its outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans in a principal amount of no less than $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof into Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans) or (ii) continue such LIBOR Rate Loans as LIBOR Rate Loans. Whenever the Borrower desires to convert or continue Loans as provided above, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable prior written notice in the form attached as Exhibit E (a “ Notice of Conversion/Continuation ”) not later than 11:00 a.m. 3 Business Days before the day on which a proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be effective specifying (A) the Loans to be converted or continued, and, in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loan to be converted or continued, the last day of the Interest Period therefor, (B) the effective date of such conversion or continuation (which shall be a Business Day), (C) the principal amount of such Loans to be converted or continued, and (D) the Interest Period to be applicable to such converted or continued LIBOR Rate Loan. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the affected Lenders of such Notice of Conversion/Continuation.

 

SECTION 4.3.           Fees .

 

(a)           Commitment Fee . Commencing on the Signing Date, subject to Section 4.15 , the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders, a non-refundable commitment fee (the “ Commitment Fee ”) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment of the Revolving Credit Lenders (other than the Defaulting Lenders, if any); provided , that the amount of outstanding Swingline Loans shall not be considered usage of the Revolving Credit Commitment for the purpose of calculating the Commitment Fee. The Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter during the term of this Agreement commencing on the Signing Date and ending on the date upon which all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) arising under the Revolving Credit Facility shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired or been Cash Collateralized and the Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated. Such commitment fee shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) pro rata in accordance with such Revolving Credit Lenders’ respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages.

 

(b)           Other Fees . The Borrower shall pay to the Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.

 

SECTION 4.4.           Manner of Payment .

 

(a)           Sharing of Payments . Each payment by the Borrower on account of the principal of or interest on the Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts (including the Reimbursement Obligation) payable to the Lenders under this Agreement shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the account of the Lenders entitled to such payment in Dollars, in immediately available funds and shall be made without any set off, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever. Any payment received after such time but before 2:00 p.m. on such day shall be deemed a payment on such date for the purposes of Section 9.1 , but for all other purposes shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Any payment received after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of each such payment, the Administrative Agent shall distribute to each such Lender at its address for notices set forth herein its Commitment Percentage in respect of the relevant Credit Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment and shall wire advice of the amount of such credit to each Lender. Each payment to the Administrative Agent on account of the principal of or interest on the Swingline Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts payable to the Swingline Lender shall be made in like manner, but for the account of the Swingline Lender. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of the Issuing Lender’s fees or Letter of Credit Participants’ commissions shall be made in like manner, but for the account of the Issuing Lender or the Letter of Credit Participants, as the case may be. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of Administrative Agent’s fees or expenses shall be made for the account of the Administrative Agent and any amount payable to any Lender under Sections 4.9 , 4.10 , 4.11 or 11.3 shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lender. Subject to Section 4.1(b)(ii) , if any payment under this Agreement shall be specified to be made upon a day which is not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in computing any interest if payable along with such payment.

 

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(b)           Defaulting Lenders . Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (a), if there exists a Defaulting Lender each payment by the Borrower to such Defaulting Lender hereunder shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.14(b) .

 

SECTION 4.5.           Evidence of Indebtedness .

 

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

 

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

 

SECTION 4.6.           Adjustments . If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations (other than pursuant to Sections   4.9 , 4.10 , 4.11 or 11.3 ) greater than its pro   rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them; provided that

 

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(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 (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 4.14 or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).

 

Each Credit Party 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 each Credit Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Credit Party in the amount of such participation.

 

SECTION 4.7.           Obligations of Lenders .

 

(a)           Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans, 3 hours prior to the proposed time of such Borrowing and (ii) otherwise prior to the proposed date of any borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Sections 2.3(b) and 3.2 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the daily average Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)           Nature of Obligations of Lenders Regarding Extensions of Credit . The obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement to make the Loans and issue or participate in Letters of Credit are several and are not joint or joint and several. The failure of any Lender to make available its Commitment Percentage of any Loan requested by the Borrower shall not relieve it or any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Commitment Percentage of such Loan available on the borrowing date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make its Commitment Percentage of such Loan available on the borrowing date.

 

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SECTION 4.8.           Changed Circumstances .

 

(a)           Circumstances Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability . In connection with any request for a LIBOR Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to LIBOR or a conversion to or continuation thereof, if for any reason (i) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Loan, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan or any Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to LIBOR or (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the LIBOR Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans during such Interest Period, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, the obligation of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to LIBOR and the right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to LIBOR shall be suspended, and (i) in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, the Borrower shall either (A) repay in full (or cause to be repaid in full) the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan together with accrued interest thereon (subject to Section 4.1(d) ), on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan; or (B) convert the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is not determined by reference to LIBOR as of the last day of such Interest Period; or (ii) in the case of Base Rate Loans as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, the Borrower shall convert the then outstanding principal amount of each such Loan to a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is not determined by reference to LIBOR as of the last day of such Interest Period.

 

(b)           Laws Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability . If, after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan or any Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, and the right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR shall be suspended and thereafter the Borrower may select only Base Rate Loans as to which the interest rate is not determined by reference to LIBOR hereunder, (ii) all Base Rate Loans shall cease to be determined by reference to LIBOR and (iii) if any of the Lenders may not lawfully continue to maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan to the end of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, the applicable Loan shall immediately be converted to a Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is not determined by reference to LIBOR for the remainder of such Interest Period.

 

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SECTION 4.9.           Indemnity . The Borrower hereby indemnifies each of the Lenders against any loss or expense (including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained) which may arise or be attributable to each Lender’s obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits or other funds acquired to effect, fund or maintain any Loan (a) as a consequence of any failure by the Borrower to make any payment when due of any amount due hereunder in connection with a LIBOR Rate Loan, (b) due to any failure of the Borrower to borrow, continue or convert on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation or (c) due to any payment, prepayment or conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor. The amount of such loss or expense shall be determined, in the applicable Lender’s sole discretion, based upon the assumption that such Lender funded its Commitment Percentage of the LIBOR Rate Loans in the London interbank market and using any reasonable attribution or averaging methods which such Lender deems appropriate and practical. A certificate of such Lender setting forth the basis for determining such amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender shall be forwarded to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusively presumed to be correct save for manifest error.

 

SECTION 4.10.          Increased Costs .

 

(a)           Increased Costs Generally . If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)           impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or advances, loans or other credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the LIBOR Rate) or the Issuing Lender; or

 

(ii)          impose on any Lender or the Issuing Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein (except for (A) Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes, in either case that are indemnified pursuant to section 4.11, and (B) the imposition, or change in rate, of any Excluded Tax);

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any LIBOR Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Lender of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon written request of such Lender or the Issuing Lender, the Borrower shall promptly pay to any such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)           Capital Requirements . If any Lender or the Issuing Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the Issuing Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time upon written request of such Lender or such Issuing Lender the Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

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(c)           Certificates for Reimbursement . A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

(d)           Delay in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

 

SECTION 4.11.          Taxes .

 

(a)           Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any Obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law; provided that if the applicable withholding agent shall be required by Applicable Law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the applicable Credit Party as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions and (iii) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

(b)           Payment of Other Taxes by the Credit Parties . Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the Credit Parties shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

(c)           Indemnification by the Credit Parties . Without duplication of Section 4.11(a) or Section 4,11(b) , the Credit Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 4.11 ) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender 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 as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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(d)           Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Credit Party to a Governmental Authority, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(e)           Status of Lenders . Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person, any Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(i)           in the case of any Lender that is a U.S. Person, properly executed originals of IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form);

 

(ii)          in the case of any Foreign Lender:

 

(A)          properly executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor form) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party;

 

(B)          properly executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form);

 

(C)          if such Foreign Lender is claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) properly executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor form);

 

(D)          if such Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, properly executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor form), together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; or

 

(E)          any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

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If a payment made to or for the account of a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with any requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall (A) enter into such agreements with the IRS as necessary to establish an exemption from withholding under FATCA; (B) comply with any certification, documentation, information, reporting or other requirement necessary to establish an exemption from withholding under FATCA; (C) provide any documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent sufficient for the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to comply with their respective obligations, if any, under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied such applicable requirements; and (D) provide a certification signed by the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Lender certifying that such Lender has complied with any necessary requirements to establish an exemption from withholding under FATCA. To the extent that the relevant documentation provided pursuant to this paragraph is rendered obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect as a result of changes in circumstances with respect to the status of a Lender, such Lender shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent revised and/or updated documentation sufficient for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to confirm such Lender’s compliance with their respective obligations under FATCA.

 

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(f)           Indemnification of the Administrative Agent . Each Lender and the Issuing Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Taxes attributable to such Lender or Issuing Lender that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender and the Issuing Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, under any Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (f). The agreements in this paragraph (f) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent.

 

(g)           Refunds . If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines in good faith that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 4.11 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to Section 4.11(a)), it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments, including payments of additional amounts, made under this Section 4.11 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). The Borrower, upon the written request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over to the Borrower by such indemnified party pursuant to this Section 4.11(g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.

 

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(h)           Issuing Lender .         For purposes of this Section 4.11 , the term “Lender” includes the “Issuing Lender”. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Issuing Lender would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender, it shall be treated as a Foreign Lender for the purposes of this Section 4.11 .

 

(i)           Survival . Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of the Revolving Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.12.          Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders .

 

(a)           Designation of a Different Lending Office . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10 , or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11 , then such Lender shall, at the request of the Borrower, use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11 , as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

(b)           Replacement of Lenders . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10 , or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11 , and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 4.12(a) , or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.10 ), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:

 

(i)           the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 11.10 ;

 

(ii)          such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in Letters of Credit, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 4.9 ) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

 

(iii)         in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.10 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.11 , such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;

 

(iv)         such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law; and

 

(v)          in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.

 

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A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

 

SECTION 4.13.          Incremental Loans .

 

(a)           At any time until 30 days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request the establishment of one or more increases in the Revolving Credit Commitments (an “ Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment ”) to make incremental revolving credit loans (any such increase, an “ Incremental Revolving Credit Increase ” and the loan made thereunder, “ Incremental Loans ”); provided that (1) the total aggregate amount for all such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall not (as of any date of incurrence thereof) exceed $40,000,000 and (2) the total aggregate amount for each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment (and the Incremental Loans made thereunder) shall not be less than a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 or, if less, the remaining amount permitted pursuant to the foregoing clause (1). Each such notice shall specify the date (each, an “ Increased Amount Date ”) on which the Borrower proposes that any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 20 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to Administrative Agent. The Borrower may invite any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and/or any Approved Fund, and/or any other Person reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to provide an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment (any such Person, an “ Incremental Lender ”). Any Lender or any Incremental Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment. Any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall become effective as of such Increased Amount Date; provided that:

 

(A)          no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increas ed Amount Date bef ore or after giving effect to (1) any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment and (2) the making of any Incremental Loans pursuant thereto;

 

(B)          the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received from the Borrower an Officer’s Compliance Certificate demonstrating that the Borrower will be in compliance on a pro forma basis with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.15 ( provided that the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio shall be less than 62.5%) both before and after giving effect to (1) any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment and (2) the making of any Incremental Loans pursuant thereto, and assuming the all Incremental Loans under such Incremental Revolving Credit Increase have been made;

 

(C)          the proceeds of any Incremental Loans shall be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(D)          each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment (and the Incremental Loans made thereunder) shall constitute Obligations of the Borrower and shall be secured and guaranteed with the other Extensions of Credit on a pari passu basis;

 

(E)          in the case of each Incremental Revolving Credit Increase (the terms of which shall be set forth the relevant Lender Joinder Agreement):

 

(x)          such Incremental Revolving Credit Increase shall mature on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Incremental Lenders and the Borrower and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as the Revolving Credit Loans;

 

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(y)          the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of Swingline Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations will be reallocated by the Administrative Agent on the applicable Increased Amount Date among the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Increase) in accordance with their revised Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (and the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Increase) agree to make all payments and adjustments necessary to effect such reallocation and the Borrower shall pay any and all costs required pursuant to Section 4.9 in connection with such reallocation as if such reallocation were a repayment); and

 

(z)          except as provided above, all of the other terms and conditions applicable to such Incremental Revolving Credit Increase shall, except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section 4.13 , be identical to the terms and conditions applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility;

 

(F)          any Incremental Lender with an Incremental Revolving Credit Increase shall be entitled to the same voting rights as the existing Revolving Credit Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility and any Extensions of Credit made in connection with each Incremental Revolving Credit Increase shall receive proceeds of prepayments on the same basis as the other Revolving Credit Loans made hereunder;

 

(G)          such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Lender Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Incremental Lenders (which Lender Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 4.13 );

 

(H)          the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any customary legal opinions or other documents (including, without limitation, a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of each Credit Party authorizing such Incremental Loan) reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction; and

 

(I)          the Credit Parties shall have received all material governmental, shareholder and third party consents and approvals necessary (or any other material consents as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Section 4.13 and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken by any Person that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose any material adverse conditions on any of the Credit Parties or such other transactions or that could seek or threaten any of the foregoing, and no law or regulation shall be applicable which in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent could reasonably be expected to have such effect.

 

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(b)           The Incremental Lenders shall be included in any determination of the Required Lenders and the Incremental Lenders will not constitute a separate voting class for any purposes under this Agreement.

 

(c)           On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Revolving Credit Increase becomes effective, subject to the foregoing terms and conditions, each Incremental Lender with an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall become a Revolving Credit Lender hereunder with respect to such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

SECTION 4.14.          Cash Collateral . At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Lender and/or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount.

 

(a)           Grant of Security Interest . The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations and Swingline Loans, to be applied pursuant to subsection (b) below. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

 

(b)           Application . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Section 4.14 or Section 4.15 in respect of Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations and Swingline Loans (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

 

(c)           Termination of Requirement . Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce the Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Lender and/or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.14 following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to Section 4.15 , the Person providing Cash Collateral, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations; and provided further that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by the Borrower, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to the security interest granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 

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SECTION 4.15.          Defaulting Lenders .

 

(a)           Defaulting Lender Adjustments . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:

 

(i)           Waivers and Amendments . Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders.

 

(ii)          Defaulting Lender Waterfall . Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.4 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender hereunder; third , to Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 4.14 ; fourth , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan or funded participation in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (A) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans and funded participations under this Agreement and (B) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lender’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 4.14 ; sixth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh , so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (1) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or funded participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (2) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and funded participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or funded participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Obligations and Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Revolving Credit Commitments under the applicable Revolving Credit Facility without giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv) . Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.15(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

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(iii)         Certain Fees .

 

(A)          For Commitment Fees: No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

 

(B)          Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive letter of credit commissions pursuant to Section 3.3 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 4.14 .

 

(C)          With respect to any letter of credit commission not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (1) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations or Swingline Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (2) pay to each Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Lender’s or Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (3) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

 

(iv)         Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure . All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations and Swingline Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

 

(v)          Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans . If the reallocation described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x) first , repay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lenders’ Fronting Exposure and (y) second , Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lender’s Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.14 .

 

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(b)           Defaulting Lender Cure . If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments under the applicable Facility (without giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv) , whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

(c)           New Swingline Loans/Letters of Credit . So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loan and (ii) no Issuing Lender shall be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

 

ARTICLE V

 

CONDITIONS OF SIGNING AND BORROWING

 

SECTION 5.1.           Conditions to Signing . The obligation of the Lenders to execute this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)           Executed Loan Documents . This Agreement and the Security Documents, together with any other applicable Loan Documents, shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent by the parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and no Default or Event of Default shall exist hereunder or thereunder.

 

(b)           Certificates; Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

(i)           Officer’s Certificate . A certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that (A) all representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true, correct and complete; (B) none of the Credit Parties is in violation of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (C) after giving effect to the Transactions, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (D) since December 31, 2011, no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (E)  each of the Credit Parties, as applicable, has satisfied each of the conditions set forth in Section 5.1 and Section 5.2 (other than clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f) of Section 5.2 ).

 

(ii)          Certificate of Secretary of each Credit Party . A certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Credit Party certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each officer of such Credit Party executing Loan Documents to which it is a party and certifying that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of (A) the articles or certificate of incorporation or formation of such Credit Party and all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, (B) the bylaws or other governing document of such Credit Party as in effect on the Signing Date, (C) resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or other governing body) of such Credit Party authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (D) each certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(iii) .

 

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(iii)         Certificates of Good Standing . Certificates as of a recent date of the good standing of each Credit Party under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, each other jurisdiction where such Credit Party is qualified to do business and, to the extent available, a certificate of the relevant taxing authorities of such jurisdictions certifying that such Credit Party has filed required tax returns and owes no delinquent taxes.

 

(iv)         Opinions of Counsel . Favorable opinions of counsel to the Credit Parties addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Credit Parties, the Loan Documents and such other matters as the Lenders shall request (which such opinions shall expressly permit reliance by permitted successors and assigns of the addressees thereof).

 

(c)           Personal Property Collateral .

 

(i)           Filings and Recordings . The Administrative Agent shall have received all filings and recordations that are necessary to perfect the security interests of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that upon such filings and recordations such security interests constitute valid and perfected first priority Liens thereon.

 

(ii)          Reserved .

 

(iii)         Lien Search . The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a Lien search (including a search as to judgments, pending litigation, bankruptcy, tax and intellectual property matters), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory thereto, made against the Credit Parties under the UCC (or applicable judicial docket) as in effect in each jurisdiction in which filings or recordations under the UCC should be made to evidence or perfect security interests in all assets of such Credit Party, indicating among other things that the assets of each such Credit Party are free and clear of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens).

 

(iv)         Hazard and Liability Insurance . The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of policies of property hazard, business interruption and liability insurance, such policies to be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, evidence of payment of all insurance premiums for the current policy year of each (with appropriate endorsements naming the Collateral Agent as lender’s loss payee (and mortgagee, as applicable) on all policies for property hazard insurance and as additional insured on all policies for liability insurance, and if requested by the Administrative Agent, copies of such insurance policies .

 

(d)           Matters Relating to Flood Hazard Properties . The Administrative Agent shall have received a standard flood hazard determination form as developed by FEMA for each parcel of improved real property subject to a Mortgage.

 

(e)           Flood Insurance . With respect to any parcel of real property improved by anything other than gas or liquid storage tanks that are principally above ground and that is located in a special flood hazard area as identified by FEMA, the Administrative Agent shall have received a policy of flood insurance that (i) covers such parcel that is encumbered by a Mortgage, (ii) is written in an amount not less than the portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Mortgage that is reasonably allocable to the improvements (other than above-ground gas or liquid storage tanks) located on such real property or the maximum limit of coverage made available with respect to the particular type of property under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, whichever is less, and (iii) has a policy period ending not earlier than the latest maturity of the Indebtedness secured by such Mortgage.

 

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(f)           Environmental Assessments . The Administrative Agent shall have received any Phase I environmental assessments or other environmental reports in the custody or control of the Borrower regarding any parcel of real property subject to a Mortgage by an environmental engineering firm acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

(g)           Consents; Defaults . No action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or legislation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any Governmental Authority to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, or which is related to or arises out of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or which, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable determination, would make it inadvisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(h)           Financial Matters .

 

(i)           Financial Statements . The Administrative Agent shall have received (A) an audited Consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of MHGCI and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and the related audited Consolidated and consolidating statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended and (B) an unaudited Consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of MHGCI and its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2012 and related unaudited Consolidated and consolidating interim statements of income and retained earnings.

 

(ii)          Financial Projections . The Administrative Agent shall have received pro forma Consolidated financial statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, operating budget and projections prepared by management of the Borrower, including balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements on a quarterly basis for the first year following the Signing Date and on an annual basis for each year thereafter during the term of the Credit Facility, which shall not be materially inconsistent with any financial information or projections previously delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

(iii)         Financial Condition/Solvency Certificate . The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and certified as accurate by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, that (A) after giving effect to the Transactions, each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof is each Solvent, (B) attached thereto are calculations evidencing compliance on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Transactions with the covenants contained in Section 8.15 and (C) the financial projections previously delivered to the Administrative Agent represent the good faith estimates (utilizing reasonable assumptions) of the financial condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

(iv)         Reserved .

 

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(v)          Payment at Signing . The Borrower shall have paid (A) to the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders the fees set forth or referenced in Section 4.3 and to the extent invoiced, any other accrued and unpaid fees or commissions due hereunder, (B) all invoiced fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the extent accrued and unpaid prior to or on the Signing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings ( provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) and (C) to any other Person, to the extent invoiced, such reasonable amount as may be due thereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including all taxes, fees and other charges in connection with the execution, delivery, recording, filing and registration of any of the Loan Documents.

 

(i)           Miscellaneous.

 

(i)           Notice of Account Designation. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Account Designation specifying the account or accounts to which the proceeds of any Loans made on or after the Effective Date are to be disbursed.

 

(ii)          Existing Indebtedness . Except for any amounts outstanding under the Existing Revolving Credit Facility or any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 8.1 , all existing Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be repaid in full and terminated and all collateral security therefor shall be released, and the Administrative Agent shall have received pay-off letters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it evidencing such repayment, termination and release. Any existing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 8.1 shall be on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(iii)         TGC Notes . The Borrower shall have received at least $100,000,000 in gross cash proceeds from the issuance of the TGC Notes.

 

(iv)         Funds Flow Memorandum . The Administrative Agent shall have received a memorandum summarizing the sources and uses of funds from the borrowings under the HGC Credit Agreement and in connection with the TGC Notes.

 

(v)          PATRIOT Act . The Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent in order to comply with requirements of the PATRIOT Act.

 

(vi)         Other Documents . All opinions, certificates and other instruments and all proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all other documents, certificates and instruments reasonably requested thereby, with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3 , for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.1 , the Administrative Agent and each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Signing Date specifying its objection thereto.

 

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SECTION 5.2.           Conditions to All Extensions of Credit . The obligations of the Lenders to make or participate in any Extensions of Credit, convert or continue any Loan and/or the Issuing Lender to issue or extend any Letter of Credit are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant borrowing, continuation, conversion, issuance or extension date:

 

(a)           Continuation of Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties contained in Article VI shall be true and correct in all material respects, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of such borrowing, continuation, conversion, issuance or extension date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date, (except for any such representation and warranty that by its terms is made only as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall remain true and correct in all material respects, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date.

 

(b)           No Existing Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) on the borrowing, continuation or conversion date with respect to such Loan or after giving effect to the Loans to be made, continued or converted on such date or (ii) on the issuance or extension date with respect to such Letter of Credit or after giving effect to the issuance or extension of such Letter of Credit on such date.

 

(c)           Notices . The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as applicable, from the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.3(a) or Section 4.2, as applicable.

 

(d)           Governmental and Third Party Approvals . The Credit Parties shall have received all material governmental, shareholder and third party consents and approvals necessary (or any other material consents as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the other transactions contemplated hereby and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken by any Person that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose any material adverse conditions on any of the Credit Parties or such other transactions or that could seek or threaten any of the foregoing, and no law or regulation shall be applicable which in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent could reasonably be expected to have such effect.

 

(e)           Existing Revolving Credit Facility . The Existing Revolving Credit Facility shall be repaid in full and terminated, and the Administrative Agent shall have received pay-off letters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it evidencing such repayment, termination and release.

 

(f)           Effective Date . The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it that Effective Date shall have occurred.

 

(g)           Additional Documents . The Administrative Agent shall have received each additional document, instrument, legal opinion or other item reasonably requested by it.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES

 

To induce the Administrative Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make Extensions of Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder, which representations and warranties shall be deemed made on the Signing Date and as otherwise set forth in Section 5.2 , that:

 

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SECTION 6.1.           Organization; Power; Qualification . Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, (b) has the power and authority to own its Properties and to carry on its business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and (c) is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its Properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The jurisdictions in which each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof are organized and qualified to do business as of the Signing Date are described on Schedule 6.1 .

 

SECTION 6.2.           Ownership . Each Subsidiary of each Credit Party as of the Signing Date is listed on Schedule 6.2 . As of the Signing Date, the capitalization of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries consists of the number of shares, authorized, issued and outstanding, of such classes and series, with or without par value, described on Schedule 6.2 . All outstanding shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights, except as described in Schedule 6.2 . The shareholders or other owners, as applicable, of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries and the number of shares owned by each as of the Signing Date are described on Schedule 6.2 . As of the Signing Date, there are no outstanding stock purchase warrants, subscriptions, options, securities, instruments or other rights of any type or nature whatsoever, which are convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise provide for or require the issuance of Capital Stock of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, except as described on Schedule 6.2 . All Capital Stock of the Borrower has been offered and sold in compliance with all federal and state securities laws and all other requirements of Applicable Law, except where any failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 6.3.           Authorization Enforceability . Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof that is a party thereto, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof that is a party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.

 

SECTION 6.4.           Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof of the Loan Documents to which each such Person is a party, in accordance with their respective terms, the Extensions of Credit hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (a) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof where the failure to obtain such Governmental Approval or such violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to such Person, which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person other than Permitted Liens or (e) require any consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act in respect of, an arbitrator or Governmental Authority and no consent of any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 6.5.           Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals . Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) has all Governmental Approvals required by any Applicable Law for it to conduct its business, each of which is in full force and effect, is final and not subject to review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to its knowledge, threatened attack by direct or collateral proceeding, (b) is in compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance with all other Applicable Laws relating to it or any of its respective properties and (c) has timely filed all material reports, documents and other materials required to be filed by it under all Applicable Laws with any Governmental Authority and has retained all material records and documents required to be retained by it under Applicable Law except in each case (a), (b) or (c) where the failure to have, comply or file could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 6.6.           Tax Returns and Payments . Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has duly filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and other tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed, and has paid, or made adequate provision for the payment of, all federal, state, local and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it and its property, income, profits and assets which are due and payable (other than any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of the relevant Credit Party), except where the failure to file such tax returns or pay such taxes could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such returns accurately reflect in all material respects all liability for taxes of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof for the periods covered thereby, except where the failure to accurately reflect such liability for taxes could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.6, there is no material ongoing audit or examination or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, other investigation by any Governmental Authority of the tax liability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof. No Governmental Authority has asserted any Lien or other claim against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof with respect to unpaid taxes which has not been discharged or resolved (other than (a) any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of the relevant Credit Party and (b) Permitted Liens). The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof in respect of federal, state, local and other taxes for all Fiscal Years and portions thereof since the organization of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof are in the judgment of HGC and the Borrower adequate, and the Borrower does not anticipate any additional taxes or assessments for any of such years.

 

SECTION 6.7.           Capital Structure . The Sponsor owns and controls more than 50% of the economic and voting interests in HGC. HGC owns 100% of outstanding equity interests of the Borrower.

 

SECTION 6.8.           Environmental Matters . Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)           Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof and their respective properties and operations are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, Environmental Laws;

 

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(b)           Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of to or from any of the properties owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary in violation of, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, in a manner or to a location which could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws;

 

(c)           There are no Environmental Claims pending, or to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or with respect to any of their respective properties or operations, nor are there any administrative or judicial decrees or orders outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to any Credit Party, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or operations; and

 

(d)           There has been no release, or to the Borrower’s knowledge, threat of release, of Hazardous Materials at or from properties owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, or by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary at any other location, now or in the past, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws.

 

SECTION 6.9.           Employee Benefit Matters .

 

(a)           As of the Signing Date, no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary maintains or contributes to, or has any obligation under, any Employee Benefit Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code other than those identified on Schedule 6.9 ;

 

(b)           Each Credit Party and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans except for any required amendments for which the remedial amendment period as defined in Section 401(b) of the Code has not yet expired and except where a failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified, and each trust related to such plan has been determined to be exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code except for such plans that have not yet received determination letters but for which the remedial amendment period for submitting a determination letter has not yet expired and except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No liability has been incurred by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied for any taxes or penalties assessed with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any Multiemployer Plan except for a liability that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)           As of the Signing Date and except as could not reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Credit Party in an amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, no Pension Plan has been terminated, nor has any Pension Plan become subject to funding based benefit restrictions under Section 436 of the Code, nor has any funding waiver from the IRS been received or requested with respect to any Pension Plan, nor has any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate failed to make any contributions or to pay any amounts due and owing as required by Sections 412 or 430 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any Pension Plan prior to the due dates of such contributions under Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, nor has there been any event requiring any disclosure under Section 4041(c)(3)(C) or 4063(a) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan;

 

(d)           Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has: (i) engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of the ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, (ii) incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums and there are no premium payments which are due and unpaid, (iii) failed to make a required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan, or (iv) failed to make a required installment or other required payment under Sections 412 or 430 of the Code;

 

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(e)           No Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;

 

(f)           Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct in all material respects could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no proceeding, claim (other than a benefits claim in the ordinary course of business), lawsuit and/or investigation is existing or, to the best of the knowledge of the Borrower after due inquiry, threatened concerning or involving (i) any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) currently maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, (ii) any Pension Plan or (iii) any Multiemployer Plan.

 

SECTION 6.10.            Margin Stock .  No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is engaged principally or as one of its activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” (as each such term is defined or used, directly or indirectly, in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit will be used for purchasing or carrying margin stock or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of such Board of Governors. Following the application of the proceeds of each Extension of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 8.2 or Section 8.5 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness in excess of the Threshold Amount will be “margin stock”. If requested by any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U 1 referred to in Regulation U.

 

SECTION 6.11.            Government Regulation .  No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” (as each such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) and no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is, or after giving effect to any Extension of Credit will be, subject to regulation under the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, the Federal Power Act, as amended, any state public utilities code or any other Applicable Law which limits its ability to incur or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except that the incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder is subject to the approval of the Hawaii Public Utility Commission.

 

SECTION 6.12.            Material Contracts .   Schedule 6.12 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof in effect as of the Signing Date. Other than as set forth in Schedule 6 .12 , each such Material Contract is, and after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will be, in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof. To the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has delivered to the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of each Material Contract required to be listed on Schedule 6.12 or any other Schedule hereto. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof (nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any other party thereto) is in breach of or in default under any Material Contract in any material respect.

 

SECTION 6.13.            Employee Relations .  No Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is party to any collective bargaining agreement or has any labor union been recognized as the representative of its employees except as set forth on Schedule 6.13 . The Borrower knows of no pending, threatened or contemplated strikes, work stoppage or other collective labor disputes involving its employees or those of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  

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SECTION 6.14.            Burdensome Provisions .  The Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries do not presently anticipate that future expenditures needed to meet the provisions of any statutes, orders, rules or regulations of a Governmental Authority will be so burdensome as to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Subsidiary is party to any agreement or instrument or otherwise subject to any restriction or encumbrance that restricts or limits its ability to make dividend payments or other distributions in respect of its Capital Stock to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or to transfer any of its assets or properties to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary in each case other than existing under or by reason of the Loan Documents or Applicable Law.

 

SECTION 6.15.            Financial Statements .  The audited and unaudited financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(h)(i) are complete and correct and fairly present on a Consolidated basis the assets, liabilities and financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates, and the results of the operations and changes of financial position for the periods then ended (other than customary year-end adjustments for unaudited financial statements). All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. Such financial statements show all material indebtedness and other material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including material liabilities for taxes, material commitments, and Indebtedness, in each case, to the extent required to be disclosed under GAAP. The projections delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(h)(ii) were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions are believed to be reasonable in light of then existing conditions except that such financial projections and statements shall be subject to normal year end closing and audit adjustments.

 

SECTION 6.16.            No Material Adverse Change .  Since December 31, 2011, there has been no material adverse change in the properties, business, operations, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 6.17.            Solvency .  Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof is Solvent.

 

SECTION 6.18.            Titles to Properties .  As of the Signing Date, the real property listed on Schedule 6.18 constitutes all of the real property that is owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof has such title to the real property owned or leased by it as is necessary or desirable to the conduct of its business and valid and legal title to all of its personal property and assets, except those which have been disposed of by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries subsequent to such date which dispositions have been in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder.

 

SECTION 6.19.            Litigation .  There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or relating to any of their respective properties or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 6.20.            OFAC .  No Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is an “enemy” or an “ally of the enemy” within the meaning of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.), as amended, (ii) is in violation of (A) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, (B) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto or (C) the PATRIOT Act, (iii) is a Sanctioned Person, (ii) has more than 10% of its assets in Sanctioned Countries, or (iii) derives more than 10% of its operating income from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Countries. No part of the proceeds of any Extension of Credit hereunder will be used directly or indirectly to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country.

 

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SECTION 6.21.            Absence of Defaults .  No event has occurred or is continuing (a) which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, or (b) which constitutes, or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute, a default or event of default by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof under any Material Contract or judgment, decree or order to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is a party or by which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound or which would require any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to make any payment thereunder prior to the scheduled maturity date therefore that, in any case under this clause (b), could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 6.22.            Senior Indebtedness Status .  The Obligations and Secured Obligations of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents ranks and shall continue to rank at least senior in priority of payment to all Subordinated Indebtedness and all senior unsecured Indebtedness of each such Person and is designated as “Senior Indebtedness” under all instruments and documents, now or in the future, relating to all Subordinated Indebtedness and all senior unsecured Indebtedness of such Person.

 

SECTION 6.23.            Investment Bankers’ and Similar Fees .  No Credit Party has any obligation to any Person in respect of any finders’, brokers’, investment banking or other similar fee in connection with any of the Transactions, except in connection with the issuance of the TGC Notes.

 

SECTION 6.24.            Disclosure .  The Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries have disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which the Borrower and any Subsidiary thereof are subject, and all other matters known to them, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No financial statement, material report, material certificate or other material information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken together as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material 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, pro forma financial information, estimated financial information and other projected or estimated information, such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

 

SECTION 6.25.            Bank Accounts and Securities Accounts .   Schedule 6.25 sets forth a true and complete listing of all bank accounts and securities accounts maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Signing Date.

 

SECTION 6.26.            Agreements with Affiliates .  Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.26 , no Credit Party has entered into and, as of the Signing Date does not contemplate entering into, any material agreement or contract with any Affiliate of such Person except upon terms at least as favorable to the Credit Parties as an arms-length transaction with unaffiliated Persons, based on the totality of the circumstances.

 

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SECTION 6.27.            Existing Indebtedness; Existing Liens .

 

(a)           Schedule 6.27(a) sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of each of the Credit Parties as of the date of this Agreement. None of the Credit Parties is in default, and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any of their Indebtedness, and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of any Credit Party that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

 

(b)           Schedule 6.27 (b) sets forth a complete and correct list of all Liens on or in the Property of each Credit Party (other than Permitted Liens). Each Credit Party has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien other than Permitted Liens.

 

SECTION 6.28.            Policies of Insurance .   Schedule 6.28 sets forth a true and complete listing of all insurance maintained by each Credit Party as of the Signing Date. Such insurance has not been terminated and is in full force and effect, and each Credit Party has taken all action required to be taken as of the date of this Agreement to keep unimpaired its rights thereunder in all material respects. The Properties of each Credit Party are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties.

 

SECTION 6.29.            No Agreements to Sell Assets; Etc.   No Credit Party has any legal obligation, absolute or contingent, to any Person to sell the assets of the Borrower, or to effect any merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Borrower or to enter into any agreement with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 6.30.            Creation, Perfection and Priority of Liens . As of the Signing Date, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by each Credit Party, together with UCC financing statements and, to the extent relevant, any documents to be filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in proper form for filing have been delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing and recording, and the recording of any mortgages or deeds of trust delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording (but not yet recorded), are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties, as security for the Secured Obligations, a valid and perfected first priority Lien on all of the Collateral (subject only to Permitted Liens).

 

ARTICLE VII

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired or been Cash Collateralized and the Commitments terminated, the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:

 

SECTION 7.1.            Financial Statements and Budgets . Deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):

  

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(a)           Annual Financial Statements . As soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2012), an audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and audited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows and a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such financial statements for the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the year. Such annual financial statements shall be audited by KPMG LLP or an independent certified public accounting firm of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by a report and opinion thereon by such certified public accountants prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards that is not subject to any “going concern” or similar qualification or exception or any qualification as to the scope of such audit or with respect to accounting principles followed by the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries not in accordance with GAAP.

 

(b)           Quarterly Financial Statements . As soon as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2012), an unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and unaudited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows and a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such financial statements for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the period, and certified by a Responsible Officer of MHGCI (as applicable) or the Borrower to present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of their respective dates and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods then ended, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided that through the end of the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2012, the foregoing requirements of this Section 6.1(b) may be satisfied with the delivery of such Consolidated and consolidating financial statements of MHGCI.

 

(c)           Annual Business Plan and Budget . As soon as practicable and in any event within 60 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a business plan and operating and capital budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the ensuing 12 fiscal quarters, such plan to be prepared in accordance with GAAP and to include, on a quarterly basis, the following: a quarterly operating and capital budget, a projected income statement, statement of cash flows and balance sheet, calculations demonstrating projected compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.15 and a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such budget with a reasonable disclosure of the key assumptions and drivers with respect to such budget, accompanied by a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that such budget contains good faith estimates (utilizing assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of delivery of such budget) of the financial condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.

 

SECTION 7.2.            Certificates; Other Reports . Deliver to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):

 

(a)           at each time financial statements are delivered pursuant to Sections 7.1(a) or (b) and at such other times as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, a duly completed Officer’s Compliance Certificate and a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such financial statements;

  

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(b)           promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all reports, if any , submitted to any Credit Party, any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective boards of directors by their respective independent public accountants in connection with their auditing function, including, without limitation, any management report and any management responses thereto;

 

(c)           promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any holder of Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in excess of the Threshold Amount pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement;

 

(d)           promptly after the assertion or occurrence thereof, notice of any Environmental Claim against, or of any noncompliance with any Environmental Law by or any liability under any Environmental Law of, any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof that could (i) reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) cause any Property described in the Mortgages to be subject to any material restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or transferability under any Environmental Law;

 

(e)           promptly upon the request thereof, such other information and documentation required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act), as from time to time reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; and

 

(f)           such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

 

The Borrower shall provide electronic copies of the Officer’s Compliance Certificates required by Section 7.2 to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Officer’s Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

 

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “ Borrower Materials ”) by posting the Borrower Materials on SyndTrak Online or another similar electronic system (the “ Platform ”).

 

SECTION 7.3.            Notice of Litigation and Other Matters . Promptly (but in no event later than 10 days after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party obtains knowledge thereof) notify the Administrative Agent in writing of (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):

 

(a)           the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

 

(b)           the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or before any Governmental Authority and all actions and proceedings before any arbitrator against or involving any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses in each case that if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)           any notice of any violation received by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof from any Governmental Authority including, without limitation, any notice of violation of Environmental Laws which in any such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(d)           any labor controversy that has resulted in a strike or other work action against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof;

 

(e)           any attachment, judgment, lien, levy or order exceeding the Threshold Amount that may be assessed against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof;

 

(f)           any event which constitutes or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute a default or event of default under any Material Contract to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(g)           (i) any unfavorable determination letter from the IRS regarding the qualification of an Employee Benefit Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code (along with a copy thereof), (ii) all notices received by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC’s intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Pension Plan, (iii) all notices received by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA and (iv) the Borrower obtaining knowledge or reason to know that any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has filed or intends to file a notice of intent to terminate any Pension Plan under a distress termination within the meaning of Section 4041(c) of ERISA; and

 

(h)           any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Article VI that is subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications inaccurate in any respect or any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Article VI that is not subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications inaccurate in any material respect.

 

Each notice pursuant to Section 7.3 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.3(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

 

SECTION 7.4.            Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters . Except as permitted by Section 8.4 , preserve and maintain its separate corporate existence and all rights, franchises, licenses and privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature and scope of its activities require it to so qualify under Applicable Law in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 7.5.            Maintenance of Property and Licenses .

 

(a)           In addition to the requirements of any of the Security Documents, protect and preserve all Properties necessary in and material to its business, including copyrights, patents, trade names, service marks and trademarks; maintain in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all buildings, equipment and other tangible real and personal property; and from time to time make or cause to be made all repairs, renewals and replacements thereof and additions to such Property necessary for the conduct of its business, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be conducted in a commercially reasonable manner, in each case except as such action or inaction would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)           Maintain, in full force and effect in all material respects, each and every material license, permit, certification, qualification, approval or franchise issued by any Governmental Authority required for each of them to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 7.6.            Insurance .  Maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against at least such risks and in at least such amounts as are customarily maintained by similar businesses and as may be required by Applicable Law and as are required by any Security Documents (including, without limitation, hazard and business interruption insurance). All such insurance shall, (a) provide that no cancellation thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days (or 10 days in the case of nonpayment of premium) after receipt by the Collateral Agent of written notice thereof, (b) name the Collateral Agent as an additional insured party thereunder and (c) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, name the Collateral Agent as lender’s loss payee. On the Signing Date and from time to time thereafter deliver to the Collateral Agent (a) upon its request information in reasonable detail as to the insurance then in effect, stating the names of the insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the insurance, the dates of the expiration thereof and the properties and risks covered thereby and (b) prompt notice of any material modification to the insurance policies required to be maintained hereunder.

 

SECTION 7.7.            Accounting Methods and Financial Records .  Maintain a system of accounting, and keep proper books, records and accounts (which shall be true and complete in all material respects) as may be required or as may be necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and in compliance with the regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or any of its Properties.

 

SECTION 7.8.            Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations .  Pay and perform (a) all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that may be levied or assessed upon it or any of its Property and (b) all other indebtedness, obligations and liabilities in accordance with customary trade practices; provided , that the Borrower or such Subsidiary may contest any item described in clause (a) of this Section in good faith so long as adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, except where the failure to pay or perform such items described in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 7.9.            Compliance with Laws and Approvals .  Observe and remain in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case applicable to the conduct of its business except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 7.10.          Environmental Laws .  In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 7.9, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) comply and ensure all tenants and subtenants, if any, comply with all Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants, if any, obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by any Environmental Laws, (b) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws, and (c) except as being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, promptly comply with all orders and directives of any Governmental Authority regarding Environmental Laws.

 

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SECTION 7.11.          Compliance with ERISA .  In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 7.9 , (a) except where the failure to so comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) comply with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans, (ii) not take any action or fail to take action the result of which could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to the PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan, and (b) furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the Administrative Agent’s request such additional information about any Employee Benefit Plan as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 7.12.          Compliance with Agreements .  Comply in all respects with each term, condition and provision of all leases, agreements and other instruments entered into in the conduct of its business including, without limitation, any Material Contract, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 7.13.          Visits and Inspections .  Permit representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, from time to time upon prior reasonable notice and at such times during normal business hours, all at the expense of the Borrower, to visit and inspect its properties; inspect, audit and make extracts from its books, records and files, including, but not limited to, management letters prepared by independent accountants; and discuss with its principal officers, and its independent accountants, its business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects; provided that excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than once during any calendar year at the Borrower’s expense; provided further that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours without advance notice.

 

SECTION 7.14.            Additional Subsidiaries and Real Property .

 

(a)           Additional Subsidiaries . Form or acquire direct or indirect Subsidiaries only which are in the same business as the Borrower. At the Borrower’s own expense, promptly, and in any event within 10 Business Days after the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower after the date hereof, (i) notify the Administrative Agent of such event, (ii) amend the Security Documents as appropriate in light of such event to pledge to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties 100% of the Equity Securities of each Person which becomes a Subsidiary and execute and deliver all documents or instruments required thereunder or appropriate to perfect the security interest created thereby, (iii) deliver to the Collateral Agent all stock certificates and other instruments added to the Collateral thereby free and clear of all Liens, accompanied by undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer executed in blank, (iv) cause each such Person that becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary after the date hereof to execute a Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, (v) cause each document (including each UCC financing statement and each filing with respect to intellectual property owned by each such Person that becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower after the date hereof) required by law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid, legal and perfected first-priority security interest in and lien on the Collateral subject to the Security Documents to be so filed, registered or recorded and evidence thereof delivered to the Administrative Agent (provided that no filing shall be required with respect to intellectual property if the Administrative Agent determines that such property is not material to the business of such Subsidiary), and (vi) deliver an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to each such Person and the matters set forth in this section.

 

(b)           Real Property Collateral . Notify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after the acquisition of any owned real property by any Credit Party that is not subject to the existing Security Documents, and within 60 days of such acquisition, deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, title insurance policies, environmental reports, surveys and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with granting and perfecting a first priority Lien, other than Permitted Liens, on such real property in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, all in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

  

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(c)           Exclusions . The provisions of this Section 7.14 shall not apply to assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall reasonably determine that the costs and burdens of obtaining a security interest therein or perfection thereof outweigh the value of the security afforded thereby.

 

SECTION 7.15.            Use of Proceeds .  (a) The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit (i) to refinance the existing $10 million working capital facility of the Borrower, (ii) for the acquisition of Capital Assets and (iii) for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the payment of certain fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions and this Agreement. (b) The Borrower shall use the proceeds of any Incremental Revolving Credit Increase as permitted pursuant to Section 4.13 , as applicable.

 

SECTION 7.16.            Reserved .

 

SECTION 7.17.            Corporate Governance .  (a) Maintain entity records and books of account separate from those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity, (b) not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity (except pursuant to cash management systems reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and (c) provide that its board of directors (or equivalent governing body) will hold all appropriate meetings to authorize and approve such entity’s actions, which meetings will be separate from those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity.

 

SECTION 7.18.            Further Assurances .  Maintain the security interest created by the Security Documents in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement, subject to the rights of the Credit Parties to dispose of the Collateral pursuant to the Loan Documents; and make, execute and deliver all such additional and further acts, things, deeds, instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably require for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of renewing the rights of the Lender Parties with respect to the Collateral as to which the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, has a perfected Lien pursuant hereto or thereto, including, without limitation, filing any financing or continuation statements under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby or by the other Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 7.19.            Post Signing Matters . On or prior to the earlier of (i) October 8, 2012 and (ii) the date of the first Extension of Credit, the Borrower shall (at the sole cost and expense of the Company) deliver to the Administrative Agent:

 

(a)           Mortgages . A duly executed copy of the Mortgage(s) relating to the real property specified on Schedule 6.18 which shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect.

 

(b)           Title Insurance . A marked-up commitment for a policy of title insurance (including, such endorsements as are requested by the Administrative Agent), insuring each Mortgage and showing no prior Liens other than Liens permitted to be prior pursuant to Section 8.2, issued by First American Title Insurance Company or Title Guaranty with the final title insurance policy (or policies) being delivered by the applicable title company promptly thereafter. Further, the Borrower agrees to provide or obtain any customary affidavits and indemnities as may be required or necessary to obtain title insurance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(c)           Title Exceptions . Copies of all recorded documents creating exceptions to the title policy referred to in Section 7.19(b).

 

(d)           Surveys . A copy of an as-built survey dated not more than 30 days prior to the date of the Signing Date of each parcel of real property subject to a Mortgage certified by a registered engineer or land surveyor. Each such survey shall be accompanied by an affidavit of an authorized signatory of the owner of such property stating that there have been no improvements or encroachments to the property since the date of the respective survey such that the existing survey is no longer accurate. Such survey shall be prepared to ALTA/ACSM standards and shall show the area of such property, all boundaries of the land with courses and distances indicated, including chord bearings and arc and chord distances for all curves, and shall show dimensions and locations of all easements, private drives, roadways, and other facts materially affecting such property, and shall show such other details as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, including, without limitation, any encroachment (and the extent thereof in feet and inches) onto the property or by any of the improvements on the property upon adjoining land or upon any easement burdening the property; any improvements, to the extent constructed, and the relation of the improvements to any required setbacks and if improvements are existing, the locations of all utilities serving the improvements.

 

(e)           Opinion(s) of Counsel . Opinion(s) in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, dated the date of the Mortgage(s) from Morihara Lau & Fong LLP and/or other special Hawaii counsel for the Company reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, covering such matters incident to the items referenced in this Section 7.19 as the Administrative Agent or special counsel to the Lenders may reasonably request (and the Borrower hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion(s) to the Lenders).

 

ARTICLE VIII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent, indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired or been Cash Collateralized and the Commitments terminated, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to.

 

SECTION 8.1.            Indebtedness .  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:

 

(a)           the Obligations and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (ii) the final maturity date and weighted average life of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall not be prior to or shorter than that applicable to the Indebtedness prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension; provided, further that upon any refinancing of any outstanding Loans with TGC Notes issued after the date hereof, (i) Revolving Credit Commitments are permitted to be reinstated in an amount equal to the lesser of the principal amount of Loans subject to such refinancing or $50,000,000 and (ii) incremental debt under such TGC Notes up to $50,000,000 will be permitted to be incurred;

 

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(b)           Indebtedness and obligations owing under Hedge Agreements entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks or to secure feedstock or inventory and not for speculative purposes;

 

(c)           Indebtedness existing on the Signing Date and listed on Schedule 6.27(a) , and, other than in the case of the Existing Revolving Credit Facility, any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (ii) the final maturity date and weighted average life of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall not be prior to or shorter than that applicable to the Indebtedness prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and (iii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Subordinated Indebtedness shall be (A) on subordination terms at least as favorable to the Lenders, (B) no more restrictive on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the Subordinated Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended and (C) in an amount not less than the amount outstanding at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension;

 

(d)           Indebtedness incurred in connection with Capital Leases of the Borrower for barges used by the Borrower in the ordinary course of its business to transport its gas;

 

(e)           Indebtedness incurred in connection with the TGC Notes, and, in each case, any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (ii) the final maturity date and weighted average life of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall not be prior to or shorter than that applicable to the Indebtedness prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension;

 

(f)           Indebtedness of the Borrower to HGC if such Indebtedness is contractually subordinate, to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, to the Obligations; provided that payments of principal of and interest on such Indebtedness (i) shall not be permitted to be paid if a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) shall only be funded with Aggregate Cash Available for Distribution;

 

(g)           Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or other similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;

 

(h)           Indebtedness under performance bonds, surety bonds, release, appeal and similar bonds, statutory obligations or with respect to workers’ compensation claims, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, and reimbursement obligations in respect of any of the foregoing; and

 

(i)           unsecured Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding.

 

SECTION 8.2.            Liens .  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

  

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(a)           (i) Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents and (ii) Liens on cash or deposits granted in favor of the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Lender to Cash Collateralize any Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans;

 

(b)           Liens in existence on the Signing Date and described on Schedule 6.27(b) , including Liens incurred in connection with any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 8.1(c) (solely to the extent that such Liens were in existence on the Signing Date and described on Schedule 6.27(b) ); provided that the scope of any such Lien shall not be increased, or otherwise expanded, to cover any additional property or type of asset, as applicable, beyond that in existence on the Signing Date, except for products and proceeds of the foregoing;

 

(c)           Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA) (i) not yet due or as to which the period of grace (not to exceed 30 days), if any, related thereto has not expired or (ii) which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;

 

(d)           the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, processors or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, which (i) are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days, or if more than 30 days overdue, no action has been taken to enforce such Liens and such Liens are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP and (ii) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(e)           deposits or pledges made in the ordinary course of business in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment and health insurance and other types of social security or similar legislation, or to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, in each case, so long as no foreclosure sale or similar proceeding has been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;

 

(f)           encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property or otherwise disclosed by a survey or visual inspection, which in the aggregate are not substantial in amount and which do not, in any case, detract from the value of such property or impair the use thereof in the Borrower’s ordinary conduct of business;

 

(g)           Liens incurred by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the TGC Notes, and, in each case, any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that the scope of any such Lien shall not be increased, or otherwise expanded, to cover any additional property or type of asset, as applicable, beyond that in existence on the Signing Date, except for products and proceeds of the foregoing;

 

(h)           Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; provided that (i) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, and (ii) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; and

 

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(i)           Liens incurred by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, each as required or permitted under this Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.3.            Investments .  Purchase, own, invest in or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions), directly or indirectly, any Capital Stock, interests in any partnership or joint venture (including, without limitation, the creation or capitalization of any Subsidiary), evidence of Indebtedness or other obligation or security, substantially all or a portion of the business or assets of any other Person or any other investment or interest whatsoever in any other Person, or make or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or any investment in cash or by delivery of Property in, any Person (all the foregoing, “ Investments ”) except:

 

(a)           (i) Investments existing on the Signing Date in Subsidiaries existing on the Signing Date, (ii) Investments existing on the Signing Date (other than Investments in Subsidiaries existing on the Signing Date) and described on Schedule 8.3 , and (iii) Investments made after the Signing Date by any Credit Party in any other Credit Party;

 

(b)           Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(c)           Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the form of Capital Expenditures permitted pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(d)           deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of leases or other obligations as permitted by Section 8.2 ;

 

(e)           Hedge Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 8.1 ;

 

(f)           purchases of assets in the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)           Investments in the form of intercompany Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 8.1(f) ;

 

(h)           Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in each other; and

 

(i)           So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any loan or advance of funds by the Borrower (i) to HGC or (ii) pursuant to the Intercompany Loan Agreement, but in each case only to the extent, after giving to such loan or advance of funds, Aggregate Cash Available for Distribution would not be less than $0.

 

For purposes of determining the amount of any Investment outstanding for purposes of this Section 8.3 , such amount shall be deemed to be the amount of such Investment when made, purchased or acquired (without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment) less any amount realized in respect of such Investment upon the sale, collection or return of capital (not to exceed the original amount invested).

 

SECTION 8.4.            Fundamental Changes .  Consolidate with or merge into any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into it, acquire any Person as a new Subsidiary or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person without the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent acting at the direction of the Required Lenders; provided that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may merge into or consolidate with each other if (i) no Default or Event of Default will result after giving effect to any such merger or consolidation and (ii) in any such merger or consolidation, the Borrower is the surviving person.

 

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SECTION 8.5.            Asset Dispositions .  Make any Asset Disposition except:

  

(a)           the sale of obsolete, worn-out or surplus assets no longer used or usable in the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(b)           sales by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of inventory to Persons in the ordinary course of their businesses and the granting of any option or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire inventory in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business or the business of its Subsidiaries;

 

(c)           sales or other dispositions by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of any Property, provided that (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the purchase price paid to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries for such Property shall be no less than the fair market value of such Property as determined in good faith by the Borrower at the time of such sale (provided that details of such determination be made available to the Administrative Agent upon request) and (iii) the aggregate purchase price paid to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries for such Property during the same fiscal year pursuant to this clause (c) shall not exceed $10,000,000; and

 

(d)           sales or other dispositions by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of Investments permitted by Section 8.3(a) of this Agreement for not less than fair market value as determined in good faith by the Borrower at the time of such sale (provided that the details of such determination be made available to the Administrative Agent upon request).

 

SECTION 8.6.            Restricted Payments .  Declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any dividend on, or make any payment or other distribution on account of, or purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire (directly or indirectly), or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, any class of Capital Stock of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or make, directly or indirectly, any distribution of cash, property or assets to the holders of shares of any Capital Stock of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof (all of the foregoing, the “ Restricted Payments ”) provided that:

 

(a)           the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof may pay dividends in shares of its own Qualified Capital Stock;

 

(b)           any Subsidiary of the Borrower may pay cash dividends to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or ratably to all holders of its outstanding Qualified Capital Stock; and

 

(c)           the Borrower may declare and make (and each Subsidiary of the Borrower may declare and make to enable the Borrower to do the same) Restricted Payments to HGC, so that HGC may:

 

(i)           pay corporate operating (including, without limitation, directors fees and expenses) and overhead expenses (including, without limitation, rent, utilities and salary) in the ordinary course of business and fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, appraisers and the like;

 

(ii)          redeem, retire or otherwise acquire shares of its Capital Stock or options or other equity or phantom equity in respect of its Capital Stock from present or former officers, employees, directors or consultants (or their family members or trusts or other entities for the benefit of any of the foregoing) or make severance payments to such Persons in connection with the death, disability or termination of employment or consultancy of any such officer, employee, director or consultant to the extent that such purchase is made with the Net Cash Proceeds of any offering of equity securities of or capital contributions to HGC;

 

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(iii)         make cash payments under the Management Agreement;

 

(iv)         pay cash dividends to holders of its outstanding Qualified Capital Stock; and

 

(v)          (1) make required payments of principal and interest under the HGC Credit Agreement in an amount up to the greater of $5,000,000 during any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters or the Aggregate Cash Available for Distribution or (2) prepay any amount outstanding under the HGC Credit Agreement with Net Cash Proceeds to the extent not applied to the prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(iii) and Section 2.4(b)(iv) of this Agreement or the TGC Notes pursuant to Section 8.7 of the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall only be permitted to make Restricted Payments pursuant to clauses (c)(iii), (c)(iv), and (c)(v)(2) of this Section 8.6 to the extent, after giving to any such Restricted Payment, Aggregate Cash Available for Distribution would not be less than $0; provided that, the Borrower shall be prohibited from making any Restricted Payment pursuant to clauses (c)(iii), (c)(iv) and (c)(v) of this Section 8.6 during the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default.

 

SECTION 8.7.            Transactions with Affiliates .  Directly or indirectly enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with (a) any officer, director, holder of any Capital Stock in, or other Affiliate of, HGC, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any Affiliate of any such officer, director or holder or (c) the Sponsor or any officer, director, holder of any Capital Stock in, or other Affiliate of, the Sponsor, other than:

 

(i)           transactions among the Persons identified in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above that are explicitly permitted by Sections 8.1 , 8.2 , 8.3 , 8.5 , 8.6 and 8.13 ;

 

(ii)          transactions existing on the Signing Date and described on Schedule 6.26 ;

 

(iii)         other transactions in the ordinary course of business on terms as favorable as would be obtained by it on a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an independent, unrelated third party as determined in good faith by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower;

 

(iv)         employment and severance arrangements (including equity incentive plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements) with their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business;

 

(v)          payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities for the benefit of, directors, officers and employees of HGC, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(vi)         payments as contemplated under the Tax Sharing Agreement; and

 

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(vii)        payment to the Sponsor or its designee of (A) fees and indemnities in an amount not to exceed the amount set forth in the Management Agreement and (B) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses; provided that, in either case set forth in the foregoing clauses (A) or (B), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing prior thereto or as result thereof.

 

SECTION 8.8.            Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents .

 

(a)           Change its Fiscal Year end, or make (without the consent of the Administrative Agent) any material change in its accounting treatment and reporting practices except as required by GAAP.

 

(b)           Amend, modify or change its articles of incorporation (or corporate charter or other similar organizational documents) or amend, modify or change its bylaws (or other similar documents) in any manner materially adverse to the rights or interests of the Lenders.

 

SECTION 8.9.            Payments and Modifications of Subordinated Indebtedness .

 

(a)           Amend, modify, waive or supplement (or permit the modification, amendment, waiver or supplement of) any of the terms or provisions of any Subordinated Indebtedness in any respect which would materially and adversely affect the rights or interests of the Administrative Agent and Lenders hereunder.

 

(b)           Cancel, forgive, make any payment or prepayment on, or redeem or acquire for value (including, without limitation, (i) by way of depositing with any trustee with respect thereto money or securities before due for the purpose of paying when due and (ii) at the maturity thereof) any Subordinated Indebtedness, except:

 

(i)           refinancings, refundings, renewals, extensions or exchange of any Subordinated Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(c) and ( f) and by any subordination agreement applicable thereto; and

 

(ii)          the payment of interest, expenses and indemnities in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness incurred under Section 8.1(c) and ( f) (other than any such payments prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof).

 

SECTION 8.10.            No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements .

 

(a)           Enter into, assume or be subject to any agreement prohibiting or otherwise restricting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for such obligation if security is given for some other obligation, except (i) pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) pursuant to the TGC Note Purchase Agreement and the documents related thereto, (iii) pursuant to any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.1(h) ; provided, that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets acquired in connection therewith, (iv) restrictions contained in the organizational documents of any Credit Party as of the Signing Date and (v) restrictions in connection with any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien ( provided , that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien).

  

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(b)           Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, (ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (iv) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or (v) act as a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in respect of any of the matters referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (B) the TGC Note Purchase Agreement and the documents related thereto, (C) Applicable Law, (D) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.1(h) ( provided , that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets acquired in connection therewith), (E) any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien ( provided , that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien), (F) obligations that are binding on a Subsidiary at the time such Subsidiary first becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such obligations are not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (G) customary restrictions contained in an agreement related to the sale of Property (to the extent such sale is permitted pursuant to Section 8.5 ) that limit the transfer of such Property pending the consummation of such sale, (H) customary restrictions in leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted by this Agreement so long as such restrictions relate only to the assets subject thereto and (I) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

SECTION 8.11.            Nature of Business .  Engage or permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than the current business that it or its Subsidiaries is currently engaged in including, but not limited to, the distribution of natural gas, propane and synthetic natural gas including in connection with additional clean and renewable energy alternatives, renewable natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG), and any business activity reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

 

SECTION 8.12.            Amendments of Other Documents .  Amend, modify, waive or supplement (or permit modification, amendment, waiver or supplement of) any of the terms or provisions of the Management Agreement, the Intercompany Loan Agreement or any other Material Contract (other than the TGC Note Purchase Agreement and the documents related thereto), in any respect which would materially and adversely affect the rights or interests of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, in each case, without the prior written consent of Required Lenders.

 

SECTION 8.13.            Sale Leasebacks .  Directly or indirectly become or remain liable as lessee or as guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease, whether an operating lease or a Capital Lease, of any Property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (a) which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof has sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to a Person which is not another Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party or (b) which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other Property that has been sold or is to be sold or transferred by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary to another Person which is not another Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party in connection with such lease.

 

SECTION 8.14.            Reserved .

 

SECTION 8.15.            Financial Covenants .

 

(a)           Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio . As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit the Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated Capitalization Ratio to be greater than 65.0%.

 

(b)           Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio . As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.

 

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SECTION 8.16.            Disposal of Subsidiary Interests .  The Borrower will not permit any Subsidiary to be a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary except (a) as a result of or in connection with a dissolution, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or disposition permitted by Section 8.4 or 8.5 or (b) so long as such Subsidiary continues to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

SECTION 8.17.            Accounts . Maintain bank accounts or securities accounts other than (i) the bank accounts and securities accounts listed in Schedule 6.25 , and (ii) additional bank accounts and securities accounts established after the Signing Date for the working capital needs of the Credit Parties which are subject to control agreements.

 

SECTION 8.18.            Jurisdiction of Formation . Change their jurisdiction of formation except upon not less than 90 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 8.19.            Foreign Assets Control Regulations . Use the proceeds of any Extension of Credit:

 

(i)           to fund any operations of, to finance any investments or activities in, or to make any payments to, any person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control; or

 

(ii)          to fund any operations in, to finance any investments or activities in, or to make any payments to, an agency of the government of a country, an organization controlled by a country, or a person resident in a country that is subject to a sanctions program administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control under 31 C.F.R. Chapter V.

 

ARTICLE IX

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

SECTION 9.1.            Events of Default . Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

(a)           Default in Payment of Principal of Loans and Reimbursement Obligations . The Borrower shall default in any payment of principal of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise).

 

(b)           Other Payment Default . The Borrower or any other Credit Party shall default in the payment when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) of interest on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or the payment of any other Obligation, and such default shall continue for a period of 3 Business Days.

 

(c)           Misrepresentation . Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in this Agreement, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith that is subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any respect when made or deemed made or any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith that is not subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made.

 

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(d)           Default in Performance of Certain Covenants . Any Credit Party shall default in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement contained in Sections 7.4, 7.5(b), 7.9, 7.15 or Article VIII .

 

(e)           Default in Performance of Other Covenants and Conditions . Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than as specifically provided for in this Section) or any other Loan Document and such default shall continue for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (i) the Administrative Agent’s delivery of written notice thereof to the Borrower and (ii) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower having obtained knowledge thereof.

 

(f)           Indebtedness Cross-Default . Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall (i) default in the payment of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation) the aggregate outstanding amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of the Threshold Amount beyond the period of grace if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created, or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (other than the Loans, any Reimbursement Obligation) the aggregate outstanding amount of which Indebtedness is in excess of the Threshold Amount or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving of notice and/or lapse of time, if required, any such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity (any applicable grace period having expired).

 

(g)           Other Cross-Defaults . Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall default in the payment when due, or in the performance or observance, of any obligation or condition of any Material Contract, and in each case, any grace or cure period thereunder shall have expired, unless, but only as long as, the existence of any such default is being contested by such Credit Party or any such Subsidiary in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves in respect thereof have been established on the books of the Borrower or such Credit Party to the extent required by GAAP.

 

(h)           Change in Control . Any Change in Control shall occur.

 

(i)           Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding . Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall (i) commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (ii) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition for adjustment of debts, (iii) consent to or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws or other laws, (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property, domestic or foreign, (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vii) take any corporate action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing.

 

(j)           Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding . A case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or under any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or adjustment of debts, or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like for any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or for all or any substantial part of their respective assets, domestic or foreign, and such case or proceeding shall continue without dismissal or stay for a period of 60 consecutive days, or an order granting the relief requested in such case or proceeding (including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such federal bankruptcy laws) shall be entered.

  

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(k)           Failure of Agreements . Any provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof party thereto or any such Person shall so state in writing, or any Loan Document shall for any reason cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on, or security interest in, any of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, in each case other than in accordance with the express terms hereof or thereof.

 

(l)           ERISA Events . The occurrence of any of the following events: (i) any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to make full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Pension Plan or Section 412 or 430 of the Code, any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as contributions thereto and the resultant liability of any Credit Party is in excess of the Threshold Amount or (ii) a Termination Event.

 

(m)           Judgment . A judgment or order for the payment of money which causes the aggregate amount of all such judgments or orders (net of any amounts paid or fully covered by independent third party insurance as to which the relevant insurance company does not dispute coverage) to exceed the Threshold Amount shall be entered against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof by any court and such judgment or order shall continue without having been discharged, vacated or stayed for a period of 60 consecutive days after the entry thereof.

 

(n)           Abandonment . Except for in the case of force majeure in which case this Section 9.1(n) shall not apply, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries shall abandon its business operations, which abandonment shall be deemed to have occurred if the Borrower or its Subsidiaries fails, without reasonable cause, to conduct business operations in the ordinary course for a continuous period of more than 30 days.

 

(o)           Loss of Governmental Approvals . Any material Governmental Approvals necessary (i) for the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any of the Loan Documents or Material Contracts to which it is a party, or for the performance by any Credit Party of its material rights and obligations under any of the Loan Documents or Material Contracts to which it is a party or (ii) for the ownership, leasing or operation of any material portion of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis) as conducted as of the date hereof, shall be revoked, terminated, withdrawn, suspended or materially modified unless (x) such Governmental Approval is reinstated within 10 days after the occurrence of such event (or such longer period as is necessary to reinstate such Governmental Approval, so long as the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are diligently pursuing such reinstatement and such extension of time does not result or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), or (y) the revocation, termination, withdrawal, suspension or modification of such Governmental Approval does not result in or could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)           Illegality . It becomes unlawful for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents (other than an illegality referred to in Section 4.8 ) and such illegality could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 9.2.            Remedies . Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower:

 

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(a)           Acceleration; Termination of Credit Facility . Terminate the Revolving Credit Commitment and declare the principal of and interest on the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations at the time outstanding, and all other amounts owed to the Lenders and to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all Letter of Credit Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented or shall be entitled to present the documents required thereunder) and all other Obligations, to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Credit Party, anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, and terminate the Credit Facility and any right of the Borrower to request borrowings or Letters of Credit thereunder; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 9.1(i) or (j) , the Credit Facility shall be automatically terminated and all Obligations shall automatically become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Credit Party, anything in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

(b)           Letters of Credit . With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Borrower shall at such time deposit in a Cash Collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such Cash Collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay the other Obligations on a pro rata basis. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, the Reimbursement Obligation shall have been satisfied and all other Obligations shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such Cash Collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower.

 

(c)           General Remedies . Exercise on behalf of the Lender Parties all of its other rights and remedies under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and Applicable Law, in order to satisfy all of the Obligations.

 

SECTION 9.3.            Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc.

 

(a)           The enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in this Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies, all of which shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist at law or in equity or by suit or otherwise. No delay or failure to take action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default. No course of dealing between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or their respective agents or employees shall be effective to change, modify or discharge any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to constitute a waiver of any Event of Default.

 

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(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Credit Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.2 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the Issuing Lender; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.4 (subject to the terms of Section 4.4 ), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Credit Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided , further , that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.2 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

 

SECTION 9.4.            Crediting of Payments and Proceeds . In the event that the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 9.2 or the Administrative Agent or any Lender has exercised any remedy set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, all payments received by the Lenders upon the Secured Obligations and all net proceeds from the enforcement of the Secured Obligations shall be applied:

 

First , to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts, including attorney fees, payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such, the Issuing Lender in its capacity as such and the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such, ratably among the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause First payable to them;

 

Second , to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders under the Loan Documents, including attorney fees, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 

Third , to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

 

Fourth , to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and payment obligations then owing under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, ratably among the Lenders, the Issuing Lender, the Hedge Banks and the Cash Management Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

 

Fifth , to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender, to Cash Collateralize any Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding; and

 

Last , the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Applicable Law.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be. Each Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article X for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.

  

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SECTION 9.5.            Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim . In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or Letter of Credit Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)           to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, Letter of Credit Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent under Sections 4.3 , 4.9 and 11.3 ) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)           to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the Issuing Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 4.3 , 4.9 and 11.3 .

 

SECTION 9.6.            Credit Bidding .

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, shall have the right to credit bid and purchase for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all or any portion of Collateral at any sale thereof conducted by the Administrative Agent under the provisions of the UCC, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC, at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363 thereof, or a sale under a plan of reorganization, or at any other sale or foreclosure conducted by the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

(b)           Each Lender hereby agrees that, except as otherwise provided in any Loan Documents or with the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, it will not take any enforcement action, accelerate obligations under any Loan Documents, or exercise any right that it might otherwise have under applicable law to credit bid at foreclosure sales, UCC sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral.

  

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ARTICLE X

 
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

SECTION 10.1.            Appointment and Authority .

 

(a)           Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Wells Fargo to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, and neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

 

(b)           The Administrative Agent shall also act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacity as a potential Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank) and the Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Credit Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto (including, without limitation, to enter into additional Loan Documents or supplements to existing Loan Documents on behalf of the Lender Parties). In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as Collateral Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Article X for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Articles X and XI (including Section 11.3 , as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 10.2.            Rights as a Lender . The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

SECTION 10.3.            Exculpatory Provisions .

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

 

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(i)           shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(ii)          shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and

 

(iii)         shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

(b)           The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.2 and Section 9.2 ) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the Issuing Lender.

 

(c)           The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 10.4.            Reliance by the Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for HGC and the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

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SECTION 10.5.            Delegation of Duties . The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facility as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

SECTION 10.6.            Resignation of Administrative Agent .The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “ Resignation Effective Date ”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.

 

(a)           With effect from the Resignation Effective Date, (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Issuing Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

 

(b)           Any resignation by Wells Fargo as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender, (b) the retiring Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor Issuing Lender shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangement satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Lender to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit.

   

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SECTION 10.7.            Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders . Each Lender and the Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties 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 and the Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties 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 any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

SECTION 10.8.            No Other Duties, etc.   Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the syndication agents, documentation agents, co-agents, book managers, lead managers, arrangers, lead arrangers or co-arrangers listed on the cover page or signature pages hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Lender hereunder.

 

SECTION 10.9.            Collateral and Guaranty Matters .

 

(a)           Each of the Lenders (including in its or any of its Affiliate’s capacities as a potential Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank) irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion:

 

(i)           to release any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, under any Loan Document (A) upon the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment and payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than (1) contingent indemnification obligations and (2) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank shall have been made) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Lender shall have been made), (B) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (C) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 11.2 ;

 

(ii)          to subordinate any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Permitted Lien; and

 

(iii)         to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under any Loan Documents if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.

  

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Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.9 . In each case as specified in this Section 10.9 , the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Credit Party such documents as such Credit Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Security Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 10.9 . In the case of any such sale, transfer or disposal of any property constituting Collateral in a transaction constituting an Asset Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 8.5 , the Liens created by any of the Security Documents on such property shall be automatically released without need for further action by any person.

 

(b)           The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Credit Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

 

SECTION 10.10.            Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements . No Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 9.4 or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article X to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 10.11.            Intercreditor Agreement .  The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and instructed to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement, and the parties hereto acknowledge that the Intercreditor Agreement is binding upon them. In addition, the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into (i) any amendments to the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) any other intercreditor arrangements in each case to the extent required to give effect to the establishment of intercreditor rights and privileges as contemplated and required by this Agreement.

 

  ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 11.1.            Notices .

 

(a)           Notices Generally . Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in 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 facsimile as follows:

 

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If to the Borrower:

 

The Gas Company, LLC

745 Fort Street

Suite 1800

Honolulu, HI 96813

United States of America
Attention of: Jeffrey M. Kissel, President and Chief Executive Officer          
Telephone No.: (808) 535-5908

Facsimile No.: (808) 535-5943

E-mail: JKissel@hawaiigas.com

 

With copies to:

 

The Gas Company, LLC

745 Fort Street

Suite 1800

Honolulu, HI 96813

United States of America

Attention of: Nathan C. Nelson, General Counsel

Telephone No.: (808) 535-5912

Facsimile No.: (808) 535-5943

E-mail: NNelson@hawaiigas.com

 

If to Wells Fargo as
Administrative
Agent:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard

Mail Code: D1109-019

Charlotte, NC 28262

Attn: Syndication Agency Services

Telephone: 704-590-2706

Facsimile: 704-590-2790

Email:  agencyservices.requests@wellsfargo.com

 

If to any Lender:

 

To the address set forth on the Register

 

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

 

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(b)           Electronic Communications . Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or other communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

 

(c)           Administrative Agent’s Office . The Administrative Agent hereby designates its office located at the address set forth above, or any subsequent office which shall have been specified for such purpose by written notice to the Borrower and Lenders, as the Administrative Agent’s Office referred to herein, to which payments due are to be made and at which Loans will be disbursed and Letters of Credit requested

 

(d)           Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

 

(e)           Platform .

 

(i)           Each Credit Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.

 

(ii)          The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to any Credit Party, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Credit Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform. “ Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Credit Party provides to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform.

   

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SECTION 11.2.            Amendments, Waivers and Consents . Except as set forth below or as specifically provided in any Loan Document, any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be amended or waived by the Lenders, and any consent given by the Lenders, if, but only if, such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and delivered to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of an amendment, signed by the Borrower; provided , that no amendment, waiver or consent shall:

 

(a)           without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, amend, modify or waive (i)  Section 5.2 or any other provision of this Agreement if the effect of such amendment, modification or waiver is to require the Lenders (pursuant to, in the case of any such amendment to a provision hereof other than Section 5.2 , any substantially concurrent request by the Borrower for a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans) to make Revolving Credit Loans when such Lenders would not otherwise be required to do so, (ii) the amount of the Swingline Commitment or (iii) the amount of the Letter of Credit Commitment;

 

(b)           increase the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Revolving Credit Lender (or reinstate any Revolving Credit Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.2 ) or the amount of Loans of any Lender, in any case, without the written consent of such Revolving Credit Lender;

 

(c)           waive, extend or postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(d)           reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or (subject to clause (v) of the second proviso to this Section) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the rate set forth in Section 4.1(c) during the continuance of an Event of Default or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or Letter of Credit Obligation or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;

 

(e)           change Section 4.6 or Section 9.4 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(f)           change Section 2.4(b) in a manner that would alter the order of application of amounts prepaid pursuant thereto without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(g)           except as otherwise permitted by this Section 11.2 change any provision of this Section or reduce the percentages specified in the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

 

(h)           consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of such Credit Party’s rights and obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 8.4 ), in each case, without the written consent of each Lender; or

  

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(i)           release (i) all of the Subsidiary Guarantors or (ii) Subsidiary Guarantors comprising substantially all of the credit support for the Secured Obligations, in any case, from any Guaranty Agreement (other than as authorized in Section 10.9 ), without the written consent of each Lender; or

  

(j)           release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release any Security Document (other than as authorized in Section 10.9 or as otherwise specifically permitted or contemplated in this Agreement, the MHGCI Guaranty Agreement or any other applicable Security Document) without the written consent of each Lender;

 

provided further , that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Issuing Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Issuing Lender under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, (v) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by HGC, the Borrower and the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time, and (vi) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend any provision of the Loan Documents (and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any such provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent on its behalf, and without further consent, to enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement (including, without limitation, amendments to this Section 11.2 ) or any of the other Loan Documents or to enter into additional Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems appropriate in order to effectuate the terms of Section 4.13 (including, without limitation, as applicable, (1) to permit the Incremental Revolving Credit Increases to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (2) to include the Incremental Revolving Credit Increase or outstanding Incremental Revolving Credit Increase in any determination of (i) Required Lenders or (ii) similar required lender terms applicable thereto); provided that no amendment or modification shall result in any increase in the amount of any Lender’s Commitment or any increase in any Lender’s Commitment Percentage, in each case, without the written consent of such affected Lender.

  

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SECTION 11.3.           Expenses; Indemnity .

 

(a)           Costs and Expenses . The Borrower and any other Credit Party, jointly and severally, shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one legal counsel (and, solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel, and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant material jurisdiction to all such persons) for the Administrative Agent), and shall pay all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facility, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any one legal counsel (and, solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel, and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant material jurisdiction to all such persons) for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender), and shall pay all fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

 

(b)           Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the Issuing 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, and shall pay or reimburse any such Indemnitee for, any and all losses, claims (including, without limitation, any Environmental Claims), damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any one legal counsel (and, solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel, and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant material jurisdiction to all such persons) for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless, each Indemnitee from, and shall pay or reimburse any such Indemnitee for, all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Credit Party), other than such Indemnitee and its Related Parties, arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, the Transactions), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or any Environmental Claim to the extent related to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, (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, whether brought by a third party or by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, or (v) any claim (including, without limitation, any Environmental Claims), investigation, litigation or other proceeding (whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Lender is a party thereto) and the prosecution and defense thereof, arising out of or in any way connected with the Loans, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys and consultant’s fees, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if such Credit Party or such Subsidiary has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 11.3(b) shall not apply to taxes except for Taxes arising from a non-Tax claim.

 

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(c)           Reimbursement by Lenders . To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under clause (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s share of the Total Credit Exposure at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that with respect to such unpaid amounts owed to the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender solely in its capacity as such, only the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be required to pay such unpaid amounts, such payment to be made severally among them based on such Revolving Credit Lenders’ Commitment Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) provided , further , that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 4.7 .

 

(d)           Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Borrower and each other Credit Party shall not assert, and 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, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in clause (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(e)           Payments . All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after demand therefor.

 

(f)           Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder.

 

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SECTION 11.4.           Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and becontinuing, each Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Credit Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or such Affiliate different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.4 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

 

SECTION 11.5.           Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc.

 

(a)           Governing Law . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

(b)           Submission to Jurisdiction . The Borrower and each other Credit Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender, or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts 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, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, in such federal court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation 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 in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or any other Credit Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(c)           Waiver of Venue . The Borrower and each other Credit Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any 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 Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

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(d)           Service of Process . Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.1 . Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.

  

SECTION 11.6.           Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON 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 AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

SECTION 11.7.           Reversal of Payments . To the extent any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent receives any payment or proceeds of the Collateral which payments or proceeds or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds repaid, the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 11.8.           Injunctive Relief . The Borrower recognizes that, in the event the Borrower fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its obligations or liabilities under this Agreement, any remedy of law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Lenders. Therefore, the Borrower agrees that the Lenders, at the Lenders’ option, shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.

 

SECTION 11.9.           Accounting Matters . If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

 

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SECTION 11.10.          Successors and Assigns; Participations .

 

(a)           Successors and Assigns Generally . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)           Assignments by Lenders . Any Lender may at any time 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 Revolving Credit Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that, in each case with respect to any Credit Facility, any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)           Minimum Amounts .

 

(A)          in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it (in each case with respect to any Facility) or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

 

(B)          in any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Revolving Credit Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the 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 or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);

 

(ii)          Required Consents. N o consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

 

(A)          the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;

 

(B)          the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; and

 

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(C)          the consents of the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

(iii)         Assignment and Assumption . The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 for each assignment; provided that (A) only one such fee will be payable in connection with simultaneous assignments to two or more Approved Funds by a Lender and (B) the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(iv)         No Assignment to Certain Persons . Subject to clause (vii) below, no such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower, any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates or the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (including without limitation, any Excluded Entity) or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).

 

(v)          No Assignment to Natural Persons . No such assignment shall be made to a natural Person.

 

(vi)         Certain Additional Payments . In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested, but not funded by, the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (A) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (B) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in accordance with its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

(vii)        Sponsor Entity Assignments . Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may assign all or a portion of its Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates in accordance with Section 11.10(b) ; provided that:

 

(A)          no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom;

 

(B)          any such Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments assigned shall be automatically and permanently cancelled for upon the effectiveness of such assignment and will thereafter no longer be outstanding for any purpose hereunder;

 

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(C)          no such Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment may be assigned pursuant to this clause (vii), if after giving effect to such assignment, the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates in the aggregate would own in excess of 20% of the Total Credit Exposure of all Lenders;

 

(D)          the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates shall make a representation that, as of the date of any such assignment, it is not in possession of any information regarding the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or their assets, their ability to perform any of their obligations under the Loan Documents or any other matter that may be material to a decision by any Lender to participate in any such assignment or any of the transactions contemplated thereby and that has not previously been disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;

 

(E)          the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates shall have any right to (i) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not invited, and (ii) receive any information or material prepared by Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II), or (iii) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent or any other such Lender under the Loan Documents;

 

(F)          for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document: the Total Credit Exposure of the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders have taken or consented to any actions;

 

(G)          if a case under Title 11 of the United States Code is commenced against the Borrower, the Borrower shall seek (and the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates shall consent) to provide that the vote of the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (in its capacity as a Lender) with respect to any plan of reorganization of such Credit Party shall not be counted except that the Sponsor’s or any of its Affiliates’ vote (in its capacity as a Lender) may be counted to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes to treat the Obligations held by the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates in a manner that is less favorable in any material respect to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower;

 

(H)          the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as the Sponsor’s or any of its Affiliates’ attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates and in the name of the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of paragraph (G) above; and

 

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(I)          the Borrower has authorized and consented to such assignment in writing in its sole discretion.

 

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.8 , 4.9 , 4.10 , 4.11 and 11.3 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph 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 (d) of this Section.

 

(c)           Register . The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, a copy of each Assignment and Assumption and each Lender Joinder Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Revolving Credit Commitment of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall 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. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender (but only to the extent of entries in the Register that are applicable to such Lender), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(d)           Participations . Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries including without limitation, any Excluded Entity) (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Credit Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 11.3(c) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).

 

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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 or modification described in Section 11.2 that directly affects such Participant and could not be affected by a vote of the Required Lenders. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.8 , 4.9 , 4.10 and 4.11 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 4.12 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower's request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.12 with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.4 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 4.6 as though it were a Lender.

 

(e)           Limitations upon Participant Rights . A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 4.10 and 4.11 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. No Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.11 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 4.11(e) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(f)           Certain Pledges . Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

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SECTION 11.11.        Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by, or required to be disclosed to, any rating agency, or regulatory or similar authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement, under any other Loan Document or under any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, 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 and obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder , (iii) to an investor or prospective investor in an Approved Fund that also agrees that Information shall be used solely for the purpose of evaluating an investment in such Approved Fund, (iv) to a trustee, collateral manager, servicer, backup servicer, noteholder or secured party in an Approved Fund in connection with the administration, servicing and reporting on the assets serving as collateral for an Approved Fund, or (v) to a nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the Loans and the Loan Documents in connection with ratings issued with respect to an Approved Fund; (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the Credit Facility or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Credit Facility; (h) with the consent of the Borrower, (i) to Gold Sheets and other similar bank trade publications, such information to consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications, (j) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or (k) to governmental regulatory authorities in connection with any regulatory examination of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s regulatory compliance policy if the Administrative Agent or such Lender deems necessary for the mitigation of claims by those authorities against the Administrative Agent or such Lender or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. For purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof; provided that, in the case of information received from a Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof 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 11.12.         Performance of Duties . Each of the Credit Party’s obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be performed by such Credit Party at its sole cost and expense.

 

SECTION 11.13.         All Powers Coupled with Interest . All powers of attorney and other authorizations granted to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any Persons designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied, any of the Commitments remain in effect or the Credit Facility has not been terminated.

 

SECTION 11.14.         Survival .

 

(a)           All representations and warranties set forth in Article VI and all representations and warranties contained in any certificate, or any of the Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any such representation or warranty made in or in connection with any amendment thereto) shall constitute representations and warranties made under this Agreement. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement shall be made or deemed to be made at and as of the Signing Date (except those that are expressly made as of a specific date), shall survive the Signing Date and shall not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Lenders or any borrowing hereunder.

 

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(b)           Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the indemnities to which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are entitled under the provisions of this Article XI and any other provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against events arising after such termination as well as before.

 

SECTION 11.15.         Titles and Captions . Titles and captions of Articles, Sections and subsections in, and the table of contents of, this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 11.16.         Severability of Provisions . Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 11.17.         Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution .

 

(a)           Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.1 , this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement

 

(b)           Electronic Execution of Assignments . The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

SECTION 11.18.         Term of Agreement . This Agreement shall remain in effect from the Signing Date through and including the date upon which all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired or been Cash Collateralized and the Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated. No termination of this Agreement shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising prior to such termination or in respect of any provision of this Agreement which survives such termination.

 

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SECTION 11.19.         USA PATRIOT Act . The Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.

 

SECTION 11.20.         Independent Effect of Covenants . The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that each covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII hereof shall be given independent effect. Accordingly, the Borrower shall not engage in any transaction or other act otherwise permitted under any covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII , before or after giving effect to such transaction or act, the Borrower shall or would be in breach of any other covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII .

 

SECTION 11.21.         Inconsistencies with Other Documents . In the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall control; provided that any provision of the Security Documents which imposes additional burdens on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or further restricts the rights of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or gives the Collateral Agent or Lenders additional rights shall not be deemed to be in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement and shall be given full force and effect; provided further that in the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement shall control with respect to the rights of the Secured Parties.

 

SECTION 11.22.         Effective Date . If date on which the Borrower obtains the approval of the Hawaii Public Utility Commission for the incurrence of the Loans contemplated herein (the “Effective Date”) does not occur by August 8, 2013, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and all fees and expenses accrued hereunder shall be immediately due and payable.

 

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


  THE GAS COMPANY, LLC , as Borrower
   
  By:  /s/ Jeffrey M. Kissel
  Name: Jeffrey M. Kissel
  Title: Chief Executive officer and President

 

 
 

 

  AGENTS AND LENDERS:
   
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender, Issuing Lender and Lender
     
  By:  /s/ Yann Blindert
  Name: Yann Blindert
  Title: Director

  

 
 

  

  UNION BANK, N.A., as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Jeffrey Fesenmaier
  Name: Jeffrey Fesenmaier
  Title: Vice President

 

The Gas Company, LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  BANK OF HAWAII, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Donovan Koki
  Name: Donovan Koki
  Title: Senior Vice President

 

The Gas Company, LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Garrett Grace
  Name: Garrett Grace
  Title: Senior Vice President

 

The Gas Company, LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK, F.S.B., as
  Lender
   
  By: /s/ Edward Chin
  Name: Edward Chin
  Title: Vice President

 

The Gas Company, LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK NEW YORK
  BRANCH, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Jason Lee
  Name: Jason Lee
  Title: V.P. and General Manager

 

The Gas Company, LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  HUA NAN COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD.,
  LOS ANGELES BRANCH, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Oliver C. H. Hsu
  Name: Oliver C. H. Hsu
  Title: VP & General Manager

 

The Gas Company, LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  TAIWAN BUSINESS BANK LOS ANGELES
  BRANCH, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Alex Wang
  Name: Alex Wang
  Title: S.V.P. & General Manager

 

The Gas Company, LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

  TAIWAN COOPERATIVE BANK, LOS
  ANGELES BRANCH, as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Li Hua Huang
  Name: Li Hua Huang
  Title: VP & General Manager

 

The Gas Company, LLC Credit Agreement

 

 
 

 

 

 

[Form of ]Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement

 

Dated as of _______ __, 2012

 

Re: $60,000,000 Credit Agreement  

of

The Gas Company, LLC dated as of August 8, 2012

 

 

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
     
SECTION 1. Definitions 1
     
SECTION 2. Guaranty of the Credit Agreement 2
     
SECTION 3. Guaranty of Payment and Performance 2
     
SECTION 4. General Provisions Relating to the Guaranty 2
     
SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties of the Guarantor 7
     
SECTION 6. Amendments, Waivers and Consents 8
     
SECTION 7. Notices 9
     
SECTION 8. Miscellaneous 9

 

 
 

 

Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement

 

Re: $60,000,000 Credit Agreement  

of

The Gas Company, LLC dated as of August 8, 2012

 

This Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of _________ __, 2012 (this “Guaranty” ) is entered into by the undersigned, [Guarantor], a ____________ (the “Guarantor” ).

 

Recitals

 

A.           The Gas Company, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company (the “Company” ) is the indirect owner of [____%] of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Guarantor.

 

B.           The Company has entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 8, 2012 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement” ) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time party thereto.

 

C.           The Lenders have requested that the Company causes the Guarantor to enter into this Guaranty, and the Company has agreed to cause the Guarantor to execute this Guaranty in order to induce the Lenders to give the Loans and thereby benefit the Company and its Subsidiaries by providing funds to the Company for the purposes described in Section 7.15 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Now, therefore , as required by Section 7.14 of the Credit Agreement and in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof are hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor does hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

Section 1               Definitions.

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement unless defined herein.

 

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Section 2               Guaranty of the Credit Agreement.

 

The Guarantor does hereby irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantee unto the Lenders: (1) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the Loans from time to time outstanding, as and when such payments shall become due and payable whether by lapse of time, upon redemption or prepayment, by extension or by acceleration or declaration or otherwise (including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest due on overdue payments of principal or interest at the rate set forth in the Credit Agreement) in federal or other immediately available funds of the United States of America which at the time of payment or demand therefor shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, (2) the full and prompt performance and observance by the Company of each and all of the obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed or owed by the Company under the terms of the Credit Agreement and each Security Document and (3) the full and prompt payment, upon demand by any Lender of all costs and expenses, legal or otherwise (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), if any, as shall have been expended or incurred in the protection or enforcement of any rights, privileges or liabilities in favor of the Lenders under or in respect of the Loans, the Credit Agreement, any Security Document or under this Guaranty or in any consultation or action in connection therewith or herewith.

 

Section 3               Guaranty of Payment and Performance.

 

This is an irrevocable, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment and performance (and not merely of collection) and the Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to require that any action on or in respect of any Loan, the Credit Agreement or any Security Document be brought against the Company or any other Person or that resort be had to any direct or indirect security for the Loans or for this Guaranty or any other remedy. Any Lender may, at its option, proceed hereunder against the Guarantor in the first instance to collect monies when due, the payment of which is guaranteed hereby, without first proceeding against the Company or any other Person and without first resorting to any direct or indirect security for the Loans or for this Guaranty or any other remedy. The liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be affected or impaired by any acceptance by any Lender of any direct or indirect security for, or other guaranties of, any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company or any other Person to any Lender or by any failure, delay, neglect or omission by any Lender to realize upon or protect any such guarantees, indebtedness, liability or obligation or any notes or other instruments evidencing the same or any direct or indirect security therefor or by any approval, consent, waiver, or other action taken, or omitted to be taken by any such Lender.

 

Section 4               General Provisions Relating to the Guaranty.

 

(a)          The Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that any Lender or Lenders from time to time, with or without any further notice to or assent from the Guarantor or any other Person may, without in any manner affecting the liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty, and upon such terms and conditions as any such Lender or Lenders may deem advisable:

 

(1)         extend in whole or in part (by renewal or otherwise), modify, change, compromise, release or extend the duration of the time for the performance or payment of any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company on the Loans, or waive any default with respect thereto, or waive, modify, amend or change any provision of the Credit Agreement, any Security Document, any other agreement or waive this Guaranty; or

 

(2)         sell, release, surrender, modify, impair, exchange or substitute any and all property, of any nature and from whomsoever received, held by, or for the benefit of, any such Lender as direct or indirect security for the payment or performance of any Indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company on the Loans; or

 

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(3)         settle, adjust or compromise any claim of the Company against any other Person secondarily or otherwise liable for any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company on the Loans.

 

The Guarantor hereby ratifies and confirms any such extension, renewal, change, sale, release, waiver, surrender, exchange, modification, amendment, impairment, substitution, settlement, adjustment or compromise and that the same shall be binding upon it, and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all defenses, counterclaims or offsets which it might or could have by reason thereof, it being understood that the Guarantor shall at all times be bound by this Guaranty and remain liable hereunder.

 

(b)          The Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law:

 

(1)         notice of acceptance of this Guaranty by the Lenders or of the creation, renewal or accrual of any liability of the Company, present or future, or of the reliance of such Lenders upon this Guaranty (it being understood that every indebtedness, liability and obligation described in Section 2 hereof shall conclusively be presumed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon the execution of this Guaranty);

 

(2)         demand of payment by any Lender from the Company or any other Person indebted in any manner on or for any of the indebtedness, liabilities or obligations hereby guaranteed; and

 

(3)         presentment for the payment by any Lender or any other Person of the Loans or any other instrument, protest thereof and notice of its dishonor to any party thereto and to the Guarantor.

 

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty and the rights of any Lender to enforce such obligations by any proceedings, whether by action at law, suit in equity or otherwise, shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination, whether by reason of any claim of any character whatsoever or otherwise and shall not be subject to any defense, set-off, counterclaim (other than any compulsory counterclaim), recoupment or termination whatsoever.

 

(c)          The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns, and shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

 

(1)         the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any Security Document or any other agreement or any of the terms of any thereof, the continuance of any obligation on the part of the Company or any other Person on or in respect of the Loans under the Credit Agreement, any Security Document or any other agreement or the power or authority or the lack of power or authority of the Company to issue the Loans or the Company to execute and deliver the Credit Agreement, any Security Document or any other agreement or of the Guarantor to execute and deliver this Guaranty or to perform any of its obligations hereunder or the existence or continuance of the Company or any other Person as a legal entity; or

 

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(2)         any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person of any obligations of any kind or character whatsoever under the Credit Agreement, any Security Document, this Guaranty or any other agreement; or

 

(3)         any creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, receivership or other insolvency proceeding of the Company or any other Person or in respect of the property of the Company or any other Person or any merger, consolidation, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation, the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of or winding up of the Company or any other Person; or

 

(4)         impossibility or illegality of performance on the part of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person of its obligations under the Credit Agreement, any Security Document, this Guaranty or any other agreements; or

 

(5)         in respect of the Company or any other Person, any change of circumstances, whether or not foreseen or foreseeable, whether or not imputable to the Company or any other Person, or other impossibility of performance through fire, explosion, accident, labor disturbance, floods, droughts, embargoes, wars (whether or not declared), civil commotion, acts of God or the public enemy, delays or failure of suppliers or carriers, inability to obtain materials, action of any federal or state regulatory body or agency, change of law or any other causes affecting performance, or any other force majeure , whether or not beyond the control of the Company or any other Person and whether or not of the kind hereinbefore specified; or

 

(6)         any attachment, claim, demand, charge, lien, order, process, encumbrance or any other happening or event or reason, similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, or any withholding or diminution at the source, by reason of any taxes, assessments, expenses, indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any character, foreseen or unforeseen, and whether or not valid, incurred by or against the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person or any claims, demands, charges or liens of any nature, foreseen or unforeseen, incurred by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person, or against any sums payable in respect of the Loans under the Credit Agreement, any Security Document or this Guaranty, so that such sums would be rendered inadequate or would be unavailable to make the payments herein provided; or

 

(7)         any order, judgment, decree, ruling or regulation (whether or not valid) of any court of any nation or of any political subdivision thereof or any body, agency, department, official or administrative or regulatory agency of any thereof or any other action, happening, event or reason whatsoever which shall delay, interfere with, hinder or prevent, or in any way adversely affect, the performance by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person of its respective obligations under or in respect of the Credit Agreement, any Security Document, this Guaranty or any other agreement; or

 

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(8)         the failure of the Guarantor to receive any benefit from or as a result of its execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty; or

 

(9)         any failure or lack of diligence in collection or protection, failure in presentment or demand for payment, protest, notice of protest, notice of default and of nonpayment, any failure to give notice to the Guarantor of failure of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person to keep and perform any obligation, covenant or agreement under the terms of the Credit Agreement, any Security Document, this Guaranty or any other agreement or failure to resort for payment to the Company, the Guarantor or to any other Person or to any other guaranty or to any property, security, liens or other rights or remedies; or

 

(10)        the acceptance of any additional security or other guaranty, the advance of additional money to the Company or any other Person, the renewal or extension of the Loans or amendments, modifications, consents or waivers with respect to the Loans, the Credit Agreement any Security Document or any other agreement, or the sale, release, substitution or exchange of any security for the Loans; or

 

(11)        any merger or consolidation of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person into or with any other Person or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any of the assets of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person to any other Person, or any change in the ownership of any shares or other equity interests of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person; or

 

(12)        any defense whatsoever that: (i) the Company or any other Person might have to the payment of the Loans (including, principal or interest), other than payment thereof in federal or other immediately available funds or (ii) the Company or any other Person might have to the performance or observance of any of the provisions of the Credit Agreement, any Security Document or any other agreement, whether through the satisfaction or purported satisfaction by the Company or any other Person of its debts due to any cause such as bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, merger, consolidation, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or otherwise; or

 

(13)        any act or failure to act with regard to the Loans, the Credit Agreement, any Security Document, this Guaranty or any other agreement or anything which might vary the risk of the Guarantor or any other Person; or

 

(14)        any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Guarantor or any other Person in respect of the obligations of the Guarantor or other Person under this Guaranty or any other agreement;

 

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provided that the specific enumeration of the above-mentioned acts, failures or omissions shall not be deemed to exclude any other acts, failures or omissions, though not specifically mentioned above, it being the purpose and intent of this Guaranty and the parties hereto that the obligations of the Guarantor shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be discharged, impaired or varied except by the payment of the principal of and interest on the Loans in accordance with their respective terms whenever the same shall become due and payable as in the Credit Agreement provided, at the place specified in and all in the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement, as may be amended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that repeated and successive demands may be made and recoveries may be had hereunder as and when, from time to time, the Company shall default under or in respect of the terms of the Credit Agreement or any Security Document and that notwithstanding recovery hereunder for or in respect of any given default or defaults by the Company under the Credit Agreement or any Security Document, this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and shall apply to each and every subsequent default.

 

(d)          All rights of any Lender under this Guaranty shall be considered to be transferred or assigned at any time or from time to time upon the transfer of any Loan held by such Lender whether with or without the consent of or notice to the Guarantor under this Guaranty or to the Company.

 

(e)          To the extent of any payments made under this Guaranty, the Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the Lender or Lenders upon whose Loans such payment was made, but the Guarantor covenants and agrees that such right of subrogation and any and all claims of the Guarantor against the Company, any endorser or other guarantor or against any of their respective properties shall be junior and subordinate in right of payment to the prior indefeasible final payment in cash in full of all of the Loans and satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under the Credit Agreement and each Security Document and by the Guarantor of its obligations under this Guaranty, and the Guarantor shall not take any action to enforce such right of subrogation, and the Guarantor shall not accept any payment in respect of such right of subrogation, until all of the Loans and all amounts payable by the Guarantor hereunder have indefeasibly been finally paid in cash in full and all of the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement and each Security Document and of the Guarantor under this Guaranty have been satisfied. Notwithstanding any right of the Guarantor to ask, demand, sue for, take or receive any payment from the Company, all rights, liens and security interests of the Guarantor, whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever existing, in any assets of the Company shall be and hereby are subordinated to the rights, if any, of the Lenders in those assets. The Guarantor shall not have any right to possession of any such asset or to foreclose upon any such asset, whether by judicial action or otherwise, unless and until all of the Loans and the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement and each Security Document shall have been paid in cash in full and satisfied.

 

(f)          The Guarantor agrees that to the extent the Company or any other Person makes any payment on any Loan, which payment or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, voided, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered, rescinded or is required to be retained by or repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other Person under any bankruptcy code, common law, or equitable cause, then and to the extent of such payment, the obligation or the part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect with respect to the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, as if said payment had not been made. The liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be reduced or discharged, in whole or in part, by any payment to any Lender from any source that is thereafter paid, returned or refunded in whole or in part by reason of the assertion of a claim of any kind relating thereto, including, but not limited to, any claim for breach of contract, breach of warranty, preference, illegality, invalidity or fraud asserted by any account debtor or by any other Person.

 

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(g)          No Lender shall be under any obligation: (1) to marshal any assets in favor of the Guarantor or in payment of any or all of the liabilities of the Company under or in respect of the Loans, the Credit Agreement or any Security Document or the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder or (2) to pursue any other remedy that the Guarantor may or may not be able to pursue themselves and that may lighten the Guarantor’s burden, any right to which the Guarantor hereby expressly waives.

 

(h)          If an event permitting the acceleration of the maturity of the principal amount of the Loans shall at any time have occurred and be continuing and such acceleration shall at such time be prevented or the right of any Lender to receive any payment under any Loan shall at such time be delayed or otherwise affected by reason of the pendency against the Company of a case or proceeding under a bankruptcy or insolvency law, the Guarantor agrees that, for purposes of this Guaranty and its obligations hereunder, the maturity of such principal amount shall be deemed to have been accelerated with the same effect as if the Lenders had accelerated the same in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, and the Guarantor shall forthwith pay such accelerated principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Loans and any other amounts guaranteed hereunder.

 

Section 5               Representations and Warranties of the Guarantor.

 

The Guarantor represents and warrants to each Lender that:

 

(a)          The Guarantor is a [limited liability company][corporation] duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (1) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (2) the ability of the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guaranty or (3) the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty (herein in this Section 5, a “Material Adverse Effect” ). The Guarantor has the [limited liability company][corporate] power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform the provisions hereof.

 

(b)          This Guaranty has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Guarantor, and this Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (1) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

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(c)          The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty will not (1) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any lien in respect of any property of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, organizational document or any other agreement or instrument to which the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is bound or by which the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (2) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority applicable to the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries or (3) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any governmental authority applicable to the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(d)          No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty.

 

(e)          Neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to regulation under Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, the Federal Power Act, as amended. [Neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to regulation under federal or state law as a public utility except that the Company is subject to regulation as a public utility under Chapter 269 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.]

 

(g)          The Guarantor is solvent, has capital not unreasonably small in relation to its business or any contemplated or undertaken transaction and has assets having a value both at fair valuation and at present fair salable value greater than the amount required to pay its debts as they become due and greater than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts as they become absolute and matured. The Guarantor does not intend to incur, or believe or should have believed that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due. The Guarantor will not be rendered insolvent by the execution and delivery of, and performance of its obligations under, this Guaranty. The Guarantor does not intend to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors by or through the execution and delivery of, or performance of its obligations under, this Guaranty.

 

(h)          The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all other unsecured indebtedness (actual or contingent) of the Guarantor that is not expressed to be subordinate or junior in rank to any other unsecured indebtedness of the Guarantor including, without limitation, all obligations of the Guarantor under any guaranty of indebtedness of any other Person, including without limitation any guaranty of indebtedness under the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 6               Amendments, Waivers and Consents.

 

(a)          This Guaranty may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Guarantor and the Required Lenders, except that (1) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Sections 3, 4 or 5, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any Lender unless consented to by such Lender in writing, and (2) no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of each Lender, (i) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Loans the Lenders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver or (ii) amend Section 2 or this Section 6.

 

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(b)          Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 6 applies equally to all Lenders of Loans affected thereby and is binding upon them and upon each future Lender and upon the Guarantor. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant or agreement not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Guarantor and any Lender nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any Lender. As used herein, the term “this Guaranty” and references thereto shall mean this Guaranty as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.

 

Section 7               Notices.

 

All communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing, mailed or delivered, postage prepaid, if addressed to the Guarantor, at ___________, or if addressed to a Lender, as set forth in Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement or to such other address as such Lender or the Guarantor may designate to the other in writing. Notices under this Section 7 will be deemed given only when actually received.

 

Section 8               Miscellaneous.

 

(a)          No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to any Lender is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given under this Guaranty now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default, omission or failure of performance hereunder shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof but any such right or power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entitle any Lender to exercise any remedy reserved to it under this Guaranty, it shall not be necessary for such Lender to physically produce its Note in any proceedings instituted by it or to give any notice, other than such notice as may be herein expressly required.

 

(b)          The Guarantor will pay all sums becoming due under this Guaranty by the method and at the address specified for such purpose for such Lender or by such other method or at such other address as any Lender shall have from time to time specified to the Guarantor or the Company on behalf of the Guarantor in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of this Guaranty.

 

(c)          Any provision of this Guaranty that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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(d)          This Guaranty shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each Lender and its successors and assigns so long as its Loans remain outstanding and unpaid. If the Guarantor enters into any consolidation or merger, pursuant to which the Guarantor is not the surviving entity (the “Successor Corporation” ), the Successor Corporation shall execute and deliver to each Lender its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Guaranty (pursuant to such agreements and instruments as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders).

 

(e)          This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.

 

(f)          This Guaranty shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

 

(h)           The Guarantor irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Guarantor irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

(i)           The Guarantor consents to process being served by or on behalf of any Lender in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 8(h) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 7 or at such other address of which such Lender shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section. The Guarantor agrees that such service upon receipt (1) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (2) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

 

(j)           Nothing in this Section 8 shall affect the right of any Lender to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that any Lender may have to bring proceedings against the Guarantor in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

 

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(k)           The parties hereto hereby waive trial by jury in any action brought on or with respect to this Guaranty or any other document executed in connection herewith or therewith.

 

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In Witness Whereof , the undersigned has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed by an authorized representative as of the date first written above.

 

  [Guarantor]
   
  By:  
  Name:   
  Title:   

 

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COMMITMENTS

 

Name of Lender   Revolving Credit Commitment  
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association   $ 10,714,285.71  
Union Bank, N.A.   $ 9,857,142.86  
Bank of Hawaii   $ 8,571,428.58  
Central Pacific Bank   $ 8,571,428.58  
American Savings Bank, F.S.B.   $ 6,428,571.43  
First Commercial Bank New York Branch   $ 3,964,285.71  
Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Ltd. Los Angeles Branch   $ 3,964,285.71  
Taiwan Business Bank, Los Angeles Branch   $ 3,964,285.71  
Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Los Angeles Branch   $ 3,964,285.71  
TOTAL   $ 60,000,000.00  

 

The Gas Company, LLC Credit Agreement

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

I, James Hooke, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (the “registrant”);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
Dated: October 31, 2012  

By:

/s/ James Hooke

James Hooke
Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

I, Todd Weintraub, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (the “registrant”);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
Dated: October 31, 2012  

By:

/s/ Todd Weintraub

Todd Weintraub
Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James Hooke, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 
 

By:

/s/ James Hooke

James Hooke

Chief Executive Officer
October 31, 2012

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Todd Weintraub, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 
 

By:

/s/ Todd Weintraub

Todd Weintraub
Chief Financial Officer
October 31, 2012

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.