UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 28, 2016

 

 

Eagle Materials Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-12984   75-2520779

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas   75219
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (214) 432-2000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address if changed from last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement

On July 28, 2016, Eagle Materials Inc. (the “Company”) entered into that certain Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors identified therein (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) identified on Schedule 1 thereto, with respect to the issuance and sale in an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) by the Company of $350.0 million aggregate initial principal amount of its 4.500% senior notes due 2026 (the “Notes”).

The Offering was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-206222), which became effective automatically upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 7, 2015, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, which became effective automatically upon filing with the Commission on July 25, 2016 (as so amended, the “Registration Statement”). The closing of the Offering occurred on August 2, 2016.

In the Underwriting Agreement, which contains customary representations and warranties, the Company agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make because of any of those liabilities.

The foregoing is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) and incorporated herein by reference.

First Supplemental Indenture and Notes

On August 2, 2016, the Company issued $350.0 million aggregate initial principal amount of the Notes under an Indenture dated as of May 8, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of August 2, 2016 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee.

Interest on the Notes is payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2017, at a rate of 4.500% per year, and the Notes mature on August 1, 2026.

Ranking

The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank senior in right of payment to all existing and any future subordinated indebtedness of the Company and pari passu in right of payment to all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Company. The Notes are effectively subordinated to all future secured indebtedness and other secured obligations of the Company to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness or other obligations.

Guarantees

The Company’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture are initially fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Subsidiary Guarantors, which include each of the Company’s majority-owned subsidiaries. In the future, the Company will cause any majority-owned subsidiary that guarantees (a) any debt facility of the Company or any other guarantor of the Notes with aggregate principal amount or commitments of at least $50.0 million or (b) any capital markets debt issued by the Company or any other guarantor of the Notes, to guarantee the Notes.

Optional Redemption

At any time prior to August 1, 2021, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus the greater of (a) 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes redeemed and (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the present value as of such redemption date of (1) the redemption price of such Notes on August 1, 2021 (as set forth in the table appearing below), plus (2) all required interest payments due on such Notes through August 1, 2021 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate equal to the treasury rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points, over (ii) the then-outstanding principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date.


On or after August 1, 2021, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, from time to time, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on August 1 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2021

     102.250

2022

     101.500

2023

     100.750

2024 and thereafter

     100.000

In addition, at any time prior to August 1, 2019, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 104.500% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date; provided, that at least 60% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional Notes) remains outstanding after each such redemption and that such redemption occurs within 120 days after the closing of any such equity offering.

Change of Control

If the Company experiences certain change of control events, the Company must offer to repurchase the Notes at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase.

Covenants

The First Supplemental Indenture contains certain covenants that, among other things, impose restrictions on the business of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. The restrictions that these covenants place on the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries include limitations on their ability to:

 

    create liens;

 

    enter into sale/leaseback transactions; and

 

    merge or consolidate with or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor.

Events of Default

The First Supplemental Indenture also provides for certain events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the Notes to become or to be declared due and payable.

The terms of the Notes, the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture are further described in the Prospectus Supplement dated July 28, 2016 relating to the Notes, filed with the Commission on July 29, 2016 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), under the caption “Description of the notes,” and the accompanying Prospectus dated July 25, 2016, under the captions “Description of debt securities” and “Description of guarantees of certain debt securities.” The descriptions do not purport to be complete and are qualified by reference to the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, to this Current Report and are incorporated herein by reference.


Credit Agreement Amendment

On August 2, 2016, the Company entered into an Amendment No. 2 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with the lenders identified therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, issuing bank and swingline lender thereunder (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”), which amended that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2014, by and among the same parties (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2015, and the Credit Agreement Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”).

The Credit Agreement Amendment amends the Credit Agreement, among other things, to (i) extend the maturity date thereunder until August 2, 2021 and (ii) add certain provisions requiring the addition of subsidiaries of the Company as guarantors thereunder upon the occurrence of certain events in order to align the Credit Agreement with the obligations under the Indenture.

The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Company.

The description relating to the Indenture and the Notes in Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events

On July 28, 2016, the Company announced the pricing of the Notes to be issued and sold pursuant to the Offering. The foregoing is qualified by reference to the press release that is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.


In addition, in connection with the Offering, the Company is filing the opinions of Sidley Austin LLP, Crowe & Dunlevy, Woodburn and Wedge and Quarles & Brady LLP as part of this Current Report that is to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. The foregoing opinions are filed herewith as Exhibits 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2016, by and among Eagle Materials Inc., the guarantor parties identified therein and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several underwriters identified on Schedule 1 thereto.
4.1    Indenture, dated as of May 8, 2009, between Eagle Materials Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Commission on May 11, 2009).
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 2, 2016, among Eagle Materials Inc., the guarantor parties identified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
4.3    Form of 4.500% Senior Note due 2026 (included in Exhibit 4.2).
5.1    Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP.
5.2    Opinion of Crowe & Dunlevy.
5.3    Opinion of Woodburn and Wedge.
5.4    Opinion of Quarles & Brady LLP.
10.1    Amendment No. 2 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2016, among the Company, the lenders identified therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, issuing bank and swingline lender thereunder.
23.1    Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Crowe & Dunlevy (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.3    Consent of Woodburn and Wedge (included in Exhibit 5.3).
23.4    Consent of Quarles & Brady LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4).
99.1    Press release dated July 28, 2016.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

 

D. Craig Kesler

Executive Vice President – Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 2, 2016


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2016, by and among Eagle Materials Inc., the guarantor parties identified therein and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several underwriters identified on Schedule 1 thereto.
4.1    Indenture, dated as of May 8, 2009, between Eagle Materials Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Commission on May 11, 2009).
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 2, 2016, among Eagle Materials Inc., the guarantor parties identified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
4.3    Form of 4.500% Senior Note due 2026 (included in Exhibit 4.2).
5.1    Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP.
5.2    Opinion of Crowe & Dunlevy.
5.3    Opinion of Woodburn and Wedge.
5.4    Opinion of Quarles & Brady LLP.
10.1    Amendment No. 2 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2016, among the Company, the lenders identified therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, issuing bank and swingline lender thereunder.
23.1    Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Crowe & Dunlevy (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.3    Consent of Woodburn and Wedge (included in Exhibit 5.3).
23.4    Consent of Quarles & Brady LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4).
99.1    Press release dated July 28, 2016.

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

$350,000,000

Eagle Materials Inc.

4.500% Senior Notes due 2026

Underwriting Agreement

July 28, 2016

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

As Representative of the

several Underwriters listed

in Schedule 1 hereto

 

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “ Underwriters ”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “ Representative ”), $350,000,000 principal amount of its 4.500% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “ Securities ”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of May 8, 2009 (the “ Base Indenture ”), among the Company, the guarantors listed on Schedule 2 hereto (the “ Guarantors ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as amended by a Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of August 2, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), and will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Guarantors (the “ Guarantees ”).

The Company and the Guarantors hereby confirm their agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:

1. Registration Statement . The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “ Securities Act ”), an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-206222), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, in each case including a base prospectus (the “ Base Prospectus ”), relating to certain securities described therein, including the Securities, which automatic shelf registration statement became effective in accordance with Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act. Such registration statement, at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness, is referred to herein as the


Registration Statement ”; and as used herein, the term “ Preliminary Prospectus ” means each preliminary prospectus supplement, together with the Base Prospectus, that describes the Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing the Prospectus (as defined below), and the term “ Prospectus ” means the final prospectus supplement, together with the Base Prospectus, in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “ amend ”, “ amendment ” or “ supplement ” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “ Exchange Act ”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “ Time of Sale ”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “ Time of Sale Information ”): a Preliminary Prospectus, dated July 25, 2016, and each “ free-writing prospectus ” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.

The Company intends to use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities to repay a portion of the amounts outstanding under its Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2014, among the Company, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto (as amended, amended and restated, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

2. Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters .

(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 98.625% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from August 2, 2016 to the Closing Date (as defined below), plus any additional amount of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.

 

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(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representative is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.

(c) Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on August 2, 2016, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “ Closing Date ”.

(d) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company to the Representative against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “ Global Note ”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representative not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

(e) The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company and the Guarantors with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, the Guarantors or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company, the Guarantors or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company and the Guarantors shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company or the Guarantors with respect thereto. Any review by the Representative or any other Underwriter of the Company or the Guarantors, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representative or such Underwriter, as the case may be, and shall not be on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors or any other person.

 

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3. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors . The Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Underwriter that:

(a) Preliminary Prospectus.  No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company and the Guarantors in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus.

(b) Time of Sale Information . The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company and the Guarantors in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.

(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.  The Company and the Guarantors (including their agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) have not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “ written communication ” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company and the Guarantors or their agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i) (ii) and (iii) below) an “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the documents listed on Annex A hereto which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case approved in advance by the Representative. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, at the Time of Sale, and will not, at the Closing Date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each

 

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such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company and the Guarantors in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus.  The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (together with the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, the “ Trust Indenture Act ”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

(e) Incorporated Documents.  The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when such documents are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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(f) Financial Statements.  The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the entities purported to be shown thereby at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified, and comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved except where and to the extent noted therein. The supporting schedules, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information present fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. The other financial information included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, as applicable, and presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein. Except as are included or incorporated by reference therein, no financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. All disclosures included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G under the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information fairly presents in all material respects the information called for and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto in all material respects.

(g) No Material Adverse Change.  Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, (i) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, assets, management, financial position, or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its

 

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subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority.

(h) Organization and Good Standing.  The Company and each of its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their obligations under this Agreement, the Securities, the Indenture and the Guarantees (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2016, except for entities that have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K. The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 3 hereto are the only significant subsidiaries (within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) of the Company.

(i) Capitalization.  The Company has the capitalization as set forth in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information under the heading “Capitalization” and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company and each of its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party (collectively, “ Liens ”), except for (i) Liens pursuant to the Credit Agreement (the “ Existing Indebtedness ”) on the Closing Date, and (ii) as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(j) Due Authorization.  The Company and each of the Guarantors have full right, power and authority to execute and deliver, in each case to the extent a party thereto, this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture (including each Guarantee set forth therein) (collectively, the “ Transaction Documents ”) and to perform their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken by the Company and each of the Guarantors, as applicable, for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.

 

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(k) The Indenture.  (i) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and each of the Guarantors and on the Closing Date will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors, (ii) upon effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Indenture was duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and (iii) when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) (collectively, the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”).

(l) The Securities and the Guarantees . The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors and, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(m) Underwriting Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors.

(n) Credit Agreement Amendment . On or prior to the Closing Date, Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement (the “ Credit Agreement Amendment ”) will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors and will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

(o) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents . Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information.

(p) No Violation or Default.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter, by-laws or similar organizational document, (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be

 

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bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “ Agreements and Instruments ”), or (iii) in violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “ Governmental Entity ”), except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such defaults or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities, the issuance of the Guarantees and compliance by the Company and each of the Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary thereof pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), nor will any such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, by-laws or similar organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity (except, in the case of any such violations of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, for such violations as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect). As used herein, a “ Repayment Event ” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(r) No Consents Required . No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities, the issuance of the Guarantees and compliance by the Company and each of the Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for (i) the registration of the Securities and the Guarantees under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws or the rules of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”) in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters or (ii) those that have been, or prior to the Closing Date will be, obtained and are in full force and effect.

 

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(s) Legal Proceedings.  Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, threatened, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (i) there is no current or pending action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that is not so described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information.

(t) Independent Accountants.  Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and who have certified certain financial statements of Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP, are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries and Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

(u) Title to Real and Personal Property.  The Company and its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries have good and valid title to all real property owned by them and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (i) are described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information or (ii) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, under which the Company or any of its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any Majority-Owned Subsidiary has any notice of any claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any such Majority-Owned Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such Majority-Owned Subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease, except for any such claim that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(v) Intellectual Property.  The Company and its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively,

 

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Intellectual Property ”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries has received any notice of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(w) No Undisclosed Relationships.  No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers, suppliers or other affiliates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Time of Sale Information.

(x) Investment Company Act.  Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, none of them will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “ Investment Company Act ”).

(y) Taxes.  All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable by them, have been paid, other than assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided, except (in any case) to the extent the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and have paid all taxes due and payable by them pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except (i) for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP by the Company or (ii) to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, the charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined or closed by the applicable statute of limitations are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.

 

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(z) Licenses and Permits.  The Company and its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “ Governmental Licenses ”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure to so possess such Governmental Licenses would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Governmental Licenses, except where the failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(aa) No Labor Disputes.  No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, is imminent, and neither the Company nor any Guarantor is aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of the Company’s or any of the Company’s subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(bb) Environmental Laws.  Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has violated any applicable federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code or binding policy or any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof or of any rule of common law, including, without limitation, any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment issued to any of them, in each case relating to pollution or protection of human health (in respect of exposure to hazardous materials) or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface, subsurface strata or wildlife), including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “ Hazardous Materials ”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws for their respective businesses and operations and are in compliance with their requirements, (iii) there are no administrative, regulatory or judicial

 

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actions pending against, and no written notice of any demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, or threatened investigation or proceedings have been received by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in each case arising under or related to any Environmental Law and (iv), to the knowledge of the Company, there are no events or circumstances presently existing that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or arising under any Environmental Laws or otherwise would reasonably be expected to result in any liability under any Environmental Law.

(cc) Compliance with ERISA.  (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”) (other than a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA)), which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) and for which the Company or its subsidiaries have any liability (including liability on account of any member of their “Controlled Group” (defined as any entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Company or any of its subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or any entity that would be regarded as a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code)) (each, a “ Plan ”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no Plan has failed (whether or not waived), or is reasonably expected to fail, to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) applicable to such Plan; (iv) no Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk status” (within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA), and no “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Company or its subsidiaries makes or is obligated to make contributions or otherwise has liability (including liability on account of a member of their Controlled Group) is in “endangered status” or “critical status” (within the meaning of Sections 304 and 305 of ERISA) (a “ Multiemployer Plan ”); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder) (other than such an event for which notice requirements have been waived) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (vi) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; (vii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability (including liability on account of a member of their Controlled Group) under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan, with respect to accrued benefits, or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and (viii) none of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (A) a material increase in the aggregate amount of

 

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contributions required to be made to all Plans and Multiemployer Plans by the Company or its subsidiaries’ in the current fiscal year of the Company compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (B) a material increase in the Company and its subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715-60) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year, except in each case with respect to the events or conditions set forth in this paragraph (cc), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(dd) Disclosure Controls . The Company (on a consolidated basis) maintains an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits pursuant to the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company (on a consolidated basis) has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(ee) Accounting Controls.  The Company and its subsidiaries, together, maintain a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness or significant deficiency in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto in all material respects.

 

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(ff) Insurance.  The Company and its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally and customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses, and all such insurance is in full force and effect, in each case with such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any written notice from any insurer or third party stating that it or any of its Majority-Owned Subsidiaries will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire, except in circumstances where the Company believes that it will be able to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(gg) No Unlawful Payments.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

(hh) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Anti-Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of the Guarantors, threatened.

 

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(ii) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors, officers or employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of the Guarantors, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“ OFAC ”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“ UNSC ”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor is the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Guarantors located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and Crimea (each, a “ Sanctioned Country ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

(jj) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries . No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or similar ownership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except for any such restrictions (a) contained in the Existing Indebtedness on the Closing Date, (b) disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, or (c) that will be permitted by the Indenture.

(kk) No Broker’s Fees.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

(ll) No Registration Rights . No person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Securities.

 

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(mm) No Stabilization.  Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(nn) Margin Rules . Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

(oo) Forward-Looking Statements.  No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in any of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(pp) Industry Statistical and Market Data . Nothing has come to the attention of the Company or any Guarantor that has caused the Company or such Guarantor to believe that the industry statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(qq) Sarbanes-Oxley Act . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(rr) Status under the Securities Act . The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case, as defined under the Securities Act, in each case, at the times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

4. Further Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors . The Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally covenant and agree with each Underwriter that:

(a) Required Filings.  The Company and the Guarantors will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, and will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex A hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; the Company will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the

 

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Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.

(b) Delivery of Copies.  The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representative, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference therein; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) upon request, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representative may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “ Prospectus Delivery Period ” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.

(c) Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses.  Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.

(d) Notice to the Representative.  The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the

 

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Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (viii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e) Time of Sale Information.  If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(c) hereof, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.

(f) Ongoing Compliance . If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(c) hereof, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented

 

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including such documents to be incorporated by reference will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law .

(g) Blue Sky Compliance.  The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Securities; provided that neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

(h) Earning Statement.  The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary to make generally available to its security holders and the Representative an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

(i) Clear Market.  During the period from the date hereof through and including the date that is 90 days after the date hereof, the Company and each of the Guarantors will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Guarantors and having a tenor of more than one year.

(j) Use of Proceeds.  The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of proceeds”.

(k) DTC . The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(l) No Stabilization.  Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(m) Record Retention . The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:

(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “ free writing prospectus ”, as defined in Rule 405 under the

 

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Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A hereto or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) hereof (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “ Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex A hereto without the consent of the Company.

(b) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order.  No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of a Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative.

(b) Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.

(c) No Downgrade.  Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

 

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(d) No Material Adverse Change.  No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(e) Officer’s Certificate.  The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company and of each Guarantor who has specific knowledge of the Company or such Guarantor’s financial matters and is reasonably satisfactory to the Representative (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the best knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company and the Guarantors have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in Sections 6(a) , (c)  and (d)  hereof.

(f) Comfort Letters.  (i) On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, in each case with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries and Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP, as the case may be; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date; and (ii) the Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, of its chief financial officer with respect to certain financial data contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, providing “management comfort” with respect to such information, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.

(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company.  The Representative shall have received (1) the favorable opinion and 10b-5 Statement, addressed to the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date of Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Company and all Guarantors other than any Guarantor referenced in Section 6(h) , in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to

 

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the Representative, and (2) the favorable opinion addressed to the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date of James H. Graass, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, in form an substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.

(h) Opinions of Local Counsel . (i) Woodburn & Wedge, counsel for CCP Cement Company, CCP Gypsum LLC, Mountain Cement Company, Nevada Cement Company, Texas Cement Company, CCP Land Company, Centex Cement Corporation, Rio Grande Drywall Supply Co. and Western Aggregates LLC in the State of Nevada, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, (ii) Crowe & Dunlevy, counsel for CRS Atlantic LLC in the State of Oklahoma, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, and (iii) Quarles & Brady LLP, counsel for Wisconsin Cement Company in the State of Wisconsin, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.

(i) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters.  The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement, addressed to the Underwriters, of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(j) No Legal Impediment to Issuance.  No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees.

(k) Good Standing . The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and the Guarantors in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

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(m) Indenture and Securities . The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company, each of the Guarantors and the Trustee, and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee.

(n) Credit Agreement Amendment.  Concurrently with or prior to the Closing Date, the Credit Agreement Amendment shall have become effective and the terms thereof shall be consistent in all material respects with the terms described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, and the Representatives shall have received conformed counterparts thereof.

(o) Additional Documents.  On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.

All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

7. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters.  The Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter expressly for use therein.

(b) Indemnification of the Company and the Guarantors.  Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the Guarantors, each of their respective directors and officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the

 

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Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but in each case, only with respect to any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following paragraphs in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus: the third and fourth sentences of the first paragraph and the second paragraph under the caption “Underwriting (conflicts of interest)—Price stabilization and short positions.”

(c) Notice and Procedures.  If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either Sections 7(a) or (b)  hereof, such person (the “ Indemnified Person ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “ Indemnifying Person ”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under Sections 7(a) or (b)  hereof except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided , further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under Sections 7(a) or (b)  hereof. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded

 

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that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and any such separate firm for the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company and the Guarantors shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for in Sections 7(a) or (b)  hereof is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,

 

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claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Guarantors from the sale of the Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any Guarantor or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) Limitation on Liability.  The Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 7(d) hereof. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 7(d) hereof shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7 , in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies.  The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

8. Effectiveness of Agreement . This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above.

9. Termination . This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the

 

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Company or any of the Guarantors shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

10. Defaulting Underwriter .

(a) If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “ Underwriter ” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10 , purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in Section 10(a) hereof, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in Section 10(a) hereof, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal

 

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amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in Section 10(b) hereof, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company or the Guarantors, except that the Company and each of the Guarantors will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company, the Guarantors or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

11. Payment of Expenses .

(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in connection therewith; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA, and the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors; and (x) one half of all air travel expenses in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.

(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

 

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12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

13. Survival . The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Underwriters.

14. Certain Defined Terms . For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “ affiliate ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “ business day ” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “ subsidiary ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (d) the term “ significant subsidiary ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act; and (e) the term “ Majority-Owned Subsidiary ” or “ Majority-Owned Subsidiaries ” means any subsidiary (or subsidiaries) more than 50 percent of whose outstanding voting securities are owned by its parent and/or the parent’s other majority-owned subsidiaries.

15. Compliance with USA Patriot Act . In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

16. Miscellaneous .

(a) Authority of the Representative.  Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall be binding upon the Underwriters.

(b) Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representative c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: 212-270-1063); Attention: Gregory Spier. Notices to

 

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the Company and the Guarantors shall be given to them at 3811 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75219, attention of D. Craig Kesler, Chief Financial Officer (fax: (214) 432-2110), with a copy to the attention of James H. Graass, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (fax: (214) 432-2110) and a copy to Sidley Austin LLP, 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3600, Dallas, Texas 75201 to the attention of William D. Howell (fax (214) 981-3400).

(c) Governing Law.  This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(d) Submission to Jurisdiction . The Company and each of the Guarantors hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and each of the Guarantors waive any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. Each of the Company and each of the Guarantors agree that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and each Guarantor, as applicable, and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which Company and each Guarantor, as applicable, is subject by a suit upon such judgment.

(e) Waiver of Jury Trial . Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

(f) Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(g) Amendments or Waivers.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(h) Headings.  The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Senior Vice President, Controller
  and Chief Accounting Officer

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


TLCC LP LLC
By  

/s/ Joseph P. Sells

Name:   Joseph P. Sells
Title:   President and Secretary

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


AG DALLAS LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
AG SOUTH CAROLINA LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
AMERICAN GYPSUM COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
AMERICAN GYPSUM MARKETING COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
AUDUBON MATERIALS LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


AUDUBON READYMIX LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CCP CEMENT COMPANY
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CCP CONCRETE/AGGREGATES LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CCP GYPSUM LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CCP LAND COMPANY
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


CCP LEASING LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CENTEX CEMENT CORPORATION
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CENTEX MATERIALS LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CPCC LAND COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CRS ATLANTIC LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


CRS BLOCKER 1 INC.
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CRS BLOCKER 2 INC.
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CRS BLOCKER 3 INC.
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CRS BLOCKER 4 INC.
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
CRS HOLDCO LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


CRS PROPPANTS LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
DUNNING PROPERTIES, L.L.C.
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
EAGLE CEMENT COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
EAGLE MATERIALS AVIATION LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
EAGLE MATERIALS IP LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


EAGLE OIL AND GAS PROPPANTS HOLDINGS LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
EAGLE OIL AND GAS PROPPANTS LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
FARMING SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
FARMING SOLUTIONS LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
GREAT NORTHERN SAND LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


GREEN PROPERTY FARMS, LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
GREEN ROSE INVESTMENTS, LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
HOLLIS & EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
IC ENERGY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
ILLINOIS CEMENT COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


KANSAS CITY AGGREGATE LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
KANSAS CITY FLY ASH LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
KANSAS CITY READYMIX LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
MATHEWS READYMIX LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
MEV LAND TRUST LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


MICHIGAN CEMENT COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
MINNESOTA SAND COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
MOUNTAIN CEMENT COMPANY
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
MOUNTAIN LAND & CATTLE COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
NEVADA CEMENT COMPANY
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


NORTHERN WHITE SAND LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
REPUBLIC PAPERBOARD COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
RIO GRANDE DRYWALL SUPPLY CO.
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
SKYWAY CEMENT COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
TEXAS CEMENT COMPANY
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


TLCC GP LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
TULSA CEMENT LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
WESTERN AGGREGATES LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
WESTERN CEMENT COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
WISCONSIN CEMENT COMPANY
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


Accepted: July 28, 2016
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
  For itself and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Spier

  Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Underwriting Agreement ]


Schedule 1

 

Underwriter

   Principal Amount  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 192,500,000   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

   $ 42,000,000   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   $ 42,000,000   

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC

   $ 42,000,000   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

   $ 10,500,000   

PNC Capital Markets LLC

   $ 10,500,000   

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

   $ 10,500,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 350,000,000   


Schedule 2

Guarantors

AG Dallas LLC

AG South Carolina LLC

American Gypsum Company LLC

American Gypsum Marketing Company LLC

Audubon Materials LLC

Audubon Readymix LLC

CCP Cement Company

CCP Concrete/Aggregates LLC

CCP Gypsum LLC

CCP Land Company

CCP Leasing LLC

Centex Cement Corporation

Centex Materials LLC

CPCC Land Company LLC

CRS Atlantic LLC

CRS Blocker 1 Inc.

CRS Blocker 2 Inc.

CRS Blocker 3 Inc.

CRS Blocker 4 Inc.

CRS Holdco LLC

CRS Proppants LLC

Dunning Properties, L.L.C.

Eagle Cement Company LLC

Eagle Materials Aviation LLC

Eagle Materials IP LLC

Eagle Oil and Gas Proppants Holdings LLC

Eagle Oil and Gas Proppants LLC

Farming Solutions Holdings LLC

Farming Solutions LLC

Great Northern Sand LLC

Green Property Farms, LLC

Green Rose Investments, LLC

Hollis & Eastern Railroad Company LLC

IC Energy LLC

Illinois Cement Company LLC

Kansas City Aggregate LLC

Kansas City Fly Ash LLC

Kansas City Readymix LLC

Mathews Readymix LLC

MEV Land Trust LLC

Michigan Cement Company LLC

Minnesota Sand Company LLC


Mountain Cement Company

Mountain Land & Cattle Company LLC

Nevada Cement Company

Northern White Sand LLC

Republic Paperboard Company LLC

Rio Grande Drywall Supply Co.

Skyway Cement Company LLC

Texas Cement Company

TLCC GP LLC

TLCC LP LLC

Tulsa Cement LLC

Western Aggregates LLC

Western Cement Company of California

Wisconsin Cement Company


Schedule 3

Significant Subsidiaries

AG South Carolina LLC

American Gypsum Company LLC

American Gypsum Marketing Company LLC

Audubon Materials LLC (d/b/a Central Plains Cement Company)

CRS Proppants LLC

Great Northern Sand LLC

Illinois Cement Company

Mountain Cement Company

Nevada Cement Company

Northern White Sand LLC

Republic Paperboard Company LLC

Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP (d/b/a Texas Lehigh Cement)


Annex A

Time of Sale Information

 

    Pricing Term Sheet, dated July 28, 2016, substantially in the form of Annex B hereto.


Annex B

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-206222

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated July 28, 2016

Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated July 25, 2016

Eagle Materials Inc.

Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer    Eagle Materials Inc.
Security    Senior Notes due 2026
Guarantors    All of the Issuer’s existing majority-owned subsidiaries
Aggregate principal amount    $350,000,000
Gross Proceeds    $350,000,000
Net Proceeds (before expenses)    $345,187,500
Maturity date    August 1, 2026
Coupon    4.500%
Issue price    100.000% of face amount
Yield to maturity    4.500%
Spread to benchmark treasury    +299 basis points
Benchmark treasury    UST 1.625% due May 15, 2026
Interest payment dates    August 1 and February 1, commencing February 1, 2017
Optional redemption   

Prior to August 1, 2021, the Company may redeem some or all of the notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus a “make-whole” premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

 

Prior to August 1, 2019, the Company may redeem up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 104.500% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

 

On or after August 1, 2021, the Company may redeem some or all of the notes at the redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding the applicable redemption date:

 

    

Year

   Percentage  
   2021      102.250
   2022      101.500
   2023      100.750
   2024 and thereafter      100.000

 

Trade Date    July 28, 2016


Settlement      T+3; August 2, 2016     
CUSIP      26969P AA6     
ISIN      US26969PAA66     
Ratings*      [Intentionally Omitted]     
Denominations/multiple      $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof     
Joint book-running managers     

 

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC

  

  

  

  

  

 
Co-managers     

 

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

  

  

  

 
     Three months ended
June 30, 2016
    Year ended
March 31, 2016
     

Pro forma ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1)

                                                              11.0                                                              8.5  

 

(1) Earnings represent earnings before income taxes and before income from equity method investments plus: (a) fixed charges; and (b) cash distributions from equity method investments. Fixed charges include: (i) interest expense, whether expensed or capitalized, less interest accrued for uncertain tax positions; and (ii) the portion of operating rental expense which management believes is representative of the interest component of rent expense.

Changes from Preliminary Prospectus Supplement

The aggregate principal amount of notes to be issued in the offering increased from $300,000,000 to $350,000,000. The incremental net proceeds from the increase in the offering size will be used to repay outstanding borrowings under the Issuer’s Credit Facility. As a result, all information (including financial information) presented in the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated July 25, 2016, is deemed to have changed to the extent affected by the changes described herein.

 

 

 

* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or withdrawn at any time.

The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus), as amended, and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov . Alternatively, you may request that a copy of the prospectus and the preliminary prospectus supplement be mailed to you free of charge by calling J.P. Morgan at (866) 846-2874, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at (800) 294-1322, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at (800) 645-3751 or BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC at (844) 499-2713.

Exhibit 4.2

Execution Version

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of August 2, 2016

Among

EAGLE MATERIALS INC.,

as Issuer

AND

THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY N.A.,

as Trustee

$350,000,000 of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2026

 

 


THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is dated as of August 2, 2016 (this “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), among EAGLE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the Guarantors party hereto (each a “ Guarantor ” and collectively, the “ Guarantors ”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

A. The Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of May 8, 2009 (the “ Base Indenture ,” as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of unsubordinated debt securities (the “ Securities ”) evidencing its unsecured indebtedness and for the issuance of guarantees of the Securities.

B. Pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Company has authorized the issuance of $350,000,000 of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “ Initial Offered Securities ”).

C. The Guarantors will guarantee the Offered Securities being issued pursuant to Article IV hereof.

D. The entry into this First Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto is in all respects authorized by the provisions of the Base Indenture.

E. The Company desires to enter into this First Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture to establish the form of the Offered Securities in accordance with Article II of the Base Indenture and to establish the terms of the Offered Securities in accordance with Article III of the Base Indenture.

F. All things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid indenture and to make the Offered Securities, each when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Offered Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

Section 1.1 Scope of this First Supplemental Indenture .

Unless otherwise stated, the terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall supersede any corresponding provisions in the Base Indenture, and to the extent any provision of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture


effected by this First Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and shall only govern the terms of, the Offered Securities, which may be issued from time to time, and shall not apply to any other Offered Securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other Offered Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements.

Section 1.2 Additional Defined Terms .

The following definitions in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture are hereby amended and restated in their entirety or added to Section 1.01 if not therein, as applicable. As used herein, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings with respect to the Offered Securities only:

Additional Offered Securities ” means additional Offered Securities (other than the Initial Offered Securities) issued under an indenture supplemental or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, as part of the same series as the Initial Offered Securities.

Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Attributable Debt ” in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate borne by the Offered Securities, compounded annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended) (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights); provided , however , that if such Sale/Leaseback Transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Debt represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.”

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors, or the law of any other jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or the relief of debtors.

Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company, the Board of Directors, Board of Managers or sole member, as applicable, of any Guarantor or any committee of any of the foregoing duly authorized to act on behalf of such authority.

Business Day ” means each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Trustee or commercial banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City.

Capital Lease Obligation ” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Debt represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the

 

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date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. For purposes of Section 5.1 hereof, a Capital Lease Obligation will be deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased.

Capital Markets Debt ” means any Debt consisting of bonds, debentures, notes or other similar debt securities issued in (1) a public offering registered under the Securities Act, (2) a private placement to institutional investors that is resold in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S of the Securities Act, or (3) a placement to institutional investors. The term “Capital Markets Debt” shall not include any Debt Facilities or similar Debt or any other type of Debt incurred in a manner not customarily viewed as a “securities offering.”

Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following after the Issue Date:

(1) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as such term is used in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act or any successor provision), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;

(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

(3) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis) to another Person, other than a transaction following which in the case of a merger or consolidation transaction, holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction (or other securities into which such securities are converted as part of such merger or consolidation transaction) own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation transaction immediately after such transaction; or

(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct Subsidiary of a holding company, (b) such holding company owns no assets other than the Capital Stock of the Company and (c) upon completion of such transaction, the ultimate beneficial ownership of the Company has not been modified by such transaction.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company.

 

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Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the net income or loss of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided , however , that there shall be excluded:

(1) the income of any such consolidated Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such consolidated Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of the charter, by-laws or similar governing document of such Subsidiary; provided , for the avoidance of doubt, that the net income of joint ventures will be excluded, except as otherwise distributed to the Company and its Subsidiaries; and

(2) the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a consolidated Subsidiary of the Company or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries or the date that such Person’s assets are acquired by the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries;

provided , further , however , that Consolidated Net Income for any period shall be determined after excluding the effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and its Subsidiaries) in any line item in the Company’s consolidated financial statements in such period pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to any completed acquisition.

Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1)(a) the aggregate amount of Funded Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries then outstanding that is secured by Liens as of such date of determination, less (b) cash and cash equivalents of the Company and its Subsidiaries to (2) EBITDA for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements of the Company are available, in each case with pro forma and other adjustments to each of Funded Debt and EBITDA to reflect any incurrences or repayments of Funded Debt (which pro forma and other adjustments will be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company and shall not be required to be made in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC) and any acquisitions or dispositions of businesses or assets since the beginning of such four consecutive fiscal quarter period; provided , however , that for purposes of calculating the amount under clause (1)(a) above on any date of determination, amounts of revolving credit indebtedness committed pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any Debt Facility that may be incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries and which, upon incurrence, will be secured by a Lien, shall be deemed to be outstanding at all times and subsequent borrowings, reborrowings, renewals, replacements and extensions of such revolving credit indebtedness, up to such maximum committed amount, shall not be deemed additional incurrences of Funded Debt requiring calculations under this definition (but subsequent incremental borrowings in connection with increases in such maximum committed amount shall require calculations under this definition or shall otherwise comply with Section 5.1 hereof).

Continuing Director ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the first date that any of the Offered Securities were issued or (2) was nominated for election or elected to the Company’s Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Company’s Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

 

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Credit Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated October 30, 2014, among Eagle Materials Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A., Branch Banking and Trust Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, Regions Bank and SunTrust Bank, as co-documentation agents, and the lenders party thereto, together with the related documents thereto (including the term loans and revolving loans thereunder, any guarantees and security documents), as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time, and any agreement (and related document) governing Debt, including an indenture, incurred to Refinance, in whole or in part, the borrowings and commitments then outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such Credit Agreement or a successor Credit Agreement.

Debt ” means any indebtedness for money borrowed evidenced by loans, bonds, notes, debentures, letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, Hedging Obligations or instruments similar to the foregoing, in each case to the extent such indebtedness would appear as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

Debt Facilities ” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) with banks or other institutional lenders or investors providing for revolving loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables), letters of credit or other long term indebtedness including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise), Refinanced, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Capital Markets Debt.

Default ” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder) or upon the happening of any event:

(1) matures (excluding any maturities as a result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;

(2) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder for Debt or Disqualified Stock; or

(3) is mandatorily redeemable or must be purchased upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise, in whole or in part;

in each case on or prior to 91 days after the earlier of the Stated Maturity of the Offered Securities or the date the Offered Securities are no longer outstanding; provided , however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by

 

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the Company or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy obligations as a result of such employee’s death or disability; provided , further , however , that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a “change of control” occurring on or prior to 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Offered Securities shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if:

(1) the “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the terms applicable to the Offered Securities and described under Section 5.5 hereof; and

(2) any such requirement only becomes operative after compliance with such terms applicable to the Offered Securities, including the purchase of any Offered Securities tendered pursuant thereto.

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

EBITDA ” for any period means Consolidated Net Income for such period plus

(1) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of

(a) consolidated interest expense for such period,

(b) consolidated income tax expense for such period,

(c) consolidated depreciation and amortization for such period,

(d) any costs, expenses or charges (including advisory, legal and professional fees) related to any Equity Offering, investments, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or incurrence of any Debt (including a refinancing thereof (whether or not successful)), including (A) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Offered Securities and any Debt Facilities and (B) any amendment or modification of the Offered Securities or any Debt Facility,

(e) any restructuring expenses or charges for such period, including charges or expenses related to employee severance or facilities consolidation,

(f) any unusual or non-recurring fees, expenses or charges for such period, in each case, representing transaction or integration costs incurred in connection with acquisitions,

(g) all other non-cash losses, expenses and charges of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period (excluding (x) the write down of current assets and (y) any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period),

(h) any non-cash compensation expense, including expenses recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights to officers, directors or employees, and in connection with options, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other equity level awards under any Company incentive plan,

 

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(i) any losses attributable to sales of assets out of the ordinary course of business,

(j) any net after tax losses on disposal of discontinued operations,

(k) any modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, settlement costs incurred to annuitize retirees or facilitate lump-sum buyout offers under pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans or mark-to-market adjustments under pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans; provided that for any period of calculation, amounts under this clause (xi) shall not comprise more than 5% of EBITDA for such period, and

(l) any net non-cash unrealized loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and made in accordance with ASC No. 815— Derivatives and Hedging ; minus

(2) without duplication

(a) consolidated income tax benefit for such period,

(b) any gains attributable to sales of assets out of the ordinary course of business,

(c) any net after tax gains on disposal of discontinued operations, and

(d) any net non-cash unrealized gain resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and made in accordance with ASC No. 815— Derivatives and Hedging .

Equity Offering ” means any primary offering of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) to Persons who are not Subsidiaries of the Company other than (1) public offerings with respect to the Company’s Common Stock registered on Form S-8 and (2) issuances upon exercise of options by employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Funded Debt ” means all Debt having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date as of which the determination is made or having a maturity of 12 months or less but by its terms being renewable or extendable beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the borrower, excluding any Debt owed to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Issue Date, including those set forth in:

(1) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;

(2) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board; and

 

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(3) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession;

provided , for the avoidance of doubt, that except as set forth in the Indenture, all ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in the Indenture shall be computed in comformity with GAAP.

Government Securities ” means securities that are (1) direct obligations of the United States for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of the United States, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depositary receipt.

Guarantee ” means a guarantee by a Subsidiary of the Company’s obligations with respect to the Offered Securities.

Guarantor ” or “ Guarantors ” means each Subsidiary of the Company that executes this First Supplemental Indenture as a guarantor on the Issue Date and each other Subsidiary of the Company, that thereafter executes a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto providing its Guarantee pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, in each case so long as such Guarantee is in effect.

Hedging Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any interest rate agreement, currency agreement or commodity agreement.

Issue Date ” means August 2, 2016.

Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the grant by any Person of a non-exclusive license to use intellectual property owned by, licensed to, or developed by such Person and such license activity shall not constitute a grant by such Person of a Lien on such intellectual property.

Net Cash Proceeds ,” with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees and expenses actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.

Obligations ” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an

 

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allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), other monetary obligations, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Debt.

Offered Securities ” means the Initial Offered Securities and any Additional Offered Securities.

Officer ” means the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, any Vice President, and the Treasurer, or any other officer or officers of the Company pursuant to a duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors.

Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by any two of the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, any Vice President, and the Treasurer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Preferred Stock ,” as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distributions of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such corporation, over shares of capital of any other class of such corporation.

principal ” of a Note means the principal of the Note plus the premium, if any, payable on the Note which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.

Private Placement Senior Notes ” means the Company’s outstanding Series 2005A Senior Notes and Series 2007A Senior Notes.

Property ” means any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, including current assets, but excluding deposit or other control accounts, owned on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

Refinance ” means, in respect of any Debt, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Debt in exchange or replacement for, such Debt. “ Refinanced ” and “ Refinancing ” shall have correlative meanings.

Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” means an arrangement relating to a Property owned by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company whereby the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company transfers such property to a Person and the Company or the Subsidiary of the Company leases it from such Person.

 

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SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that would be a “significant subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has occurred).

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by:

 

  (1) such Person;

 

  (2) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or

 

  (3) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Voting Stock ” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof (or the controlling managing member or general partner, as applicable).

ARTICLE II

Section 2.1 Title and Terms of Offered Securities .

The following terms relate to the Offered Securities:

(1) The Offered Securities constitute a series of Securities having the title “4.500% Senior Notes due 2026.”

(2) The aggregate principal amount of the Initial Offered Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this First Supplemental Indenture (except for Offered Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Initial Offered Securities pursuant to clause (12) of the third paragraph of Section 3.01, Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.06 and Section 11.07 of the Base Indenture) is $350,000,000.

The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of Offered Securities previously issued, issue Additional Offered Securities having the same terms as, and ranking equally and ratably with, the Offered Securities then Outstanding in all respects (other than with respect to the date of issuance, public offering price and amount of interest payable on the first payment date applicable thereto); provided that if the Additional Offered Securities are not

 

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fungible with the Offered Securities then Outstanding for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Additional Offered Securities will have one or more separate CUSIP numbers. Such Additional Offered Securities may be consolidated and form a single series with, and shall have the same terms as to ranking, redemption, waivers, amendments and otherwise as, the Offered Securities then Outstanding, and shall vote together as one class on all matters with respect to the Offered Securities.

(3) The entire outstanding principal of the Offered Securities shall be payable on August 1, 2026.

(4) The rate at which Offered Securities shall bear interest shall be 4.500% per year. The date from which interest shall accrue on the Offered Securities shall be August 2, 2016, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. The Interest Payment Dates for the Offered Securities shall be February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2017. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date to the Holders of record at the close of business on January 15 and July 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date (a “ regular record date ”). The basis upon which interest shall be calculated shall be that of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Offered Securities shall be payable, and the Offered Securities may be exchanged or transferred, at the office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture. The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Offered Securities pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture. Except as otherwise set forth in the Indenture or established in one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Offered Security or the date of redemption of any Offered Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, may be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

(5) The Offered Securities shall be issuable in whole in the form of one or more registered global securities, and the Depositary for such global securities shall be DTC. The Offered Securities shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A , the terms of which are herein incorporated by reference. The Offered Securities shall be initially issued in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the minimum denomination of any Offered Security shall be $1,000.

(6) The Offered Securities will not have the benefit of any sinking fund.

(7) Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Offered Securities shall be payable in U.S. dollars.

(8) Except as provided herein, the Holders of the Offered Securities shall have no special rights in addition to those provided in the Base Indenture upon the occurrence of any particular events.

(9) The Offered Securities will be senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and will rank equally among themselves with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the Company.

(10) The Offered Securities are not convertible into Common Stock or other securities of the Company.

 

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(11) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase the Offered Securities in the open market or otherwise.

(12) For the avoidance of doubt, Article XIII of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Offered Securities.

ARTICLE III

Section 3.1 Optional Redemption .

(1) At any time prior to August 1, 2021, the Company may redeem the Offered Securities, in whole or in part, from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed or delivered by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities, plus the Applicable Premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the applicable redemption date.

(2) At any time prior to August 1, 2019, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Offered Securities) with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed or delivered by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC, at a redemption price equal to 104.500% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date; provided that (1) at least 60% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Offered Securities) remains outstanding after each such redemption and (2) such redemption occurs within 120 days after the closing of any such Equity Offering.

(3) On and after August 1, 2021, the Company may redeem the Offered Securities, in whole or in part, from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed or delivered by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC, at the redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the Offered Securities to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Offered Securities, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on August 1 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2021

     102.250

2022

     101.500

2023

     100.750

2024 and thereafter

     100.000

(4) If the optional redemption date is on or after a regular record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest in respect of Offered Securities subject to redemption will be paid on the redemption date to the Person in whose name the Offered Security is registered at the close of business, on such regular record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Offered Securities will be subject to redemption by the Company.

 

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(5) Notice of any redemption of the Offered Securities in connection with a transaction or an event (including a Change of Control or completion of an Equity Offering) may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof.

(6) In connection with any redemption of Offered Securities, any such redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, consummation of any related equity offering or consummation of a Change of Control or Refinancing of Debt. In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion), or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed.

(7) Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 3.1 , any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Article XI of the Base Indenture.

(8) As used herein:

Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to an Offered Security on any date of redemption, the greater of (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Offered Security, and (2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value as of such date of redemption of (i) the redemption price of such Offered Security on August 1, 2021 as set forth in Section 3.1(3) hereof, plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Offered Security through August 1, 2021 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such date of redemption plus 50 basis points, over (b) the then-outstanding principal amount of such Offered Security; provided that calculation of the Applicable Premium will be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate.

Treasury Rate ” means, as of any date of redemption of Offered Securities, the yield to maturity at the time of computation of U.S. Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source or similar market data selected by the Company in good faith)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to August 1, 2021; provided , however , that if the period from such redemption date to August 1, 2021 is not equal to the constant maturity of a U.S. Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the redemption date to August 1, 2021 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

GUARANTEES.

Section 4.1 Guarantees .

(1) Each Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally, and jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, guarantees (i) to each Holder of each Offered Security that is authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and (ii) to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including post-petition interest under Bankruptcy Law) on such Offered Security when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Offered Security and of the Indenture and such other Obligations under such Offered Security and the Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, each Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company. The Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to pay, in addition to the amount stated above, any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under the Guarantees.

(2) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, the validity, regularity or enforceability of such Offered Security or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same or any release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company or such Guarantor or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other guarantee of all or any of the Offered Securities or other Obligations under the Offered Securities and the Indenture or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest in or other lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or any other Person or any collateral, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Offered Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby or other Obligations under the Offered Securities and the Indenture and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such Offered Security or other Obligations under the Offered Securities and the Indenture except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in such Guarantee. Each Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders of the Offered Securities are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of such Offered Securities, to collect interest on such Offered Securities, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to such Offered Securities or other Obligations under the Offered Securities and the Indenture, each Guarantor agrees to pay to the Trustee for the account of such Holders or for its own account, as the case may be, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of such Holders.

 

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(3) The Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of such Offered Securities or other Obligations under the Offered Securities and the Indenture, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Holder of such Offered Securities or by the Trustee, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, such Offered Securities or other Obligations under the Offered Securities and the Indenture shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

(4) In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

Section 4.2 Limitation on Guarantor Liability . Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of a Offered Security, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any bankruptcy or insolvency law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar U.S. federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the Obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article IV , result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed Obligations under the Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

Section 4.3 Execution and Delivery .

(1) To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 4.1 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this First Supplemental Indenture (or an indenture supplemental to this First Supplemental Indenture) shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by any member of its Board of Directors, its chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, or any executive vice president, senior vice president or vice president.

(2) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 4.1 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on any Offered Security.

 

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(3) If an Officer whose signature is on the Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Offered Security, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

(4) The delivery of any Offered Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in the Indenture with respect to such Offered Security on behalf of the Guarantors.

Section 4.4 Subrogation . Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of the Offered Securities against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.1 hereof; provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Company under the Indenture or the Offered Securities shall have been paid in full.

Section 4.5 Benefits Acknowledged .   Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this First Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 4.6 Releases of Guarantees . A Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Company, the Trustee or any other Person is required for the release of such Guarantor’s Guarantee, upon any of the following events:

(1) any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange or other disposition (by spin-off, merger, consolidation or otherwise) of Capital Stock or other interests of such Guarantor after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company;

(2) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the applicable Guarantor;

(3) at the election of the Company (notice of which election will be delivered reasonably promptly to the Trustee), at such time as such Guarantor no longer guarantees any (a) Debt Facility of the Company or any Guarantor with an aggregate principal amount or commitments of $50,000,000 or more (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or (b) Capital Markets Debt of the Company or any Guarantor; provided , however , with respect to clause (b) in the case of the release of the Private Placement Senior Notes, that a Guarantor may be released from its Guarantee of the Offered Securities so long as the Company and such Guarantor substantially concurrently take such actions as are necessary to promptly thereafter release such Guarantor’s guarantee of the Private Placement Senior Notes;

(4) the Company’s exercise of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as provided under Section 8.2 hereof or Section 8.3 hereof;

(5) discharge of the Indenture as provided under Article VIII hereof; or

(6) pursuant to Article IX hereof,

in the case of clause (1) or (2) of this Section 4.6 , other than to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and as not prohibited by the Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE V.

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS.

The following additional covenants shall apply to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding (but subject to covenant defeasance as provided under Section 8.3 hereof):

Section 5.1 Limitation on Liens .

The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any Debt secured by a Lien upon (a) any Property of the Company or such Subsidiary, or (b) any shares of Capital Stock or Debt issued by any Subsidiary of the Company and owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, whether owned on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, without effectively providing concurrently that the Offered Securities (and the Guarantees, in the case of Subsidiaries) then Outstanding under the Indenture are secured equally and ratably with or, at the option of the Company, prior to such Debt so long as such Debt shall be so secured.

The foregoing restriction shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from Debt (or any guarantee thereof) in any computation under such restriction, Debt (or any guarantee thereof) secured by:

(1) Liens on any property or assets existing at the time of the acquisition thereof;

(2) Liens on property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of such Person (or a division thereof) to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company; provided that any such Lien does not extend to any property or assets owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, sale, lease or other disposition;

(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company; provided that any such Lien does not extend to any property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to such Person becoming a Subsidiary;

(4) Liens in favor of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company;

(5) Liens to secure all or part of the cost of acquisition, construction, development or improvement of the underlying property, or to secure Debt incurred to provide funds for any such purpose; provided that the commitment of the creditor to extend the credit secured by any such Lien shall have been obtained no later than 270 days after the later of (a) the completion of the acquisition, construction, development or improvement of such property or (b) the placing in operation of such property; provided , further , that such Liens do not extend to any property other than such property subject to acquisition, construction, development or improvement;

 

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(6) Liens in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any other Person, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments;

(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date or any refinancing, defeasement, extension, renewal, replacement or refunding of any Debt (or any guarantee thereof) secured by a Lien existing on the Issue Date or referred to in clauses (1)-(3) or (5) of the second paragraph of this Section 5.1 ; provided that any such refinancing, defeasement, extension, renewal, replacement or refunding of such Debt (or any guarantee thereof) shall be created within 270 days of repaying or maturity, as applicable, of the Debt (or any guarantee thereof) secured by the Lien existing on the Issue Date or referred to in clauses (1)-(3) or (5) of the second paragraph of this Section 5.1 and the principal amount of the Debt (or any guarantee thereof) secured thereby and not otherwise authorized by clauses (1)-(3) or (5) of the second paragraph of this Section 5.1 shall not exceed the aggregate principal or accreted (in the case of Debt issued with original issue discount) amount of Debt (or any guarantee thereof), plus the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, any premium, fee or customary and reasonable expense or cost payable in connection with any such refinancing, defeasement, extension, renewal, replacement or refunding, so secured at the time of such extension, renewal, replacement or refunding;

(8) Liens in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000;

(9) Liens in favor of the Offered Securities and the Guarantees;

(10) Liens securing Hedging Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

(11) Liens securing banking services or cash management obligations.

Notwithstanding the restrictions described in this Section 5.1 , the Company and any Subsidiaries of the Company may create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by Liens (including, without limitation, Liens securing Debt under the Credit Agreement and related Hedging Obligations) without equally and ratably (or on a more favorable basis) securing the Offered Securities then Outstanding if, at the time of such creation, incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto and to the retirement of any Debt which is concurrently being retired,

(A) the aggregate principal amount of all such Debt secured by Liens which would otherwise be subject to such restrictions (other than any Debt (or any guarantee thereof) secured by Liens permitted as described in clauses (1)-(11) of the second paragraph of this Section 5.1 ) plus

(B) all Attributable Debt of the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company in respect of Sale/Leaseback Transactions with respect to Properties (with the exception of such transactions that are permitted under clauses (1)-(4) of the first sentence of the first paragraph under Section 5.2 hereof)

would not exceed the greater of (x) $750,000,000 and (y) the amount that would cause the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio to exceed 2.00 to 1.00.

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Credit Agreement nor any extension, renewal or replacement or refunding thereof shall be secured pursuant to clause (7) of the second paragraph of this Section 5.1 , as the Credit Agreement is unsecured as of the Issue Date.

Section 5.2 Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions .

The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with respect to any Property unless:

(1) the Sale/Leaseback Transaction is solely with the Company or another Subsidiary of the Company;

(2) the lease is for a period not in excess of 36 months (or which may be terminated by the Company or such Subsidiary), including renewals;

(3) the Company or such Subsidiary would (at the time of entering into such arrangement) be entitled as described in clauses (1)-(11) of the second paragraph of Section 5.1 hereof, without equally and ratably securing the Offered Securities then Outstanding under the Indenture, to create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by a Lien on such Property in the amount of the Attributable Debt arising from such Sale/Leaseback Transaction;

(4) the Company or such Subsidiary within 360 days after the sale of such Property in connection with such Sale/Leaseback Transaction is completed, applies an amount equal to the net proceeds of the sale of such Property to (a) the retirement of Offered Securities, other Funded Debt of the Company ranking on a parity with the Offered Securities (or the Guarantees of the Offered Securities) or Funded Debt of a Subsidiary of the Company, (b) the purchase of Property; or (c) a combination thereof; or

(5)    (a) the Attributable Debt of the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company in respect of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and all other Sale/Leaseback Transactions entered into after the Issue Date (other than any such Sale/Leaseback Transaction as would be permitted as described in clauses (1)-(4) of this Section 5.2 ), plus

(b) the aggregate principal amount of Debt then Outstanding secured by Liens on Properties (not including any such Debt secured by Liens described in clauses (1)-(11) of the second paragraph of Section 5.1 hereof) that are not equally and ratably secured with the Offered Securities then Outstanding (or secured on a basis junior to the Offered Securities then Outstanding),

would not exceed the greater of (x) $750,000,000 and (y) the amount that would cause the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio to exceed 2.00 to 1.00.

Section 5.3 Future Guarantors .

After the Issue Date, the Company will cause each Subsidiary of the Company that guarantees (1) any Debt Facility of the Company or any Guarantor with an aggregate principal amount or commitments of $50,000,000 or more or (2) any Capital Markets Debt issued by the Company or any Guarantor to, within 60 days of the incurrence of such guarantee, execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto to the Indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary of the Company will guarantee payment of the Offered Securities or other Obligations under the Offered Securities

 

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and the Indenture on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Indenture. The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor. A Subsidiary that in the future becomes a Guarantor may be released from its Guarantee without the consent of the Holders of the Offered Securities under the circumstances described in Section 4.6 hereof.

Section 5.4 Reports by the Company .

(1) Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will file with the SEC within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations that are then applicable to the Company (or if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, then the time periods for filing applicable to a filer that is not an “accelerated filer” as defined in such rules and regulations) and make available to the Trustee and Holders of the Offered Securities within 15 days thereafter, such annual reports and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such sections; provided , however , that the Company shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event the Company will make available such information to the Trustee and Holders of the Offered Securities within 15 days after the time the Company would be required to file such information with the SEC if it were subject to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no responsibility to ensure such filing has occurred.

(2) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of the covenants under the Indenture or the Offered Securities (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). The Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to in this section to the Trustee and the Holders of the Offered Securities if the Company has filed such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor electronic delivery procedure) and such reports are publicly available.

Section 5.5 Change of Control .

(1) Within 30 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Offered Securities shall have the right to require that the Company make an offer to purchase all of such Holder’s Offered Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof on the date of purchase plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase.

(2) If the Change of Control purchase date is on or after a regular record date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest to the Change of Control purchase date will be paid on the Change of Control purchase date to the Person in whose name an Offered Security is registered at the close of business on such regular record date.

(3) Within 30 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem all the Offered Securities as described under Section 3.1 hereof, the Company will mail (or deliver by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC) a notice to each Holder of Offered Securities with a copy to the Trustee (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) stating:

 

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(a) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase all of such Holder’s Offered Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof on the date of purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase;

(b) the circumstances that constitute or may constitute such Change of Control;

(c) the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent); and

(d) the instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this covenant, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Offered Securities purchased.

(4) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Offered Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or if the Company has exercised its option to redeem all the Offered Securities pursuant to the provisions described under Section 3.1 hereof.

(5) The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the purchase of Offered Securities as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this covenant, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this covenant by virtue of its compliance with such securities laws or regulations.

(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of such Change of Control Offer.

(7) The provisions under the Indenture relative to the Company’s obligation to make an offer to purchase the Offered Securities as a result of a Change of Control, including the definition of “Change of Control,” may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Offered Securities.

(8) At any time, the Company or a third party will have the right to redeem the Offered Securities at 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of Offered Securities of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the purchase date) following the consummation of a Change of Control if at least 95% of the Offered Securities Outstanding prior to such consummation are purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer with respect to such Change of Control.

 

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ARTICLE VI.

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE.

This Article VI hereby replaces and supersedes, with respect to the Offered Securities, Article VIII of the Base Indenture in all respects.

Section 6.1 Consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance of the Company . The Company may not consolidate or merge with or into any other entity or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any entity, unless:

(1) the Company is the successor entity, or the successor or transferee entity, if other than the Company, is a Person (if such Person is not a corporation, then such successor or transferee shall include a corporate co-issuer) organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium on and any interest on all the Offered Securities then Outstanding and the performance of every covenant and obligation in the Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company;

(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default, as defined in Section 7.1 hereof, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, has happened and is continuing; and

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each in the form required by the Indenture and stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the foregoing provisions relating to such transaction, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or successor entity, as applicable, subject to customary exceptions.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, the successor entity will succeed to and be substituted for the Company as obligor on the Offered Securities with the same effect as if it had been named in the Indenture as the issuer thereof, and the Company will be released (except in the case of a lease) from all liabilities and obligations under the Offered Securities and the Indenture.

Section 6.2 Consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a Guarantor . No Guarantor may consolidate or merge with or into any other entity or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any entity, unless:

(1) a Guarantor is the successor entity, or the successor or transferee entity, if not a Guarantor prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, is a Person organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which such Guarantor was organized or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and expressly assumes by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not apply in the case of a Guarantor (or a transferee of a Guarantor, as applicable) (x) that has been, or will be as a result of the subject transaction, disposed of in its entirety to another Person (other than to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company), whether through a merger or consolidation, (y) that,

 

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as a result of the disposition of all or a portion of its Capital Stock, ceases to be a Subsidiary or (z) that conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its properties and assets and continues to be a Guarantor (or is otherwise released as a Guarantor in accordance with the Indenture);

(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default, as defined in Section 7.1 hereof, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, has happened and is continuing; and

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each in the form required by the Indenture and stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the foregoing provisions relating to such transaction and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor or successor entity, as applicable, subject to customary exceptions.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer where the successor entity will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor as the obligor on such Guarantor’s Guarantee, the Guarantor will be released (except in the case of a lease) from all liabilities and obligations under its Guarantee and the Indenture.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Article VI will not apply to a merger, transfer or conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and the Guarantors.

ARTICLE VII.

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

This Article VII hereby replaces and supersedes, with respect to the Offered Securities, Article V of the Base Indenture in all respects.

Section 7.1 Events of Default .

(1) Whenever used with respect to the Offered Securities, “ Event of Default ” means any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing:

(a) a default in any payment of interest on any Offered Securities when the same shall become due, which continues for 30 days;

(b) a default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Offered Securities when due at its Stated Maturity, upon redemption, upon required purchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

(c) the failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with its obligations under Article VI hereof;

(d) the failure by the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, to comply for 45 days after notice with any of its obligations under Section 5.5 hereof (other than a failure to purchase Offered Securities which constitutes an Event of Default under Section 7.1(1)(b) hereof), Section 5.1 hereof, Section 5.2 hereof or Section 5.3 hereof;

 

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(e) the failure by the Company to comply for 120 days after notice with any of its obligations in the covenant described above under Section 5.4 hereof;

(f) the failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in the Indenture;

(g) Debt of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary is not paid within any applicable grace period after final maturity or is accelerated by the holders thereof because of a default and the total amount of such Debt unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50,000,000;

(h) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company, any Guarantor or such Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property or order the winding up or liquidation of its affairs (or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws);

(i) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company, any Guarantor or such Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property, or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors (or take any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to bankruptcy or insolvency);

(j) any final judgment or decree for the payment of money (other than judgments which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers) in excess of $50,000,000 is entered against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary, remains outstanding for a period of 60 consecutive days following such judgment becoming final and is not bonded, discharged, waived or stayed within 30 days after notice; or

(k) any Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms of the Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Guarantee.

However, a Default under Section 7.1(1)(d) hereof, Section 7.1(1)(e) hereof, Section 7.1(1)(f) hereof and Section 7.1(1)(j) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the Offered Securities then Outstanding notify the Company (with a copy to the Trustee if given by the Holders) of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. In the event of any Event of Default specified under Section 7.1(1)(g) hereof, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Offered Securities) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Offered Securities, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose: (i)(a) holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action, as the case may be, giving rise to such Event of Default or (b) the

 

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default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, and if (ii)(x) the annulment of the acceleration of the Offered Securities would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (y) all existing Events of Default, other than nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Offered Securities that became due solely because of the acceleration of the Offered Securities, have been cured or waived.

(2) The foregoing will constitute an Event of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Indenture, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing (other than under Section 7.1(1)(h) hereof and Section 7.1(1)(i) hereof), the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities then Outstanding may by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if notice is given by the Holders) declare the principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Offered Securities to be due and payable. Upon this declaration, principal, premium, if any, and interest will be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in Section 7.1(1)(h) or Section 7.1(1)(j) hereof occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Offered Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders of the Offered Securities. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Offered Securities then Outstanding by written notice to the Trustee on behalf of all of the Holders may rescind any such acceleration of the Offered Securities and its consequences if (a) such rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (b) all existing Events of Default, other than nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Offered Securities that became due because of the acceleration of the Offered Securities, have been cured or waived.

(4) At any time after the principal of the Offered Securities shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the amount due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities then Outstanding, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (a) such rescission and annulment would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, and (b) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities, other than the nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Offered Securities that became due solely by such declaration , shall have been cured or waived as provided in Section 7.7 .

No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(5) In case the Trustee or any Holder of Offered Securities shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Offered Securities under the Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case (subject to any determination in any such proceeding) the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.

 

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(6) The Trustee shall give to the Holders of Offered Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Security Register, notice by mail (or delivery by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC) of all Defaults known to the Trustee that have occurred and are continuing with respect to the Offered Securities, such notice to be transmitted within 90 days after it is known to the Trustee; provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any of the Offered Securities, the Trustee may withhold such notice if it determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Offered Securities.

Section 7.2 Statement by Officers as to Default .

So long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year a brief certificate executed by the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company or any member of the Board of Directors of the Company indicating whether the signers of such certificate know of any Default under the Indenture that occurred during the previous year. Such certificate need not include a reference to any Default that has been fully cured prior to the date as of which such certificate speaks.

The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee within 30 days of the occurrence of any event, act or condition that would constitute a Default, describing the status of such Event of Default and describing what action the Company is taking or proposing to take with respect thereto.

Section 7.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Trustee .

(1) The Company covenants that (a) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on any Offered Securities, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days, or (b) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any Offered Securities when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon the Stated Maturity or upon redemption or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Offered Securities, the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such Offered Securities for principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, or both, with interest (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue principal, premium, if any, and upon overdue installments of interest at the rate expressed in the Offered Securities; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 6.07 of the Base Indenture.

(2) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the amounts so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any Guarantor and collect the amounts adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or such Guarantor, wherever situated.

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Company or any Guarantor or its respective creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Holders of Offered Securities allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any funds or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 7.4 hereof. Any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Holders of Offered Securities to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 6.07 of the Base Indenture or as otherwise set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture.

(4) All rights of action and of asserting claims under the Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Offered Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(1)(h) or Section 7.1(1)(j) hereof occurs, the expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law. Any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under the Indenture, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Offered Securities.

(5) In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee in its discretion may proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by the Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in the Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by the Indenture or by law.

(6) Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of Offered Securities any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Offered Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 7.4 Application of Funds Collected .

Any funds collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VII with respect to the Offered Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such funds on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Offered Securities, and notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

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SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Offered Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such funds have been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Offered Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

THIRD: To the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct in a final, non-appealable judgment.

Section 7.5 Limitation on Suits .

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Offered Securities, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of such Offered Securities unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense which might be incurred in compliance with such request or direction. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, when due, no Holder of Offered Securities may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or such Offered Securities unless (1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing; (2) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities then Outstanding have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy; (3) the requesting Holders of Offered Securities have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred in compliance with such request or direction; (4) the Trustee has not complied with such Holder’s request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and (5) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Offered Securities then Outstanding have not given the Trustee a written direction inconsistent with the request within the 60-day period.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in any other provisions of the Indenture to the contrary, the right of any Holder of Offered Securities to receive payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on such Offered Securities, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Offered Securities (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder. By accepting an Offered Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Offered Security with every other such taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Offered Securities shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of the Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Offered Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Offered Securities. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 7.5 , each Holder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Section 7.6 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission not Waiver .

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to the extent permitted by law, shall be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Offered Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in the Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Offered Securities.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Offered Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.5 hereof, every power and remedy given by this Article VII or by law to the Trustee or the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

Section 7.7 Control by Holders .

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities then Outstanding, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Offered Securities. The Trustee may, however, refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of Offered Securities (it being understood that the Trustee does not have any affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any such directions are unduly prejudicial to any other Holder of Offered Securities) or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities then Outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders of all Offered Securities, may waive any past Default in the performance of any of the covenants in the Indenture and its consequences, except a Default not theretofore cured (1) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, any of the Offered Securities as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Offered Securities otherwise than by acceleration and (2) in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Offered Security. Upon any such waiver, the Default covered thereby shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to be cured for every purpose of the Indenture, and the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Offered Securities shall be restored to their former positions and rights under the Indenture, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 7.8 Undertaking to Pay Costs .

All parties to the Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Offered Securities by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under the Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 7.8 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of

 

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Holders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities then Outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Offered Security, on or after the respective payment dates expressed in the Indenture.

Section 7.9 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension of Laws .

Each of the Company and the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law (other than any Bankruptcy Law) wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture; and the Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VIII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

This Article VIII hereby replaces and supersedes, with respect to the Offered Securities, Article IV of the Base Indenture in all respects.

Section 8.1 Satisfaction and Discharge .

(1) If at any time:

(a) the Company or any Guarantor shall have delivered or shall have caused to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Offered Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any Offered Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06) and Offered Securities for whose payment funds or Government Securities have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company or such Guarantor (and thereupon repaid to the Company or such Guarantor or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 8.7 hereof); or

(b) (i) all such Offered Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable by reason of the giving of a notice of redemption or otherwise or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Offered Securities, (1) cash in U.S. dollars, (2) Government Securities, or (3) a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient (with respect to clauses (2) and (3), in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in writing to the Trustee), without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Debt on the Offered Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption, as

 

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the case may be; (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of such deposit (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Debt and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) and the deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the Credit Agreement or any other material agreement or material debt instrument (other than the Indenture) to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound; (iii) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by the Company under the Indenture; and (iv) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Offered Securities at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be,

then the Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Offered Securities except for the provisions of Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.06, Section 6.06, Section 6.10 and Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture and Section 8.5 hereof and Section 8.6 hereof, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Section 6.07 of the Base Indenture and Section 8.7 hereof, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging the Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities.

In addition, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Section 8.2 Legal Defeasance .

(1) The Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their Obligations with respect to all Offered Securities then Outstanding and the Guarantees issued with respect thereto under the Indenture on the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof are satisfied with respect to the Offered Securities (“ legal defeasance ”). For this purpose, legal defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Offered Securities then Outstanding of such series, which shall thereafter be deemed to be Outstanding only for the purposes of Section 8.5 hereof and the other Sections of the Indenture referred to below, and to have satisfied all its other Obligations under such Offered Securities and the Indenture, including the Obligations of the Guarantors (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the provisions of Section 3.03, Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.06, Section 6.06, Section 6.07, Section 6.10, Section 10.01 and Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture and Section 8.1 hereof, Section 8.5 hereof, Section 8.6 hereof and Section 8.7 hereof, which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged under the Indenture.

(2) Subject to compliance with this Article VIII , the Company may exercise its legal defeasance option under this Section 8.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option under Section 8.3 hereof. If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Offered Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect to such Offered Securities.

 

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Section 8.3 Covenant Defeasance .

The Company, at its option and at any time, by written notice executed by an Officer delivered to the Trustee, may, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, be, or cause any Guarantor, as the case may be, to be released from its Obligations under the covenants contained in Article V hereof and Section 6.2 hereof with respect to the Offered Securities and Guarantees then Outstanding on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof are satisfied (“ covenant defeasance ”), and such Offered Securities shall thereafter be deemed to be not Outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration of Holders of the Offered Securities (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be Outstanding for all other purposes under the Indenture. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Offered Securities then Outstanding, the Company and each Guarantor may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under clauses Section 7.1(1)(d) hereof, Section 7.1(1)(e) hereof, Section 7.1(1)(f) hereof (only with respect to covenants that are released as a result of such covenant defeasance), Section 7.1(1)(g) hereof, Section 7.1(1)(h) hereof (solely with respect to Significant Subsidiaries), Section 7.1(1)(i) hereof (solely with respect to Significant Subsidiaries), Section 7.1(1)(j) hereof and Section 7.1(1)(k) hereof.

Section 8.4 Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance . The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 8.2 hereof or Section 8.3 hereof with respect to the Offered Securities:

(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Offered Securities, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, a nationally recognized investment bank or a nationally recognized appraisal or valuation firm delivered to the Trustee, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Offered Securities then Outstanding on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Offered Securities are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(2) in the case of legal defeasance, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, (a) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (b) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that the beneficial owners of the Offered Securities will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of covenant defeasance, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the beneficial owners of the Offered Securities will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(4) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of such deposit (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Debt and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the Credit Agreement or any other material agreement or material debt instrument (other than the Indenture) to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

(5) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions), each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the legal defeasance or the covenant defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with; and

(6) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Offered Securities at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

After such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to this Section 8.4 and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth herein, the Trustee, upon request, shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof or Section 8.3 hereof.

Section 8.5 Deposited Funds to be Held in Trust .

All funds or Government Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof, Section 8.2 hereof, Section 8.3 hereof or Section 8.4 hereof shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or any Guarantor acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of Offered Securities for the payment or redemption of which such funds or Government Securities have been deposited with the Trustee.

Section 8.6 Payment of Funds Held by Paying Agents .

In connection with the provisions of Section 8.1 hereof, Section 8.2 hereof, Section 8.3 hereof or Section 8.4 , all funds or Government Securities then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of the Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company or any Guarantor, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Government Securities.

Section 8.7 Repayment to the Guarantors or the Company .

Any funds or Government Securities deposited with any Paying Agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company or any Guarantor, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Offered Securities that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holders of such Offered Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Offered Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, or if then held by the Company or any Guarantor shall be discharged from such trust; and thereafter, the Paying Agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Government Securities, and the Holder of any of the Offered

 

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Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, for the payment thereof. Anything in this Article VIII to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to Section 6.07 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, from time to time upon request by the Company or the Guarantors any funds or Government Securities (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 8.1 hereof, Section 8.2 hereof, Section 8.3 hereof or Section 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent satisfaction and discharge, legal defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, in accordance with this Article VIII .

Section 8.8 Reinstatement .

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any funds or Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.1 hereof, Section 8.2 hereof, Section 8.3 hereof or Section 8.4 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and each Guarantor’s Obligations under the Indenture, any indentures supplemental to the Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities and such Offered Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof, Section 8.2 hereof, Section 8.3 hereof or Section 8.4 , as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such funds or Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.1 hereof, Section 8.2 hereof, Section 8.3 hereof or Section 8.4 , as the case may be; provided , however , that if the Company or any Guarantor has made any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Offered Securities following the reinstatement of its Obligations as aforesaid, the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Offered Securities to receive such payment from the funds or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

This Article IX hereby replaces and supersedes, with respect to the Offered Securities, Article IX of the Base Indenture in all respects.

Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Holders .

In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by the Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee from time to time and at any time may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of the Holders of the Offered Securities, for one or more of the following purposes:

(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency herein or in the Offered Securities, as determined in good faith by the Company;

(2) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or a Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor Person of the obligations of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, pursuant to the Indenture, the Offered Securities or the Guarantees;

 

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(3) to provide for uncertificated Offered Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Offered Securities ( provided that the uncertificated Offered Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code);

(4) to add Guarantors with respect to the Offered Securities, to add security to or for the benefit of the Offered Securities or to release Guarantors from the Guarantees of Offered Securities, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

(5) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all of the Offered Securities or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;

(6) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any Offered Securities then Outstanding;

(7) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder of Offered Securities then Outstanding, as determined in good faith by the Company;

(8) to conform the provisions of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Offered Securities to the “Description of notes” section of the prospectus prepared in connection with the issuance of the Initial Offered Securities, as determined in good faith by the Company; provided that such amendment only affects the Offered Securities;

(9) to provide for the issuance of Additional Offered Securities under the Indenture to the extent otherwise so permitted under the terms of the Indenture;

(10) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Offered Securities or to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trust hereunder by more than one Trustee;

(11) to make any amendment to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Offered Securities as permitted by the Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of Offered Securities; provided , however , that (A) compliance with the Indenture as so amended would not result in Offered Securities being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (B) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders of Offered Securities then Outstanding to transfer Offered Securities then Outstanding, as determined in good faith by the Company; or

(12) to equally and ratably (or on a more favorable basis) secure the Offered Securities then outstanding to the extent required pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof or Section 5.2 hereof.

Upon the request of the Company and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.03 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to

 

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make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise.

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.1 may be executed by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Offered Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.2 hereof.

Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders .

With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 1.04 of the Base Indenture) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities then Outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Offered Securities), the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee from time to time and at any time may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.1 hereof the rights of the Holders of the Offered Securities under this First Supplemental Indenture; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each Offered Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, shall:

(1) reduce the amount of Offered Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment;

(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Offered Security;

(3) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Offered Security;

(4) change the optional redemption dates or prices or calculations from those described under Section 3.1 hereof;

(5) make any Offered Security payable in money other than that stated in such Offered Security;

(6) impair the right of any Holder of the Offered Securities to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Offered Securities after any interest payment date, Stated Maturity or any redemption date, as applicable;

(7) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions;

(8) make any change in the ranking or priority of any Offered Security or Guarantee that would adversely affect the Holders thereof; or

(9) release any Guarantor from its Guarantee, except as provided for in the Indenture or such Guarantee.

 

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It shall not be necessary for the consent of Holders of Offered Securities affected thereby under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

Promptly after the execution by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.1 hereof or this Section 9.2 , the Company shall mail or caused to be mailed by first class mail (or otherwise deliver in accordance with the procedures of DTC) a notice thereof to the Holders of Offered Securities affected thereby at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Company to mail or otherwise deliver such notice, or any defect therein, shall not in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

Section 9.3 Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Article VI hereof or this Article IX , the Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended with respect to the Offered Securities in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under the Indenture of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantors and the Holders of Offered Securities affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of the Indenture for any and all purposes.

Section 9.4 Offered Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures .

The Offered Securities affected by a supplemental indenture and authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article VI hereof or this Article IX may bear a notation in form approved by the Company; provided such form meets the requirements of any exchange upon which the Offered Securities may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, Additional Offered Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of the Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Offered Securities then Outstanding.

Section 9.5 Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

Upon the request of the Company and, if applicable, upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders of the Offered Securities required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee in its discretion may but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee shall receive and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture, shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate stating that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of the Indenture.

 

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Promptly after the execution by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.5 , the Company shall transmit, or request the Trustee to transmit in the name and at the expense of the Company, a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Holders of Offered Securities affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure to transmit such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1 Definitions; Interpretation of Certain Terms .

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture. Unless expressly stated to the contrary, the terms “hereof,” “herein” or terms of similar import used in this First Supplemental Indenture shall refer only to this First Supplemental Indenture.

Section 10.2 Confirmation of Indenture .

The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto with respect to the Offered Securities shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument; provided that the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture and any such indentures supplemental thereto apply solely with respect to the Offered Securities.

Section 10.3 Concerning the Trustee .

In carrying out the Trustee’s responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, protections and immunities which it possesses under the Base Indenture. The recitals contained herein and in the Offered Securities, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Offered Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Offered Securities or the proceeds thereof.

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable under the Indenture for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

Section 10.4 Governing Law .

This First Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.

 

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Section 10.5 Separability .

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Offered Securities shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Offered Securities, but this First Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

Section 10.6 Counterparts .

This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 10.7 No Benefit .

Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Offered Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders of the Offered Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this First Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture or under any covenant, condition or provision herein or therein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the Holders of the Offered Securities.

Section 10.8 Notices .

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to the Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided , however , that the Trustee shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company or any Guarantor elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its reasonable discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reasonable reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company and the Guarantors agree to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including, without limitation, the risk of the Trustee reasonably acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse of instructions or directions by third parties.

Section 10.9 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act .

The Company agrees (i) to provide the Trustee with such reasonable information as it has in its possession to enable the Trustee to determine whether any payments pursuant to the Indenture are subject to the withholding requirements imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations, or agreements thereunder or official interpretations thereof (“ Applicable Law ”), and (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any

 

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withholding or deduction from payments under the Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law, for which withholding or deductions the Trustee shall not have any liability.

[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Executive Vice President –
  Finance and Administration and
  Chief Financial Officer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


AG DALLAS LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
AG SOUTH CAROLINA LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
AMERICAN GYPSUM COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
AMERICAN GYPSUM MARKETING COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


AUDUBON MATERIALS LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
AUDUBON READYMIX LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
CCP CEMENT COMPANY
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer
CCP CONCRETE/AGGREGATES LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:

 

D. Craig Kesler

Title:

 

Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


CCP GYPSUM LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer
CCP LAND COMPANY
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer
CCP LEASING LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
CENTEX CEMENT CORPORATION
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


CENTEX MATERIALS LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
CPCC LAND COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
CRS ATLANTIC LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
CRS BLOCKER 1 INC.
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


CRS BLOCKER 2 INC.
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
CRS BLOCKER 3 INC.
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
CRS BLOCKER 4 INC.
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
CRS HOLDCO LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


CRS PROPPANTS LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
DUNNING PROPERTIES, L.L.C.
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
EAGLE CEMENT COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
EAGLE MATERIALS AVIATION LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


EAGLE MATERIALS IP LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer
EAGLE OIL AND GAS PROPPANTS HOLDINGS LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
EAGLE OIL AND GAS PROPPANTS LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
FARMING SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


FARMING SOLUTIONS LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
GREAT NORTHERN SAND LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
GREEN PROPERTY FARMS, LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
GREEN ROSE INVESTMENTS, LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


HOLLIS & EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
ILLINOIS CEMENT COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
KANSAS CITY AGGREGATE LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
KANSAS CITY FLY ASH LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


KANSAS CITY READYMIX LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:  

D. Craig Kesler

Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

MATHEWS READYMIX LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:  

D. Craig Kesler

Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

MEV LAND TRUST LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:  

D. Craig Kesler

Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

MICHIGAN CEMENT COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:  

D. Craig Kesler

Title:  

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


MINNESOTA SAND COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
MOUNTAIN CEMENT COMPANY
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and
  Treasurer
MOUNTAIN LAND & CATTLE COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
NEVADA CEMENT COMPANY
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


NORTHERN WHITE SAND LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
REPUBLIC PAPERBOARD COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
RIO GRANDE DRYWALL SUPPLY CO.
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
SKYWAY CEMENT COMPANY LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


TEXAS CEMENT COMPANY
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer
TLCC GP LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
TULSA CEMENT LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
WESTERN AGGREGATES LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


WESTERN CEMENT COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
WISCONSIN CEMENT COMPANY
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


IC ENERGY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


TLCC LP LLC
By:  

/s/ Joseph P. Sells

Name:   Joseph P. Sells
Title:   President and Secretary

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Richard Tarnas

Name:   Richard Tarnas
Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF 4.500% SENIOR NOTES

[ Insert the Private Placement Legend and/or the Global Security legend, as applicable ]

4.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026

 

No. R-[            ]    $[            ]
CUSIP No. [            ]   
ISIN No. [            ]   

EAGLE MATERIALS INC.

promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum of [            ] Dollars on August 1, 2026.

Interest Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1

Regular Record Dates: January 15 and July 15

Each Holder of this Offered Security (each as defined below), by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions hereof and of the Indenture (as defined below), and authorizes and directs the Trustee (as defined below) on such Holder’s behalf to be bound by such provisions. Each Holder of this Offered Security hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained herein and in the Indenture and waives reliance by such Holder upon said provisions.

This Offered Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose, until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. The provisions of this Offered Security are continued on the reverse side hereof, and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture.

Date: [                    ],

 

EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Offered Securities designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY N.A., as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory
Dated: [                    ]

 

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Eagle Materials Inc.

4.500% Senior Notes due 2026

This security is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities of Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture for the Company’s debt securities, dated as of May 8, 2009 (the “ Base Indenture ”), duly executed and delivered by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 2, 2016 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “ Indenture .” By the terms of the Base Indenture, the debt securities issuable thereunder are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture. This security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (collectively, the “ Offered Securities ”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantors and the holders of the Offered Securities (the “ Holders ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture, as applicable.

1. Interest . The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Offered Security at an annual rate of 4.500%. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each such day, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). If the date of maturity of interest or principal of this Offered Security or the date of redemption of this Offered Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date that payment was due. Interest on the Offered Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, the first Interest Payment Date shall be February 1, 2017. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2. Method of Payment . The Company will pay interest on the Offered Securities (except defaulted interest), if any, to the Persons in whose name such Offered Securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date referred to on the facing page of this Offered Security for such interest installment. In the event that the Offered Securities or a portion thereof are called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Offered Securities will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Offered Securities as provided in the Indenture. The principal of and the interest on the Offered Securities shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture.

3. Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee, will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

 

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4. Indenture . The terms of the Offered Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”), as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. The Offered Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of such terms. The Offered Securities are unsecured senior obligations of the Company and constitute the series designated on the face hereof as the “4.500% Senior Notes due 2026”, initially limited to $350,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture. Requests may be made to: Eagle Materials Inc., 3811 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75219, Attention: James H. Graass, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.

5. Redemption and Repurchase . The Offered Securities are subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer, as further described in the Indenture. The Company shall not be required to make sinking fund payments with respect to the Offered Securities.

6. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Offered Securities are in registered form without coupons and shall be offered and sold in initial denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the minimum denomination of any Offered Security shall be $1,000. The transfer of Offered Securities may be registered and Offered Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Offered Securities may be exchanged or transferred at the office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture. No service charge shall be payable by a Holder for any exchange or registration of transfer of this Offered Security, or for any issue of new Offered Securities in case of partial redemption, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessment or other similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such taxes or other governmental charge payable upon exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Base Indenture). If any Offered Securities are to be redeemed, the Company will not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Offered Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing (or other form of delivery in accordance with the procedures of DTC) of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Offered Securities and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or other delivery or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Offered Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.

7. Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder of an Offered Security may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

8. Repayment to the Company or the Guarantors . Any funds or Government Securities deposited with any Paying Agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company or any Guarantor, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Offered Securities that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holders of such Offered Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Offered Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, or if then held by the Company or any Guarantor shall be discharged from such trust; and thereafter, the Paying Agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Government Securities, and the Holder of any of the Offered Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, for the payment thereof.

 

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9. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . The Indenture or the Offered Securities may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Offered Securities, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Offered Securities, to waive any past Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a Default (1) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Offered Security as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Offered Security otherwise than by acceleration and (2) in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Offered Security. Any such consent or waiver by any registered Holder, including any consent or waiver provided by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Offered Securities on behalf of all Holders of Offered Securities, shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Offered Security and of any Offered Security issued in exchange for this Offered Security or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Offered Security.

10. Defaults and Remedies . The Events of Default relating to the Offered Securities are defined in Section 7.1 of the First Supplemental Indenture. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be as set forth in the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

11. Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture . The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to defeasance and discharge, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.

12. Authentication . This Offered Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication attached to the other side of this Offered Security.

13. Guarantees . All payments by the Company under the Indenture and this Offered Security are fully and unconditionally guaranteed to the Holder of this Offered Security by the Guarantors, as provided in the Indenture.

14. Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

15. Governing Law . The Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and this Offered Security (including the terms of the Guarantees therein) shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Offered Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Offered Security to

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Offered Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:  

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

  (Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Offered Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 5.5 of the First Supplemental Indenture, check the box:

¨  5.5 Change of Control

If you want to elect to have only part of this Offered Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 5.5 of the First Supplemental Indenture, state the amount: $            .

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:  

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)
Tax I.D. number:

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

  (Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS

Supplemental Indenture (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of [            ], 20[    ], among                      (the “ Guaranteeing Subsidiary ”), a subsidiary of Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the Company, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of May 8, 2009 (the “ Base Indenture ,” as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 2, 2016, among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined therein) and the Trustee, the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of certain debt securities (the “ Offered Securities ”) evidencing its unsecured indebtedness and for the issuance of guarantees of the Offered Securities;

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Offered Securities and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms . Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2. Guarantor . The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including Article IV of the First Supplemental Indenture.

3. Governing Law . THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

4. Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH OF THE GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES, THE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

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5. Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

6. Headings . The headings of the Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

7. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or as to the accuracy of the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture, which shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

[NAME OF GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

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FOUNDED 1866

     

August 2, 2016

Eagle Materials Inc.

3811 Turtle Creek Boulevard

Suite 1100

Dallas, Texas 75219

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-206222)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-206222, filed by Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed by the Company and the subsidiaries of the company listed on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “ Subsidiary Guarantors ”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), which registration statement, as so amended (the “ Registration Statement ”) became effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act. Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Company is issuing $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.500% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “ Notes ”), and guarantees thereof (the “ Guarantees ” and, together with the Notes, the “ Securities ”) by the Subsidiary Guarantors. The Securities are being issued under an Indenture dated as of May 8, 2009 (the “ Base Indenture ”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as amended and supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 2, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ;” the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, is hereinafter called the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The Securities are to be sold by the Company pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated July 28, 2016 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the underwriters named therein (the “ Underwriters ”).

This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

We have examined the Registration Statement, the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes in global form and resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”), the pricing committee of the Board and the directors, managers or sole member, as applicable, of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors identified on Schedule II hereto (collectively, the “ Specified Subsidiary Guarantors ”), relating to the Registration Statement, the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement and the issuance of the Notes by the Company and the Guarantees by the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors. We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and

 

Sidley Austin (TX) LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership doing business as Sidley Austin LLP and practicing in affiliation with other Sidley Austin partnerships.


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August 2, 2016

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statements of the Company and the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors and other corporate documents and instruments, and have examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to or obtained by us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to or obtained by us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and assumed the accuracy and completeness of, certificates, letters and oral and written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company and the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors.

Based on and subject to the foregoing and the other limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, respectively, when the Notes are duly executed by duly authorized officers of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee, all in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and delivered to the Underwriters against payment of the agreed consideration therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement.

Our opinion is subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including concepts of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief.

With respect to each instrument or agreement referred to in or otherwise relevant to the opinions set forth herein (each, an “ Instrument ”), we have assumed, to the extent relevant to the opinions set forth herein, that (i) each party to such Instrument (if not a natural person) was duly organized or formed, as the case may be, and was at all relevant times and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or formation, as the case may be, and had at all relevant times and has full right, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under such Instrument, (ii) such Instrument has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each party thereto and (iii) such Instrument was at all times and is a valid, binding and enforceable agreement or obligation, as the case may be, of each party thereto; provided that (x) we make no such assumption insofar as it relates to the Company or any Specified Subsidiary Guarantor and is expressly covered by our opinions set forth herein and (y) we make no assumption in clause (iii) insofar as it relates to any Subsidiary Guarantor and is expressly covered by our opinions set forth herein.

This opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware, the General Corporation Law of the State of California, the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act and the laws of the State of New York (excluding the securities laws of the State of New York). We express no opinion as to the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the federal laws of the United States of America or any state securities or blue sky laws.


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August 2, 2016

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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act .

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Sidley Austin LLP


Eagle Materials Inc.

August 2, 2016

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Schedule I

Subsidiary Guarantors

AG Dallas LLC

AG South Carolina LLC

American Gypsum Company LLC

American Gypsum Marketing Company LLC

Audubon Materials LLC

Audubon Readymix LLC

CCP Cement Company

CCP Concrete/Aggregates LLC

CCP Gypsum LLC

CCP Land Company

CCP Leasing LLC

Centex Cement Corporation

Centex Materials LLC

CPCC Land Company LLC

CRS Atlantic LLC

CRS Blocker 1 Inc.

CRS Blocker 2 Inc.

CRS Blocker 3 Inc.

CRS Blocker 4 Inc.

CRS Holdco LLC

CRS Proppants LLC

Dunning Properties, L.L.C.

Eagle Cement Company LLC

Eagle Materials Aviation LLC

Eagle Materials IP LLC

Eagle Oil and Gas Proppants Holdings LLC

Eagle Oil and Gas Proppants LLC

Farming Solutions Holdings LLC

Farming Solutions LLC

Great Northern Sand LLC

Green Property Farms, LLC

Green Rose Investments, LLC

Hollis & Eastern Railroad Company LLC

IC Energy LLC

Illinois Cement Company LLC

Kansas City Aggregate LLC

Kansas City Fly Ash LLC

Kansas City Readymix LLC

Mathews Readymix LLC

MEV Land Trust LLC


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Michigan Cement Company LLC

Minnesota Sand Company LLC

Mountain Cement Company

Mountain Land & Cattle Company LLC

Nevada Cement Company

Northern White Sand LLC

Republic Paperboard Company LLC

Rio Grande Drywall Supply Co.

Skyway Cement Company LLC

Texas Cement Company

TLCC GP LLC

TLCC LP LLC

Tulsa Cement LLC

Western Aggregates LLC

Western Cement Company of California

Wisconsin Cement Company


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Schedule II

Specified Subsidiary Guarantors

AG Dallas LLC

AG South Carolina LLC

American Gypsum Company LLC

American Gypsum Marketing Company LLC

Audubon Materials LLC

Audubon Readymix LLC

CCP Concrete/Aggregates LLC

CCP Leasing LLC

Centex Materials LLC

CPCC Land Company LLC

CRS Blocker 1 Inc.

CRS Blocker 2 Inc.

CRS Blocker 3 Inc.

CRS Blocker 4 Inc.

CRS Holdco LLC

CRS Proppants LLC

Dunning Properties, L.L.C.

Eagle Cement Company LLC

Eagle Materials Aviation LLC

Eagle Materials IP LLC

Eagle Oil and Gas Proppants Holdings LLC

Eagle Oil and Gas Proppants LLC

Farming Solutions Holdings LLC

Farming Solutions LLC

Great Northern Sand LLC

Green Property Farms, LLC

Green Rose Investments, LLC

Hollis & Eastern Railroad Company LLC

IC Energy LLC

Illinois Cement Company LLC

Kansas City Aggregate LLC

Kansas City Fly Ash LLC

Kansas City Readymix LLC

Mathews Readymix LLC

MEV Land Trust LLC

Michigan Cement Company LLC

Minnesota Sand Company LLC

Mountain Land & Cattle Company LLC

Northern White Sand LLC

Republic Paperboard Company LLC


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Skyway Cement Company LLC

TLCC GP LLC

TLCC LP LLC

Tulsa Cement LLC

Western Cement Company of California

Exhibit 5.2

 

LOGO

August 2, 2016

Eagle Materials Inc.

3811 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Suite 110

Dallas, Texas 75219

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as Oklahoma counsel to CRS Atlantic LLC, an Oklahoma corporation (the “ Oklahoma Guarantor ”), in connection with its guarantee of an aggregate of $350,000,000 principal amount of the 4.500% Senior Notes Due 2026 (the “ Securities ”) issued by Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (“the “ Issuer ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Underwriting Agreement dated July 28, 2016 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), by and among the Issuer, the guarantors named therein and J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, for itself and as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement. The Securities are guaranteed by the subsidiary guarantors (the “ Guarantors ”) listed in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-333-206222), as amended (the “ Registration Statement ”), filed by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), including the Oklahoma Guarantor.

We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Indenture dated May 8, 2009 (the “ Base Indenture ”), by and between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”), (iii) the First Supplemental Indenture dated August 2, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and, with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, (iv) the articles of organization of the Oklahoma Guarantor, (v) the limited liability company agreement of the Oklahoma Guarantor, (vi) a good standing certificate dated July 18, 2016, issued by the Secretary of State of Oklahoma with respect to the Oklahoma Guarantor, (vii) a secretary’s certificate dated August 2, 2016, by James H. Graass and (viii) such other documents as we considered appropriate for purposes of the opinion expressed below.

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

OKLAHOMA CITY Braniff Building 324 N. Robinson Ave., Ste. 100 • Oklahoma City, OK 73102 • T: 405.235.7700 • F:  405.239.6651 TULSA • 500 Kennedy Building • 321 S. Boston Ave. • Tulsa, OK 74103 • T: 918.592.9800 • F: 918.592.9801

crowedunlevy.com


For purposes hereof, we have relied, without investigation, upon (a) the accuracy and the completeness of each document submitted to us for review, the authenticity of each document submitted to us as an original and the conformity to the original document of each such document that is submitted to us as a copy and (b) the genuineness of all signatures. As to any opinions material to the opinions expressed herein that we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements of the managers of the Oklahoma Guarantor.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Oklahoma Guarantor is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Oklahoma.

2. The Oklahoma Guarantor has all requisite company power necessary to execute and deliver the Supplemental Indenture and perform its obligations under the Indenture, including its guarantee of the Securities.

3. The Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all necessary company action by the Oklahoma Guarantor.

The foregoing opinions are limited in all respects to the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Oklahoma. We express no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

We were not involved in the negotiation, preparation, or execution of the Indenture or any of the related agreements executed or delivered in connection therewith. We have been retained solely for the purpose of rendering certain opinions under Oklahoma law and no opinion is expressed other than the opinions expressly set forth herein.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. By giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Sidley Austin L.L.P. is authorized to rely upon this opinion letter in connection with the Registration Statement as if such opinion letter were addressed and delivered to them on the date hereof.

 

Respectfully submitted,
Crowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation
By:  

/s/ Roger A. Stong

  Roger A. Stong

Exhibit 5.3

 

WOODBURN AND WEDGE

A TTORNEYS AND C OUNSELORS A T L AW

S IERRA P LAZA

6100 N EIL R OAD , S UITE 500

R ENO , N EVADA 89511-1149

T ELEPHONE (775) 688-3000

Facsimile (775) 688-3088

   LOGO

Gregg P. Barnard

E-MAIL: gbarnard@woodburnandwedge.com

DIRECT DIAL: (775) 688-3025

August 2, 2016

Eagle Materials, Inc.

3811 Turtle Creek Blvd.

Suite 1100

Dallas, Texas 75219

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Nevada counsel to the Nevada corporations identified on Exhibit 1 attached hereto (the “ Corporate Covered Guarantors ”) and the Nevada limited liability companies identified on Exhibit 2 attached hereto (the “ LLC Covered Guarantors ” and collectively with the Corporate Covered Guarantors, the “ Covered Guarantors ”) in connection with the issuance and sale by Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.500% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “ Notes ”). The Notes are being issued pursuant to (i) an indenture, dated as of May 8, 2009 (the “ Base Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 2, 2016, among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and the Trustee (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), and guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, as provided in the Supplemental Indenture, by each of the Guarantors (the “ Guarantees ”), (ii) that certain Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), on August 7, 2015, as File No. 333-206222 as amended by that certain Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Commission on July 28, 2016 (as amended, the “ Registration Statement ”) and on the terms set forth in the prospectus dated July 25, 2016 contained in the Registration Statement and the prospectus supplement dated July 28, 2016 (collectively, the “ Prospectus ”); and (iii) that certain Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), dated July 28, 2016, made by and among the Company, the guarantors listed in Schedule 2 thereto (the “ Guarantors ”), and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto (the “ Underwriters ”).


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In connection with the opinions set forth herein, we have examined executed originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of:

 

  (a) the Registration Statement and Prospectus;

 

  (b) the Indenture, including the form of the Notes;

 

  (c) the Underwriting Agreement;

 

  (d) the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended and restated to date, as the case may be, of each of the Corporate Covered Guarantors (the “ Corporate Constating Documents ”);

 

  (e) the Articles of Organization and Operating Agreements, as amended and restated to date, as the case may be, of each of the LLC Covered Guarantors (the “ LLC Constating Documents ”);

 

  (f) certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporate Covered Guarantors and of the Managers of each of the LLC Covered Guarantors relating to the Underwriting Agreement, Indenture, Registration Statement, authorization of the Guarantees and related matters;

 

  (g) a Certificate from the Covered Guarantors certifying the matters set forth therein; and

 

  (h) Certificates of Existence for each of the Covered Guarantors dated August 1, 2016, issued by the Secretary of State of Nevada confirming the existence and good standing in the State of Nevada of each of the Covered Guarantors.

In connection with the opinions set forth herein, we have relied on the certificates of officers and Managers of the Covered Guarantors, certificates of public officials and such other documents, records, public filings and information as we have deemed necessary or appropriate.

We have assumed: the legal capacity of all individuals executing or approving any of the documents related to our opinion; that all signatures are genuine; that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic; that all documents submitted to us as copies conform to the originals; and that the facts stated in all such documents are true and correct. In rendering this opinion, we have not made any independent investigation as to accuracy or completeness of any facts or representations, warranties, data or other information, whether written or oral, that may have been made by or on behalf of the parties, except as specifically set forth herein. As to any facts material to our opinion, we have, when relevant facts were not independently established, relied upon the Registration Statement and Prospectus and the aforesaid records, certificates and documents. We note that the Indenture, Registration Statement and Prospectus provides that the Notes and the Guarantees of the Covered Guarantors shall be governed by and construed in accordance with New York law. Therefore, we assume that the Notes and Guarantees are valid, binding and enforceable under New York law.

 


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Subject to the foregoing and the additional qualifications, limitations and assumptions set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

1. Each of the Corporate Covered Guarantors has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada.

2. Each of the LLC Covered Guarantors has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada.

3. The Supplemental Indenture, which includes the Guarantees, has, to the extent that Nevada law governs such issues, been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Covered Guarantors.

The foregoing opinion is limited to the matters expressly set forth herein and no opinion may be implied or inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We disclaim any obligation to update this letter for events occurring after the date of this letter, or as a result of knowledge acquired by us after that date, including changes in any of the statutory or decisional law after the date of this letter. We are members of the bar of the State of Nevada. We express no opinion as to the effect and application of any United States federal law, rule or regulation or any federal or state securities laws of any state, including the State of Nevada. We are not opining on, and assume no responsibility as to, the applicability to or the effect on any of the matters covered herein of the laws of any other jurisdiction, other than the laws of Nevada as presently in effect.

We hereby consent:

1. To being named in the Registration Statement and in any amendments thereto as counsel for the Company;

2. To the statements with reference to our firm made in the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3; and

3. To the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 


Eagle Materials, Inc.

August 2, 2016

Page 4

 

In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Sincerely,
WOODBURN AND WEDGE
By:  

/s/ Gregg P. Barnard

  Gregg P. Barnard

 


Eagle Materials, Inc.

August 2, 2016

Page 5

 

EXHIBIT 1

CORPORATE COVERED GUARANTORS

 

  1. CCP Cement Company, a Nevada corporation

 

  2. CCP Land Company, a Nevada corporation

 

  3. Centex Cement Corporation, a Nevada corporation

 

  4. Mountain Cement Company, a Nevada corporation

 

  5. Nevada Cement Company, a Nevada corporation

 

  6. Rio Grande Drywall Supply Co., a Nevada corporation

 

  7. Texas Cement Company, a Nevada corporation

 


Eagle Materials, Inc.

August 2, 2016

Page 6

 

EXHIBIT 2

LLC COVERED GUARANTORS

 

  1. CCP Gypsum LLC, a Nevada limited liability company

 

  2. Western Aggregates LLC, a Nevada limited liability company

 

Exhibit 5.4

 

 

411 East Wisconsin Avenue

Suite 2350

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-4426 414.277.5000

Fax 414.271.3552

www.quarles.com

 

Attorneys at Law in

Chicago

Indianapolis

Madison

Milwaukee

Naples

Phoenix

Tampa

Tucson

Washington, D.C.

August 2, 2016

Eagle Materials Inc.

3811 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Suite 1100

Dallas, Texas 75219

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Wisconsin Cement Company (the “Wisconsin Guarantor”) in connection its guarantee (the “Guarantee”) of the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) being issued by Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-206222, as amended (the “Registration statement”), that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) by the Issuer and the subsidiary guarantors listed in the Registration Statement, including the Wisconsin Guarantor (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you for filing as Exhibit 5.5 to the Registration Statement.

The Registration Statement registers the offering and sale of guarantees, including the Guarantee, by the Subsidiary Guarantors, including the Wisconsin Guarantor, of debt securities of the Issuer, in one or more series, consisting of notes, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness, as well as other securities. The terms of the Notes and the Guarantees are described in the prospectus supplement dated July 28, 2016 filed by the Company with the Commission (the “Prospectus Supplement”), and the prospectus dated July 25, 2016 (the “Base Prospectus” and, together with Prospectus Supplement, the “Prospectus”).

The Notes are being issued under an Indenture dated as of May 8, 2009 (the “ Base Indenture ”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as amended and supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 2, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ;” the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, is hereinafter called the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee.


Eagle Materials, Inc.

August 2, 2016

Page 2

 

Documents Reviewed

We have reviewed the following documents:

 

  (i) The Registration Statement, including the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement;

 

  (ii) The Indenture;

 

  (iii) Articles of Incorporation of the Wisconsin Guarantor as certified by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions on July 20, 2016;

 

  (iv) By-Laws of the Wisconsin Guarantor as certified by the Corporate Secretary of the Wisconsin Guarantor as of August 2, 2016;

 

  (v) Written actions of the sole director of the Wisconsin Guarantor as certified by the Corporate Secretary of the Wisconsin Guarantor as of August 2, 2016;

 

  (vi) Certificate regarding the status of the Wisconsin Guarantor issued by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions on July 20, 2016; and

 

  (vii) The certificate of the Corporate Secretary of the Wisconsin Guarantor as to certain factual matters relevant to this opinion.

Opinions

Based upon the foregoing, it our opinion that:

 

  1. The Wisconsin Guarantor is a corporation validly existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin.

 

  2. The Wisconsin Guarantor has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Supplemental Indenture and to perform its obligations under the Guarantee.

 

  3. The Supplemental Indenture has been authorized, executed and delivered by the Wisconsin Guarantor.

Qualifications, Limitations, Assumptions and Exceptions

The opinions in this letter are subject to the following qualifications, limitations, assumptions, and exceptions:

 

  (a) The opinion in 1 above is based solely on our review of the documents described in (vi) and (vii) above.

 

  (b) We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.

 

  (c) This opinion is based only on the laws of the State of Wisconsin. We express no opinion about the laws of any other state or jurisdiction.

 

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Eagle Materials, Inc.

August 2, 2016

Page 3

 

  (d) We were not involved in the preparation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in the negotiation, preparation or execution of the Indenture or any of the related agreements executed or delivered in connection therewith. We have been retained solely for the purpose of rendering certain opinions under Wisconsin law. This opinion letter is provided as a legal opinion only, effective as of the date of this letter, and not as representations or warranties of fact.

The qualifications, limitations, assumptions, and exceptions in this letter are material to the opinions expressed in this letter, and the inaccuracy of any assumptions could render these opinions inaccurate.

We have prepared this opinion letter in accordance with customary practice for the preparation and interpretation of closing opinions of this type. We have assumed, and your acceptances of this letter shall confirm, that you (alone or with your counsel) are familiar with this customary practice.

We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on or about the date hereof and to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ QUARLES & BRADY LLP

 

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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of August 2, 2016, is entered into by and among Eagle Materials Inc., as the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement referenced below.

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2014 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2015, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ” and as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including by this Amendment), the “ Credit Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree to (i) extend the Maturity Date of the Commitments outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement and (ii) to make certain amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent have agreed to such amendments on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Consents and Amendments to Existing Credit Agreement . (a) The Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text ) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text ) as set forth in the pages of the Existing Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.

(b) The Lenders, Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender hereby consent and agree to the designation of certain Unrestricted Subsidiaries as “Restricted Subsidiaries” as set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto, which such designations shall be deemed to be effective immediately prior to the effectiveness of the joinders of such Subsidiaries on the date hereof as Subsidiary Guarantors.

Section 2. Assignment and Allocations of Commitments . The Lenders have agreed among themselves, in consultation with the Borrower to permit Regions Bank (the “ Exiting Lender ”) to assign all of its Commitments and Revolving Credit Exposure and cease to be a Lender under the Agreement. The Administrative Agent and the Borrower hereby consent to such allocation and the Exiting Lender’s assignment of its Commitments. On the Amendment


No. 2 Effective Date and after giving effect to such allocations, the Commitment of each Lender shall be as set forth on Annex I of this Amendment and such Commitments shall supersede and replace those set forth on Schedule 2.01 to the Credit Agreement. With respect to such allocation, each Lender and the Exiting Lender shall be deemed to have acquired or sold the Commitment allocated to it from or to (as applicable) each of the other Lenders and the Exiting Lender pursuant to the terms of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement attached as Exhibit A to the Credit Agreement as if each such Lender and the Exiting Lender had executed an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with respect to such allocation. In connection with this Assignment and for purposes of this Assignment only, the Lenders, the Exiting Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower waive the processing and recordation fee under Section 9.04(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement.

Section 3. Conditions of Effectiveness . This Amendment shall become effective on the date hereof (the “ Amendment No. 2 Effective Date ”) upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts to this Amendment, duly executed by each of the Borrower , the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender;

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) of (i) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties, and (ii) in-house legal counsel for the Loan Parties, in each case, covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties and this Amendment as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of the secretary or an assistant secretary of each Loan Party (or, if any Loan Party does not have a secretary or assistant secretary, any other Person duly authorized to execute such a certificate on behalf of such Loan Party), certifying as to (i) specimen signatures of the persons authorized to execute Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party, (ii) copies of resolutions of the board of directors or other appropriate governing body of such Loan Party authorizing the execution and delivery of this Amendment and (iii) copies of such Loan Party’s constituent organizational documents;

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received, for each Loan Party, a certificate of good standing (or the equivalent) from the appropriate governing agency of such Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction); and

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received payment of the Administrative Agent’s and its affiliates’ fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in connection with this Amendment and any other Loan Document, and for which invoices have been presented at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, in each case, to the extent payment is required by Section 9.03(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower . The Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:

(a) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.

(b) Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement are 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 the date hereof, except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty is 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 earlier date.

(c) Immediately before and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Section 5. Effect on Credit Agreement .

(a) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,’ “herein” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to such Agreement, as amended and modified hereby.

(b) Except as specifically amended and modified above, the Credit Agreement and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect, and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall neither, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith.

Section 6. Consent of Guarantors . Each Guarantor hereby (a) consents to this Amendment, and to the amendments and modifications to the Credit Agreement pursuant hereto and (b) acknowledges the effectiveness and continuing validity of (and ratifies and affirms) its obligations under or with respect to the Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to the terms thereof, in each case after giving effect to this Amendment and that such obligations are without defense, setoff and counterclaim.

 

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Section 7. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 8. Headings . Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.

Section 9. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A facsimile or PDF copy of any signature hereto shall have the same effect as the original thereof.

[The remainder of this page is intentionally blank.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

EAGLE MATERIALS INC., as Borrower
By:  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Executive Vice President – Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


By their execution below, each of the undersigned hereby evidences their consent and acknowledgment to the matters set forth in Section 6 of this Amendment.

By their execution below, each of the undersigned hereby evidences their consent and acknowledgment to the matters set forth in Section 6 of this Amendment.

 

AG DALLAS LLC    GREEN ROSE INVESTMENTS, LLC
AG SOUTH CAROLINA LLC    HOLLIS & EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY LLC
AMERICAN GYPSUM COMPANY LLC    ILLINOIS CEMENT COMPANY LLC
AMERICAN GYPSUM MARKETING COMPANY LLC    KANSAS CITY AGGREGATE LLC
AUDUBON MATERIALS LLC    KANSAS CITY FLY ASH LLC
AUDUBON READYMIX LLC    KANSAS CITY READYMIX LLC
CCP LEASING LLC    MATHEWS READYMIX LLC
CENTEX MATERIALS LLC    MEV LAND TRUST LLC
CPCC LAND COMPANY LLC    MICHIGAN CEMENT COMPANY LLC
CRS ATLANTIC LLC    MINNESOTA SAND COMPANY LLC
CRS BLOCKER 1 INC.    MOUNTAIN CEMENT COMPANY
CRS BLOCKER 2 INC.    MOUNTAIN LAND & CATTLE COMPANY LLC
CRS BLOCKER 3 INC.    NEVADA CEMENT COMPANY
CRS BLOCKER 4 INC.    NORTHERN WHITE SAND LLC
CRS HOLDCO LLC    REPUBLIC PAPERBOARD COMPANY LLC
CRS PROPPANTS LLC    RIO GRANDE DRYWALL SUPPLY CO.
DUNNING PROPERTIES, L.L.C.    SKYWAY CEMENT COMPANY LLC
EAGLE CEMENT COMPANY LLC   

TEXAS CEMENT COMPANY

EAGLE MATERIALS AVIATION LLC    TLCC GP LLC

EAGLE OIL AND GAS PROPPANTS HOLDINGS LLC

   TULSA CEMENT LLC

EAGLE OIL AND GAS PROPPANTS LLC

   WESTERN AGGREGATES LLC

FARMING SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS LLC

   WESTERN CEMENT COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA

FARMING SOLUTIONS LLC

   WISCONSIN CEMENT COMPANY

GREAT NORTHERN SAND LLC

  

GREEN PROPERTY FARMS, LLC

  

 

By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


CCP CEMENT COMPANY
CCP CONCRETE/AGGREGATES LLC
CCP GYPSUM LLC
CCP LAND COMPANY
CENTEX CEMENT CORPORATION
EAGLE MATERIALS IP LLC
By  

/s/ D. Craig Kesler

Name:   D. Craig Kesler
Title:   Senior Vice President-Finance and Treasurer
IC ENERGY LLC
By  

/s/ William R. Devlin

Name:   William R. Devlin
Title:   Vice President
TLCC LP LLC
By  

/s/ Mark A. Knodell

Name:   Mark A. Knodell
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Maria Riaz

Name:   MARIA RIAZ
Title:   VICE PRESIDENT

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Jennifer Yan

Name:   Jennifer Yan
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Melinda Gulledge

Name:   Melinda Gulledge
Title:   Banking Officer

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Andrew M. Widmer

Name:   Andrew M. Widmer
Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


PNC Bank, National Association
as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Madeline L. Moran

Name:   Madeline L. Moran
Title:   Assistant Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


SUNTRUST BANK,
as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Elizabeth Tallmadge

Name:   Elizabeth Tallmadge
Title:   Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY,
as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Wicks Barkhausen

Name:   Wicks Barkhausen
Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


ZB, N.A. dba Amegy Bank,
as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Morgan Morris

Name:   Morgan Morris
Title:   Assistant Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


BOKF, N.A dba Bank of Texas,
as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Mike Meredith

Name:   Mike Meredith
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


REGIONS BANK, as Exiting Lender
By:  

/s/ Rick Prewitt

Name:   Rick Prewitt
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]


ANNEX I

Commitments

 

Lender

   Commitment      Applicable Percentage  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 75,000,000.00         15.0

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 70,000,000.00         14.0

Branch Banking and Trust Company

   $ 70,000,000.00         14.0

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

   $ 70,000,000.00         14.0

PNC Bank, National Association

   $ 60,000,000.00         12.0

SunTrust Bank

   $ 45,000,000.00         9.0

The Northern Trust Company

   $ 42,500,000.00         8.5

Amegy Bank National Association

   $ 37,500,000.00         7.5

BOKF, N.A. dba Bank of Texas

   $ 30,000,000.00         6.0

Total:

   $ 500,000,000.00         100


CONFORMED THROUGH THE FIRST AMENDMENT

EXHIBIT A

 

 

 

 

LOGO

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

October 30, 2014

among

EAGLE MATERIALS INC.

The Lenders Party Hereto

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

as Co-Syndication Agents

and

REGIONS PNC BANK , NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and SUNTRUST BANK

as Co-Documentation Agents

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS      1   

SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms

     1   

SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings

     25 26   

SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally

     25 26   

SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP; Treatment of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; Pro Forma Calculations

     26 27   

SECTION 1.05 Status of Obligations

     28   
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS      27 29   

SECTION 2.01 Commitments

     27 29   

SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings

     29   

SECTION 2.03 Requests for Revolving Borrowings

     28 29   

SECTION 2.04 Intentionally Omitted

     29 30   

SECTION 2.05 Swingline Loans

     29 30   

SECTION 2.06 Letters of Credit

     30 31   

SECTION 2.07 Funding of Borrowings

     35 37   

SECTION 2.08 Interest Elections

     36 37   

SECTION 2.09 Termination and Reduction of Commitments

     37 38   

SECTION 2.10 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

     38 39   

SECTION 2.11 Prepayment of Loans

     38 40   

SECTION 2.12 Fees

     39 40   

SECTION 2.13 Interest

     40 41   

SECTION 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest

     41 42   

SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs

     41 43   

SECTION 2.16 Break Funding Payments

     43 44   

SECTION 2.17 Taxes

     43 45   

SECTION 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

     47 49   

SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

     49 51   

SECTION 2.20 Expansion Option

     50 52   

SECTION 2.21 Defaulting Lenders

     51 53   
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      53 54   

SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries

     53 54   

SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability

     53 55   

SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts

     53 55   

SECTION 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change

     54 55   

SECTION 3.05 Properties

     54 56   

SECTION 3.06 Litigation; Environmental and Labor Matters

     54 56   

SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements

     55 56   

SECTION 3.08 Investment Company Status

     55 56   

SECTION 3.09 Taxes

     55 56   

 

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SECTION 3.10 ERISA

     55 57   

SECTION 3.11 Disclosure

     55 57   

SECTION 3.12 Federal Reserve Regulations

     56 57   

SECTION 3.13 Liens

     56 57   

SECTION 3.14 No Default

     56 57   

SECTION 3.15 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions

     56 57   

SECTION 3.16 Indebtedness

     56 58   

SECTION 3.17 EEA Financial Institutions

     58   
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS      56 58   

SECTION 4.01 Effective Date

     56 58   

SECTION 4.02 Each Credit Event

     58 59   

SECTION 4.03 Effective Date Adjustments

     58 60   
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS      58 60   

SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information

     58 60   

SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events

     60 61   

SECTION 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business

     60 62   

SECTION 5.04 Payment of Obligations

     60 62   

SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance

     61 62   

SECTION 5.06 Books and Records; Inspection Rights

     61 62   

SECTION 5.07 Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual Obligations

     61 63   

SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds

     61 63   

SECTION 5.09 Additional Subsidiary Guarantors

     62 63   

SECTION 5.10 Further Assurances

     62 64   

SECTION 5.11 Designation of Subsidiaries

     62 64   
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS      63 65   

SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness

     63 65   

SECTION 6.02 Liens

     66 68   

SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales

     67 69   

SECTION 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions

     69 71   

SECTION 6.05 Swap Agreements

     70 72   

SECTION 6.06 Transactions with Affiliates

     71 73   

SECTION 6.07 Restricted Payments

     71 73   

SECTION 6.08 Restrictive Agreements

     71 73   

SECTION 6.09 Subordinated Indebtedness

     72 74   

SECTION 6.10 Sale and Leaseback Transactions

     72 75   

SECTION 6.11 Financial Covenants

     73 75   
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT      73 75   

SECTION 7.01 Events of Default

     73 75   
ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT      76 78   

 

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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS      78 80   

SECTION 9.01 Notices

     78 80   

SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments

     80 82   

SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

     82 84   

SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns

     84 86   

SECTION 9.05 Survival

     88 90   

SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution

     88 90   

SECTION 9.07 Severability

     88 91   

SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff

     89 91   

SECTION 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

     89 91   

SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     90 92   

SECTION 9.11 Headings

     90 92   

SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality

     90 92   

SECTION 9.13 USA PATRIOT Act

     91 94   

SECTION 9.14 Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors

     91 94   

SECTION 9.15 Maximum Interest Rate

     92 95   

SECTION 9.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility

     93 95   

SECTION 9.17 Amendment and Restatement

     93 96   

SECTION 9.18 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

     96   

 

SCHEDULES:

Schedule 1.01(a) – Existing Letters of Credit

Schedule 2.01 – Commitments

Schedule 3.01 – Subsidiaries

Schedule 6.01 – Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 6.02 – Existing Liens

Schedule 6.04 – Existing Investments

Schedule 6.08 – Restrictive Agreements

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A – Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B – Form of Increasing Lender Supplement

Exhibit C – Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement

Exhibit D – Form of Subsidiary Guaranty

Exhibit E-1 – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships)

Exhibit E-2 – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships)

Exhibit E-3 – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships)

Exhibit E-4 – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships)

Exhibit F-1 – Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit F-2 – Form of Interest Election Request

Exhibit G – Form of Note

 

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This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of October 30, 2014 among EAGLE MATERIALS INC., a Delaware corporation, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agents and REGIONS PNC BANK , NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and SUNTRUST BANK, as Co-Documentation Agents.

R E C I T A L S

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the lenders identified therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank (now known as JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), as administrative agent, previously entered that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 18, 2003 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement as of dated May 21, 2004, the “ Original Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the lenders identified therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 16, 2004 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 4, 2005, that certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2005, that certain Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 15, 2005, that certain Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 20, 2006, that certain Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2006, that certain Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 29, 2006 and that certain Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 31, 2007, the “ Prior Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the lenders identified therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, previously entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 16, 2010 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 26, 2012, the “ Existing Agreement ”);

NOW THEREFORE, the Borrower, the lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent now desire to enter into this Agreement to amend and restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

ABR ” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.


Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

Adjusted Net Income ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

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

Agent Party ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).

Aggregate Commitment ” means the aggregate of the Commitments of all of the Lenders, as reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment is $500,000,000.

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus  1 2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that, in the case of Section 2.21 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.

 

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Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan or any ABR Loan or with respect to the commitment fees payable under Section 2.12, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread”, “ABR Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio applicable on such date:

 

     Leverage Ratio:    Eurodollar
Spread
  ABR Spread   Commitment Fee
Rate
Category 1 :    < 1.00 to 1.00    1.00%   0.00%   0.10%
Category 2 :    >  1.00 to 1.00

but

< 1.50 to 1.00

   1.250%   0.250%   0.15%
Category 3 :    > 1.50 to 1.00

but

< 2.00 to 1.00

   1.50%   0.50%   0.20%
Category 4 :    > 2.00 to 1.00

but

< 2.50 to 1.00

   1.75%   0.75%   0.25%
Category 5 :    > 2.50 to 1.00

but

< 3.00 to 1.00

   2.00%   1.00%   0.30%
Category 6 :    > 3.00 to 1.00    2.25%   1.25%   0.35%

For purposes of the foregoing,

(i) the Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower’s fiscal year based upon the Borrower’s Financials, beginning with the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2014;

(ii) at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders, if at any time the Borrower fails to deliver the Financials on or before the date the Financials are due pursuant to Section 5.01, during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such Financials are delivered, Category 6 shall be deemed applicable until such Financials are delivered, after which the Category shall be determined in accordance with the table above as applicable;

(iii) adjustments, if any, to the Category then in effect shall be effective commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the applicable Financials (it being understood and agreed that each change in Category shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change); and

 

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(iv) notwithstanding the foregoing, Category 2 shall be deemed to be applicable until the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the applicable Financials for the Borrower’s first fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and adjustments to the Category then in effect shall thereafter be effected in accordance with the preceding paragraphs.

Approved Fund ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Arranger ” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in its capacity as Sole Lead Arranger.

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Attributable Receivables Indebtedness ” at any time means the principal amount of Indebtedness which (i) if a Permitted Receivables Facility is structured as a lending agreement or other similar agreement, constitutes the principal amount of such Indebtedness or (ii) if a Permitted Receivables Facility is structured as a purchase agreement or other similar agreement, would be outstanding at such time under the Permitted Receivables Facility if the same were structured as a lending agreement rather than a purchase agreement or such other similar agreement (whether such amount is described as “capital” or otherwise).

Augmenting Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Augmenting Lender Supplement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof,

 

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unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person 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 Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

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

Borrower ” means Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Borrowing ” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.

Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 and, if in writing, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “ Business Day ” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollars in the London interbank market.

Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Capital Markets Debt” means any Indebtedness consisting of bonds, debentures, notes or other similar debt securities issued in (a) a public offering registered under the Securities Act, (b) a private placement to institutional investors that is resold in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S of the Securities Act, or (c) a placement to institutional investors. The term “Capital Markets Debt” shall not include any Debt Facilities or similar Indebtedness or any other type of Indebtedness incurred in a manner not customarily viewed as a “securities offering.”

Change in Control ” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing 50% or more of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower; or (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated, appointed or approved by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated, appointed or approved.

 

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Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement (or with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), 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, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided however , that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and 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, issued or implemented.

Class ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Co-Documentation Agent ” means each of Regions PNC Bank , National Association and SunTrust Bank in its capacity as co-documentation agent for the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement.

Co-Syndication Agent ” means each of Bank of America, N.A., Branch Banking and Trust Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in its capacity as syndication agent for the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement.

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.20 and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 , or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.

Communications ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).

Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Consolidated Net Income plus the income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent actually received in cash by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions during such period (such sum, herein the “ Adjusted Net Income ”);

 

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(a) plus , without duplication and to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Adjusted Net Income, the sum of: (i) its Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) expense for income taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depletion, (iv) depreciation, (v) amortization, (vi) non-cash items, (vii) all fees and expenses directly incurred in connection with any equity offering, investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or incurrence of indebtedness, in each case regardless of whether such transaction is successfully consummated (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of any counsel, appraisers, consultants and other advisors, any financing fees, due diligence fees or any other fees and expenses in connection therewith), (viii) extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring losses and (ix) the amount of cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and initiatives and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions taken in connection with a Material Acquisition, other operating improvements and synergies and changes in allocated overhead shall be calculated on a pro forma basis, provided that (A) such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and initiatives and synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable on a basis reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and (B) for any period of calculation, the aggregate amount added in determining Consolidated EBITDA under the terms of this clause (ix) for such period shall not exceed an amount equal to the greater of (1) 15% of the total Consolidated EBITDA for such period and (2) $50,000,000 (or such greater amount approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion);

(b) minus , without duplication and to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains realized other than in the ordinary course of business, all of the above calculated for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis.

For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each such period, a “ Reference Period ”), (i) if at any time during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition or converted any Restricted Subsidiary to an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition, or attributable to the converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, respectively, for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period, and (ii) if during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition or converted any Unrestricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis. As used in this definition, “ Material Acquisition ” means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000; and “ Material Disposition ” means any sale, transfer or disposition of property or series of related sales, transfers, or dispositions of property that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000.

 

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Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, with reference to any period, the interest expense and preferred stock dividends (including without limitation interest expense under Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period with respect to (a) all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP (including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and net costs under interest rate Swap Agreements to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP) and (b) the interest, yield or discount, as applicable, component of all Attributable Receivables Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period. In the event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have completed a Material Acquisition or a Material Disposition since the beginning of the relevant period, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be determined for such period on a pro forma basis (including giving effect to any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness).

Consolidated Net Income ” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis (without duplication) for such period; provided that there shall be excluded any income (or loss) of any Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, but any such income so excluded may be included in such period or any later period to the extent of any cash dividends or distributions actually paid in the relevant period to the Borrower or any wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Consolidated Net Worth ” means, as of any date of determination, the consolidated stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis on such date.

Consolidated Tangible Net Worth ” means, as of any date of determination, the Consolidated Net Worth, minus any intangible assets, including, without limitation, patents, patent rights, trademarks, trade names, franchises, copyrights, goodwill, and other similar intangible assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such date; provided , however , that there shall be excluded from the calculation of “Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” any effects resulting from any mark-to-market adjustments made directly to Consolidated Net Worth as a result of fluctuations in the value of financial instruments owned by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as mandated under Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement 133.

Consolidated Total Assets ” means, as of any date of determination, total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of such date.

Consolidated Total Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such date in accordance with GAAP, but excluding (i) any Indebtedness under Swap Agreements that is not then due and (ii) any Indebtedness of the types described in clause (i) in the definition of “Indebtedness” (and, in each case, all Guarantees in respect thereof).

 

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Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

Credit Party ” means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender.

“Debt Facilities” means one or more debt facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors providing for revolving loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables), letters of credit or other long term indebtedness including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise), refinanced, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Capital Markets Debt.

Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a Loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by the Borrower or a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the Borrower’s or such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or (e) has become the subject of a Bail-In Action .

Dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

 

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“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;

“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

Electronic Signature ” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

Electronic System ” means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, Intralinks ® , ClearPar ® , Debt Domain, Syndtrak and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent, any of its Related Parties or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.

Environmental Laws ” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.

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

Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.

 

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ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the failure to satisfy the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition upon the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

Eurodollar ” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

Excluded Taxes ” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with

 

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respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f) and (d) any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Agreement.

Existing Letters of Credit ” shall mean the letters of credit which are “Letters of Credit” under the Existing Agreement, which are outstanding on the Effective Date and are listed on Schedule 1.01(a) hereto.

Facility Termination ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.14(c).

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any intergovernmental agreement between the United States of America and another country to implement such sections of the Code.

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided , that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Financial Officer ” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.

Financials ” means the annual or quarterly financial statements, and accompanying certificates and other documents, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b).

Foreign Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary organized under the laws of any country or jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state or commonwealth thereof or the District of Columbia.

Foreign Lender ” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

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GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

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

Guarantee ” of or by any Person (the “ guarantor ”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided , that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

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

Hostile Acquisition ” means (a) the acquisition of the Equity Interests of a Person through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such Equity Interests which has not been approved (prior to such acquisition) by the board of directors (or any other applicable governing body) of such Person or by similar action if such Person is not a corporation and (b) any such acquisition as to which such approval has been withdrawn.

Impacted Interest Period ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.

Increasing Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Increasing Lender Supplement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Indebtedness ” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all

 

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obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) intercompany expenses and charges among such Person and its subsidiaries and (ii) accounts payable, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all net obligations of such Person under Swap Agreements (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, but only to the extent of such property’s fair market value, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of standby letters of credit and letters of guaranty and in respect of bankers’ acceptances (excluding letters of credit, letters of guaranty and bankers’ acceptances relating to trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business). The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor ; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indebtedness of Texas–Lehigh Cement Company, L.P. shall not be included in the Indebtedness of its general partner . For purposes of determining Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of such Person or any of its subsidiaries in respect of any Swap Agreement at such time shall be the Swap Termination Value. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Indebtedness that has been defeased in accordance with GAAP or defeased pursuant to the deposit of cash or Permitted Investments (in an amount sufficient to satisfy all such obligations relating to such Indebtedness at maturity or redemption, as applicable, and all payments of interest and premium, if any) in a trust or account created or pledged for the sole benefit of the holders of such Indebtedness, and subject to no other Liens, and the other applicable terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness , shall not constitute or be deemed “Indebtedness”; provided that such defeasance has been made in a manner not prohibited by this Agreement.

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) hereof, Other Taxes.

Ineligible Institution ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Interest Coverage Ratio ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.11(b).

Interest Election Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08 and, if in writing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2.

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an

 

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Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and the Maturity Date and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid and the Maturity Date.

Interest Period ” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one week or one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided , that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

Interpolated Rate ” means, at any time, for any Impacted Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

Investment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04 .

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Issuing Bank ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i). The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

Joint Venture ” means (i) Texas–Lehigh Cement Company, L.P. and (ii) any joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form, that is not a Subsidiary.

LC Collateral Account ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(j).

LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

 

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LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

Lender Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Lender Presentation ” means the Lender Presentation dated October 2014 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.20 or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank.

Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement and any Existing Letter of Credit.

Leverage Ratio ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.11(a).

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any applicable Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen or, in the event such rate does not appear on either of such Reuters pages, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion (in each case the “ LIBOR Screen Rate ”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that, if the LIBOR Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement; provided , further , that if a LIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (the “ Impacted Interest Period ”), then the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided , that, if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that all of the terms and conditions of this definition of “LIBO Rate” shall be subject to Section 2.14.

LIBOR Screen Rate ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

 

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Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(e), any Letter of Credit applications, the Subsidiary Guaranty (and any joinder to the Subsidiary Guaranty) and all other documentation now or hereafter executed and delivered by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in connection with this Agreement.

Loan Parties ” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

Material Acquisition ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

Material Adverse Effect ” means any event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, property, financial condition or results of operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) the ability of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to perform their respective obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

Material Disposition ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

Material Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and any obligations under any Swap Agreement) of any one or more of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000.

Material Subsidiary ” means, as at any time of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state or commonwealth thereof or the District of Columbia (other than any Receivables Entity) (i) which, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which Financials have been delivered (or, if prior to the date of the delivery of the first Financials, the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 3.04(a)), contributed greater than fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended or (ii) which contributed greater than fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Total Assets as of such date.

Maturity Date ” means October 30 August 2 , 2019 2021 .

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

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New Material Subsidiary ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.09(a).

Non-Consenting Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(d).

Obligations ” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations and Indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding, but excluding any Indebtedness referenced in clause (e) of the definition thereof), obligations and liabilities of any of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any indemnified party, individually or collectively, existing on the Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

OFAC ” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury.

Original Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Agreement.

Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan, Letter of Credit or Loan Document).

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.19).

Participant ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Patriot Act ” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

 

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Permitted Acquisition ” means any acquisition of property (excluding any Hostile Acquisition) if, at the time of and immediately after giving effect thereto, (a) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect thereto, (b) the Person or division or line of business subject to such acquisition is engaged in the same or a similar line of business as the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or business reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto or that is a reasonable extension thereof, (c) all actions required to be taken (if any) under Section 5.09 or Section 5.10, as the case may be, with respect to such Person or property being acquired shall have been taken, (d) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition (and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, with any new Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period in accordance with its terms), with the covenants contained in Section 6.11 and (e) in the case of an acquisition, merger or consolidation involving the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving entity of such merger and/or consolidation.

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

(a) Liens for Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;

(d) Liens or deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(e) judgment Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Section 7.01; and

(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, survey exceptions and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business, or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business or to the ownership of properties or other covenants, conditions, restrictions and minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case that do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness for borrowed money.

 

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Permitted Investments ” means:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;

(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000;

(f) any Equity Interests, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the forgoing) representing the noncash portion of the sales price of any assets disposed of as permitted by Section 6.03(c)(xii); provided that the related disposition was consummated in accordance with the limitations in Section 6.03; and

(g) any Equity Interest, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the forgoing) received in connection the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business.

Permitted Receivables Facility ” shall mean a receivables facility or facilities created under the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents, providing for the sale, transfer and/or pledge by the Borrower and/or one or more other Receivables Sellers of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets (thereby providing financing to the Borrower and the Receivables Sellers) to a Receivables Entity (either directly or through another Receivables Seller), which in turn shall sell, transfer and/or pledge interests in the respective Permitted Receivables Facility Assets to third-party lenders or investors pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents (with the Receivables Entity permitted to issue or convey purchaser interests, investor certificates, purchased interest certificates or other similar documentation evidencing interests in the Permitted Receivables Facility Assets) in return for the cash used by such Receivables Entity to acquire the Permitted Receivables Facility Assets from the Borrower and/or the respective Receivables Sellers, in each case as more fully set forth in the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents.

 

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Permitted Receivables Facility Assets ” shall mean Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries which are transferred, sold and/or pledged to a Receivables Entity pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Facility and any related Permitted Receivables Related Assets which are also so transferred, sold and/or pledged to the Receivables Entity and all proceeds thereof.

Permitted Receivables Facility Documents ” shall mean each of the documents and agreements entered into in connection with any Permitted Receivables Facility, including all documents and agreements relating to the issuance, funding and/or purchase of certificates and purchased interests or the incurrence of loans, as applicable, all of which documents and agreements shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case as such documents and agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced from time to time so long as (i) any such amendments, modifications, supplements, refinancings or replacements do not impose any conditions or requirements on the Borrower or any Subsidiary that are more restrictive in any material respect than those in existence immediately prior to any such amendment, modification, supplement, refinancing or replacement unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent, (ii) any such amendments, modifications, supplements, refinancings or replacements are not adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent and (iii) any such amendments, modifications, supplements, refinancings or replacements are otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Permitted Receivables Related Assets ” means any assets that are customarily sold, transferred and/or pledged or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables similar to Receivables and any collections or proceeds of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, lock-boxes, deposit accounts, records in respect of Receivables and collections in respect of Receivables).

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Platform ” means Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

 

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Prior Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Agreement.

Receivables ” shall mean any right to payment created by or arising from sales of goods, leases of goods or the rendition of services rendered no matter how evidenced whether or not earned by performance (whether constituting accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper or otherwise).

Receivables Entity ” shall mean a wholly-owned Subsidiary which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Receivables Sellers and which is designated (as provided below) as a “Receivables Entity” (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings) or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents (including with respect to fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with the servicing of accounts receivable and related assets)) on terms less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower, and (c) to which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings). Any such designation shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by filing with the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate of the Borrower certifying that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge and belief after consultation with counsel, such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

Receivables Sellers ” shall mean the Borrower and those Subsidiaries that are from time to time party to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents (other than any Receivables Entity).

Recipient ” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) the Issuing Bank, as applicable.

Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Required Lenders ” means, subject to Section 2.21, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time.

Responsible Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the chief executive officer, president, any executive vice president, any senior vice president, the chief financial officer or treasurer of such Person (or, if such Person is a limited partnership, any of the foregoing of its general partner).

 

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Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property but not including any payment to the extent settled by the issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including any payment in respect of Equity Interests under a Swap Agreement but not including any payment under a Swap Agreement to the extent paid or settled by the issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower).

Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, its LC Exposure and its Swingline Exposure at such time.

Revolving Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business.

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or , any EU European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority .

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933.

 

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Senior Notes ” means the following outstanding Senior Notes issued by the Borrower pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of November 15, 2005 and that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of October 2, 2007, as applicable:

(a) 5.38% Series 2005A Senior Notes, Tranche B due November 15, 2015;

(b) 5.48% Series 2005A Senior Notes, Tranche C due November 15, 2017;

(c) 6.27% Series 2007A Senior Notes, Tranche B due October 2, 2016;

(d) 6.36% Series 2007A Senior Notes, Tranche C due October 2, 2017; and

(e) 6.48% Series 2007A Senior Notes, Tranche D due October 2, 2019.

Specified Acquisition ” means the acquisition contemplated by that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of October 16, 2014, by and among CRS Holdco LLC, the sellers named therein, CRS Seller Representative, LLC, as seller representative, and Northern White Sand LLC, as the purchaser.

Standard Securitization Undertakings ” shall mean representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with the Permitted Receivables Facility which are reasonably customary in an accounts receivable financing transaction.

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D of the Board. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D of the Board or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

Subordinated Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary the payment of which is contractually subordinated to payment of the Obligations.

Subordinated Indebtedness Documents ” means any document, agreement or instrument evidencing any Subordinated Indebtedness or entered into in connection with any Subordinated Indebtedness.

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statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means, at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty at such time. The Subsidiary Guarantors on the Effective Date are identified as such in Schedule 3.01 hereto.

Subsidiary Guaranty ” means that certain Guaranty dated as of the Effective Date in the form of Exhibit D (including any and all supplements thereto) and executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor.

Successor Company ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03(a)(vii).

Swap Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

Swap Termination Value ” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap 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 Swap Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Agreements.

Swingline Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be the sum of (a)  its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time . related to Swingline Loans other than any Swingline Loans made by such Lender in its capacity as a Swingline Lender and (b) if such Lender shall be a Swingline Lender, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by such Lender outstanding at such time (to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline Loans).

Swingline Lender ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

 

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Swingline Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.

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

Transactions ” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, the execution, delivery and performance by each Subsidiary Guarantor of the Subsidiary Guaranty and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.

Type ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means (a) as of the Effective Date, each of the Subsidiaries identified on Schedule 3.01 hereto as such; provided , that such Subsidiaries may, after the Effective Date, be re-designated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of Section 5.11, (b) any Subsidiary that has been designated by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.11 subsequent to the Effective Date (and, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), not subsequently designated as a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with such Section) and (c) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

U.S. Person ” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3).

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing”).

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“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein (including this Agreement) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) 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, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP; Treatment of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; Pro Forma Calculations . (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein and (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, for purposes of calculations made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan

 

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Document, GAAP will be deemed to treat leases that would have been classified as operating leases in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Effective Date in a manner consistent with the treatment of such leases under GAAP as in effect on the Effective Date, notwithstanding any modifications or interpretive changes to GAAP that may occur thereafter.

(b) Except as otherwise agreed, all accounting and financial calculations and determinations shall be made without consolidating the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries with those of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, notwithstanding that such treatment is inconsistent with GAAP.

(c) All pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any acquisition or disposition, or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness, or other transaction shall in each case be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto (and, in the case of any pro forma computation made hereunder to determine whether such acquisition or disposition, or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness, or other transaction is permitted to be consummated hereunder, to any other such transaction consummated since the first day of the period covered by any component of such pro forma computation and on or prior to the date of such computation) as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, ending with the last fiscal quarter included in the financial statements referred to in Section 3.04(a)), and, to the extent applicable, to the historical earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or disposed of and any related incurrence or reduction of Indebtedness. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Swap Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness).

SECTION 1.05 Status of Obligations . In the event that the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall at any time issue or have outstanding any Subordinated Indebtedness, the Borrower shall take or cause such other Loan Party to take all such actions (if any) as shall be reasonably necessary to cause the Obligations to constitute “senior indebtedness” (however denominated) in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness and to enable the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available to holders of such “senior indebtedness” under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness. Without limiting the foregoing, the Obligations are hereby designated as “senior indebtedness” and as “designated senior indebtedness” and words of similar import under and in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness Document and are further given all such other designations as shall be required under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness Document such that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available to holders of “senior indebtedness” under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness Document.

 

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ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01 Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in Dollars from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings . (a) Each Revolving Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05.

(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Commitment or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of six (6) Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings outstanding.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

SECTION 2.03 Requests for Revolving Borrowings . To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone or by delivering a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p 11:00 a .m., New York City time, one (1) on the Business Day before the date of the proposed

 

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Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(d) may be given not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and, if made by telephone, shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;

(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

(v) the location and number of the account(s) to which funds are to be disbursed.

If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04 Intentionally Omitted .

SECTION 2.05 Swingline Loans . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $25,000,000 or , (ii)  such Swingline Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding its Commitment or (iii)  the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Commitment; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan

 

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available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.

SECTION 2.06 Letters of Credit . (a)  General . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars as the applicant thereof for the support of its or its Subsidiaries’ obligations, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuing Bank shall have no obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit, the proceeds

 

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of which would be made available by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person (i) for the purpose of funding any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, in violation of applicable Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of applicable Sanctions by any party to this Agreement. The Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued for the support of any Subsidiary’s obligations as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph, the Borrower will be fully responsible for the reimbursement of LC Disbursements in accordance with the terms hereof, the payment of interest thereon and the payment of fees due under Section 2.12(b) to the same extent as if it were the sole account party in respect of such Letter of Credit (the Borrower hereby irrevocably waiving any defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of the obligations of such a Subsidiary that is an account party in respect of any such Letter of Credit).

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit .

(i) To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit, provided that no provision in such application shall be deemed effective to the extent such provision contains, provides for, or requires, representations, warranties, covenants, security interests, Liens, indemnities, reimbursements of costs or expenses, events of default, remedies, or standards of care or to the extent such provision conflicts or is inconsistent with this Agreement. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the amount of the LC Exposure shall not exceed $ 50,000,000 and (ii) 40,000,000, (ii) no Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed its Commitment and (iii)  the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitment.

(ii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to

 

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the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “ Non-Extension Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Issuing Bank for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Issuing Bank to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date in compliance with paragraph (c) of this Section; provided , however , that the Issuing Bank shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Issuing Bank has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of this Section 2.06 or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Issuing Bank not to permit such extension.

(c) Expiration Date . Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination by notice from the Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is six months after the Maturity Date; provided however , that with respect to each Letter of Credit with an expiry date beyond the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall pledge to the Administrative Agent cash collateral in the amount, at the time and in the manner provided for in Section 2.06(j).

(d) Participations . By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e) Reimbursement . If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent in Dollars the amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than (i)

 

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1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or (ii) if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than $1,000,000, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in a principal amount equal to the amount of such LC Disbursement and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

(f) Obligations Absolute . The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank;

 

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provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g) Disbursement Procedures . The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

(h) Interim Interest . If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and such interest shall be due and payable on the date when such reimbursement is payable; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i) Replacement of Issuing Bank . The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the

 

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replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(j) Cash Collateralization . If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposures representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders (the “ LC Collateral Account ”), an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. If the Borrower is required to deposit cash collateral pursuant to Section 2.11 because the Revolving Credit Exposures exceed the total Commitments, the Borrower shall deposit cash collateral in the LC Collateral Account in an aggregate amount equal to such excess plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. If the Borrower is required to pledge cash collateral pursuant to clause (c) of this Section, then on or before the date that is 90 days prior to the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall deposit in the LC Collateral Account an amount in cash equal to the aggregate LC Exposure for all Letters of Credit that have expiry dates past the Maturity Date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Obligations. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder to secure Letters of Credit with expiry dates beyond the Maturity Date, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after the Letter of Credit with the latest expiry date has expired if as of such date no further Letters of Credit are outstanding and all LC Disbursements have been reimbursed. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the fact that the Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the total Commitments, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after the date when the Revolving Credit Exposures no longer exceed the total Commitments.

 

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SECTION 2.07 Funding of Borrowings. Each Lender shall make each Revolving Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders, it being understood that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.05. The Administrative Agent will make such Revolving Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank. 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 this Section 2.07 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to such Borrowing. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount 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.

SECTION 2.08 Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Borrowings of Swingline Loans, which may not be converted or continued.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone or by delivering a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such Borrowing Request

 

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shall be irrevocable and, any if made by telephone, shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed to permit the Borrower to elect an Interest Period for Eurodollar Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d).

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

SECTION 2.09 Termination and Reduction of Commitments . (a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.

 

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(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the Aggregate Commitment.

(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

SECTION 2.10 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Maturity Date and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15 th or the last day of a calendar month and is at least two (2) Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding and the proceeds of any such Revolving Borrowings shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay any Swingline Loans outstanding .

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the Obligations.

 

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(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G . Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.11 Prepayment of Loans. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.11. Each optional prepayment of the Loans shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by written notice (promptly followed by telephonic confirmation of such request) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, one (1) Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and (ii) break funding payments pursuant to Section 2.16. If at any time the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the Aggregate Commitment, the Borrower shall promptly (and, in any event, within one (1) Business Day), upon notice of such excess being given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, repay Borrowings (and the Borrower shall not be required to comply with the notice requirements set forth in this Section 2.11 with respect to any such repayment) and/or cash collateralize LC Exposure pursuant to Section 2.06(j), as applicable, in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.

SECTION 2.12 Fees .

(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the unused Commitment of such Lender during the Availability Period. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but

 

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excluding the last day). For purposes of computing commitment fees, a Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender (and the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose).

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to such Lender’s participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure and (ii) to the Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, t ransfer, presentment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third (3 rd ) Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand therefor (or such longer period of time as the Issuing Bank may agree to in its sole discretion). All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of facility fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.13 Interest . (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest . If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and any such Eurodollar Borrowing shall be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.

 

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SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs . (a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank;

(ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or

(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for, the calculation of and the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

 

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(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

(e) Illegality . If, on or after the Effective Date, any Change in Law shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender (or its applicable lending office) to make, maintain or fund its Eurodollar Loans and such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the other Lenders and the Borrower, whereupon until such Lender notifies the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Lender to make Eurodollar Loans, or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Eurodollar Loans, shall be suspended. Before giving any notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.15(e), such Lender shall designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice and will not, in the judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. If such notice is given, each Eurodollar Loan of such Lender then outstanding shall be converted to an ABR Loan either (i) on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain and fund such Loan as a Eurodollar Loan to such day, or (ii) immediately, if such Lender shall determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund such Loan as a Eurodollar Loan to such day. Interest and principal on any such ABR Loan shall be payable on the same dates as, and on a pro rata basis with, the interest and principal payable on the related Eurodollar Loans of the other Lenders.

SECTION 2.16 Break Funding Payments . In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11 and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender (other than, in the case of a claim for compensation based on the failure to borrow as specified in clause (c) above, any Lender whose failure to make a Loan required to be made by it hereunder has resulted in such failure to borrow) for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor

 

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(or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17 Taxes . (a)  Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower . The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.

(c) Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Loan 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.

(d) Indemnification by the Loan Parties . The Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified 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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indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any 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 or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

(f) Status of Lenders . (1) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(i) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person:

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;

 

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(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, 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 Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(2) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will generate U.S. effectively connected income, executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or

(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 or Exhibit E-3 , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, 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 Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding

 

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Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to 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 the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

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.

(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

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(h) Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

(i) Defined Terms . For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “Lender” includes the Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

(j) Certain FATCA Matters . For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the effective date of the Agreement, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the Loans and Commitments as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.471-2(b)(2)(i).

SECTION 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs . (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 10 South Dearborn Street, Floor L2, Chicago, Illinois 60603, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it and any payments received under the terms of the Subsidiary Guaranty for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.

(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.

(c) At the election of the Administrative Agent, all payments of principal, interest, LC Disbursements, fees, premiums, reimbursable expenses (including, without limitation, all reimbursement for fees and expenses pursuant to Section 9.03), and other sums payable under the Loan Documents, may be paid from the proceeds of Borrowings made hereunder whether made following a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03 or a

 

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deemed request as provided in this Section or may be deducted from any deposit account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes (i) the Administrative Agent to make a Borrowing for the purpose of paying each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents and agrees that all such amounts charged shall constitute Loans (including Swingline Loans) and that all such Borrowings shall be deemed to have been requested pursuant to Sections 2.03 or 2.05, as applicable, and (ii) the Administrative Agent to charge any deposit account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent for each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall promptly (and, in any event, within one (1) Business Day) notify the Borrower of any action taken by the Administrative Agent under this clause (c).

(d) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off 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.

(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

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(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07, 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section; in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders . (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or 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 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(a) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, (ii) 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 2.17 or (iii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting 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 Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under the Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, in each case to the extent the consent of such Person is required under Section 9.04(b), which consent (or consents) shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a

 

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result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto.

SECTION 2.20 Expansion Option. The Borrower may from time to time elect to increase the Commitments in minimum increments of $10,000,000 (and in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof) so long as, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such increases does not exceed $250,000,000. The Borrower may arrange for any such increase to be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Commitment, an “ Increasing Lender ”), or by one or more new banks, financial institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other entity, an “ Augmenting Lender ”), to increase their existing Commitments or extend Commitments, as the case may be; provided that (i) each Augmenting Lender shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, to the extent the approval of the Administrative Agent would be required to effect an assignment to such Augmenting Lender under Section 9.04(b), (ii) no Ineligible Institution may be an Augmenting Lender and (iii) (x) in the case of an Increasing Lender, the Borrower and such Increasing Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (an “ Increasing Lender Supplement ”), and (y) in the case of an Augmenting Lender, the Borrower and such Augmenting Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (an “ Augmenting Lender Supplement ”). No consent of any Lender (other than the Lenders participating in the increase) shall be required for any increase in Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20. Increases and new Commitments created pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall become effective on the date agreed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Commitments (or in the Commitment of any Lender) shall become effective under this paragraph unless, (i) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such increase, there shall be no Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received documents consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date as to the corporate power and authority of the Borrower to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase. On the effective date of any increase in the Commitments, (i) each relevant Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and (ii) the Borrower shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the date of any increase in the Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the Borrower, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurodollar Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. Nothing contained in this Section 2.20 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its Commitment hereunder at any time.

 

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SECTION 2.21 Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);

(b) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided , that, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each directly affected Lender;

(c) if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

(i) all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender (other than the portion of such Swingline Exposure referred to in clause (b) of the definition thereof) shall be reallocated among the Lenders that are not Defaulting Lenders (the “ non-Defaulting Lenders ”) in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent that the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments;

(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one (1) Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) and (y) second, cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Bank only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;

(iii) if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;

(iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the non-Defaulting Lenders pursuant to Section 2.12(a) and Section 2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; and

 

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(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank or any other non-Defaulting Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Bank until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and

(d) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.21(c), and participating interests in any such newly made Swingline Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.21(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

If (i) a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank has a reasonable, good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.

In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage; provided 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 having been a Defaulting Lender.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries. Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws

 

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of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership power and authority, as the case may be, to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. As of the date hereof, Schedule 3.01 hereto identifies each Subsidiary, noting whether such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Guarantor, a Material Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its organization and the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of each class of its Equity Interests owned by the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability . The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership powers, as the case may be, and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership actions, as the case may be, and, if required, actions by equity holders. The Loan Documents to which each Loan Party is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 3.03 G overnmental Approvals; No Conflicts . The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect (except for (i) any reports required to be filed by the Borrower with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or (ii) those that may be required from time to time in the ordinary course of business that may be required to comply with certain covenants contained in the Loan Agreements), (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including the Note Purchase Agreements executed in connection with the Senior Notes) or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any material payment to be made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change . (a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 reported on by Ernst & Young, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.

 

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(b) Since December 31, 2013, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, results of operations, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

SECTION 3.05 P roperties . (a) Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except for Liens permitted hereby and except where the failure to have such title or leasehold interest, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property, the failure to own or be licensed to use could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.06 Litigation; Environmental and Labor Matters . (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings or investigations by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable expectation of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.

(b) Except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any applicable Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any applicable Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements . Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments (including the Note Purchase Agreements executed in connection with the Senior Notes) binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.08 Investment Company Status . Neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.10 ERISA . As to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.11 Disclosure . Neither the Lender Presentation nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (other than information of a global economic or industry nature) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other written information so furnished) contained as of the date such reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information were so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 projections, estimates, pro forma financial information and forward-looking statements, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by it to be reasonable at the time.

SECTION 3.12 Federal Reserve Regulations . No part of the proceeds of any Loan have been used or will be used by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.

SECTION 3.13 Liens . There are no Liens on any of the real or personal properties of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary except for Liens permitted by Section 6.02.

SECTION 3.14 No Default . No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 3.15 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions . The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees directors and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its directors employees and its agents that act or will act in any capacity in connection with the credit facility established hereby (including, without limitation, with respect to the proceeds thereof and the Transactions contemplated hereby), are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with the credit facility established hereby,

 

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is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other Transactions will violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions, including in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

SECTION 3.16 Indebtedness . The Borrower has no Indebtedness except as permitted by Section 6.01.

SECTION 3.17 EEA Financial Institutions. No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

SECTION 4.01 Effective Date . The effectiveness of this Agreement to amend and restate the Existing Agreement and the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) from each party hereto, a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party (or written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such party has signed such a counterpart, which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page hereto), (ii) from each party thereto, a counterpart of the Subsidiary Guaranty signed on behalf of such party (or written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such party has signed such a counterpart, which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page thereto) and (iii) from the Borrower, a counterpart of any promissory note requested by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.10(d) reasonably in advance of the Effective Date (or written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower has signed such a counterpart, which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page thereto);

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of (i) Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel for the Loan Parties, and (ii) in-house legal counsel for the Loan Parties, in each case, covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of the secretary or an assistant secretary of each Loan Party (or, if any Loan Party does not have a secretary or assistant secretary, any other Person duly authorized to execute such a certificate on behalf of such Loan Party), certifying as to (i) specimen signatures of the persons authorized to execute Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party, (ii) copies of resolutions of the board of directors or other appropriate governing body of such Loan Party authorizing the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (iii) copies of such Loan Party’s constituent organizational documents.

 

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(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received, for each Loan Party, a certificate of good standing (or the equivalent) from the appropriate governing agency of such Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction).

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying (i) that the representations and warranties contained in Article III are true and correct as of such date and (ii) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of such date.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all governmental and third party approvals necessary, or in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent advisable, in connection with the Transactions have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

(g) The Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable by the Borrower on or prior to the Effective Date hereunder or under that certain Fee Letter, dated as of October 9, 2014, by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and the Borrower, including, to the extent invoiced on or prior to the Effective Date, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received all unpaid interest and fees accrued under the Existing Agreement through the Effective Date and all other fees, expenses and other charges outstanding thereunder (including all amounts due under Section 2.15 thereof arising as a result of the termination of all interest periods thereunder on the Effective Date).

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

SECTION 4.02 Each Credit Event . The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement 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 the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty 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 earlier date.

 

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(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.

SECTION 4.03 Effective Date Adjustments . If as a result of the amendment to the amount of the Commitments under the Existing Agreement contemplated hereby and the addition of new Lenders hereunder, any outstanding Revolving Loans are not be held pro rata in accordance with the new Commitments as of the Effective Date, then on the Effective Date, the Lenders shall make advances among themselves (either directly or through the Administrative Agent) so that after giving effect thereto the Revolving Loans will be held by the Lenders, pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments. Any advances made under this Section 4.03 by a Lender shall be deemed to be a purchase of a corresponding amount of the Revolving Loans of the Lender or Lenders who shall receive such advances.

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

Until Facility Termination, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information . The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a) within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by Ernst & Young or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, other than with respect to or resulting from a maturity of any Loans under this Agreement occurring within one (1) year from the time such opinion is delivered) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

(b) within fifty (50) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

 

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(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections 5.09 and 6.11 and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof which has affected or will affect the Borrower’s financial statements has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;

(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be;

(e) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request; and

(f) concurrently with any delivery of the consolidated financial statements under paragraph (a) or (b) above, if as of the date of such financial statements, there are any Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the related consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries from such consolidated financial statements.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (d) of this Section 5.01 may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such documents are filed for public availability on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System; provided that, except in the case of clause (d), the Borrower shall notify (which may be by telecopy or electronic transmission) the Administrative Agent of the filing of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.

SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent notice of the following, promptly upon any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtaining knowledge thereof:

(a) the occurrence of any Default;

(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

(d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement in writing of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect all the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises used in the normal conduct of its business, except for such rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises the failure to preserve, renew or keep effective could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.04 Payment of Obligations . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all its property in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.

SECTION 5.06 Books and Records; Inspection Rights . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities to the extent necessary to permit financial statements to be prepared in conformity with GAAP. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as reasonably requested;

 

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provided that (i) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall not be required to reimburse the Administrative Agent for the costs and expenses of more than one inspection per calendar year and (ii) the Borrower shall have the right to be present during discussions with accountants. The Borrower acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, after exercising its rights of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the Lenders certain reports pertaining to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ assets for internal use by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

SECTION 5.07 Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual Obligations . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including without limitation Environmental Laws), except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, comply with all agreements, contracts, and instruments binding on it or affecting its properties or business, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds .

(a) The proceeds of the Loans will be used for general corporate purposes, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including to refinance debt, make and pay dividends and distributions, to finance working capital needs, to make acquisitions and for other investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case as otherwise permitted hereunder.

(b) The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit in any manner that would result in the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.12 or the last sentence of Section 3.15 becoming untrue.

SECTION 5.09 Additional Subsidiary Guarantors .

(a) If, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which Financials have been delivered hereunder, there shall exist any Material Subsidiary that is not already a Subsidiary Guarantor (each, a “ New Material Subsidiary ”), within fifty (50) days after the date on which Financials for such quarter are required to be delivered hereunder (or such longer period of time as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall cause such New Material Subsidiary to (A) become a Subsidiary Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Subsidiary Guaranty and (B) execute and/or deliver such other documentation of the types described under Sections 4.01(c) and (d) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence such New Material Subsidiary’s authority to enter into the Subsidiary Guaranty and become a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

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(b) If, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which Financials have been delivered hereunder, the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended or Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of such quarter, in each case, attributable to all Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Receivables Entity or any Restricted Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state or commonwealth thereof or the District of Columbia) that are not Subsidiary Guarantors, exceeds fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated EBITDA for such period or fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Total Assets as of such date, within fifty (50) days after the date on which Financials for such quarter are required to be delivered hereunder (or such longer period of time as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall cause such additional Restricted Subsidiaries as may be necessary to eliminate such excess to (A) become Subsidiary Guarantors by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Subsidiary Guaranty and (B) execute and/or deliver such other documentation of the types described under Sections 4.01(c) and (d) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence each such Restricted Subsidiary’s authority to enter into the Subsidiary Guaranty and become a Subsidiary Guarantor.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing no Receivables Entity, nor any Restricted Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state or commonwealth thereof or the District of Columbia, shall be required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor.

(d) The Borrower will cause any Subsidiary which guarantees any (i) Debt Facility of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor with an aggregate principal amount or commitments of $50,000,000 or greater or (ii) any Capital Markets Debt to, within 60 days of the incurrence of such guarantee to (A) become a Subsidiary Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Subsidiary Guaranty and (B) execute and/or deliver such other documentation of the types described under Sections 4.01(c) and (d) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence such Subsidiary’s authority to enter into the Subsidiary Guaranty and become a Subsidiary Guarantor.

SECTION 5.10 Further Assurances . The Borrower will execute, and will cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to execute, any and all further documents, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions, which may be required under any applicable law, or which either the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to effectuate the Transactions.

SECTION 5.11 Designation of Subsidiaries .

(a) Any Financial Officer, on behalf of the Borrower, may, at any time from and after the Effective Date, designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.11 on a pro forma basis, (iii) such designation complies with

 

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Section 6.04 and , (iv ) no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and if such Subsidiary guarantees any (A) Debt Facility of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor with an aggregate principal amount or commitments of $50,000,000 or greater or (B) any Capital Markets Debt and (v ) no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on more than two (2) occasions if it was previously designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any such designation as of the Effective Date). The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary’s Investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a return on any Investment by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the fair market value at the date of such designation of the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s Investment in such Subsidiary.

(b) A designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall automatically and unconditionally release such Restricted Subsidiary from its guaranty of the Obligations (if any then exists) and it shall no longer constitute a Subsidiary Guarantor. The Borrower may, at its cost and expense, request that the Administrative Agent execute a separate guaranty release instrument to further evidence any guaranty release effected by this paragraph (b).

(c) As of the Effective Date, the Borrower hereby designates each of its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 3.01 as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

Until Facility Termination, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness does not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except by the amount of any accrued interest and premiums with respect to such Indebtedness and transaction costs and expenses in connection with such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement);

(c) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Restricted Subsidiary and of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the extension of any loan or advance to any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.04(d));

 

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(d) Guaranties by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary and by any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that any such Guaranties of Indebtedness of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.04(d)).

(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except by the amount of any accrued interest and premiums with respect to such Indebtedness and transaction costs and expenses in connection with such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement);

(f) (i) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof; provided that such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary, and (ii) Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with an acquisition of property permitted hereunder, provided that such Indebtedness exists at the time such acquisition is consummated and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, and in each case, refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except by the amount of any accrued interest and premiums with respect to such Indebtedness and transaction costs and expenses in connection with such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement);

(g) Guaranties by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent permitted by Sections 6.04(k) and 6.06;

(h) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Permitted Receivables Facilities; provided that the Attributable Receivables Indebtedness thereunder shall not exceed an aggregate amount of $75,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(i) Indebtedness arising in connection with Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.05;

(j) Indebtedness for borrowed money owed by Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that: (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all the Indebtedness for borrowed money owed by the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (including that permitted under other clauses of this Section 6.01, but excluding the Indebtedness permitted under clauses (a), (h), (p)(i) and (p)(ii) of this Section 6.01) does not exceed at any time an amount equal to 15% of the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower;

 

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(k) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety bonds, appeal bonds, bid bonds, performance bonds, return-of-money bonds, performance guarantees and other similar obligations;

(l) Indebtedness constituting obligations to reimburse worker’s compensation insurance companies for claims paid by such companies on Borrower’s or a Restricted Subsidiaries’ behalf in accordance with the policies issued to Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(m) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of the financing of insurance premiums incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business;

(o) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, holdback, adjustment of purchase price, earn-out or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with an acquisition of property or disposition of property permitted pursuant to Section 6.03; and

(p) The following Indebtedness and any refinancings, refunding, renewals or extensions thereof, in addition to the other Indebtedness permitted by this Section, as long as on the date of the incurrence of any of the Indebtedness described below in this clause: (A) no Default exists or would result therefrom; (B) with respect to clause (iii) below only, the limitations on Restricted Subsidiary Indebtedness under clause (j) of this Section 6.01 are not exceeded; and (C) the Borrower is and, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Indebtedness, will be, in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.11 of this Agreement:

(i) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary who is a general partner of a Joint Venture arising for Indebtedness incurred by the Joint Venture as a result of the fact that the Restricted Subsidiary is the general partner of the Joint Venture;

(ii) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower and the guaranty thereof by the Subsidiary Guarantors; and

(iii) in the event an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is designated as such on the Effective Date is subsequently designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms hereof, the Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding as of the Effective Date and any refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements of such Indebtedness with Indebtedness of a similar type that does not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except by the amount of any accrued interest and premiums with respect to such Indebtedness and transaction costs and expenses in connection with such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement).

 

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The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 6.01.

SECTION 6.02 Liens . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

(a) (i) Liens (if any) securing the Obligations and (ii) Permitted Encumbrances;

(b) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02 ; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except by the amount of any accrued interest and premiums with respect to such Indebtedness and transaction costs and expenses in connection with such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement);

(c) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to or within ninety days after the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (except improvements or proceeds of such property) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except by the amount of any accrued interest and premiums with respect to such Indebtedness and transaction costs and expenses in connection with such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement);

(d) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(e), (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within ninety (90) days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

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(f) (i) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to secure the performance of bids, tenders, insurance or other contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or to secure statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds or indemnity, performance or other similar bonds and (ii) Liens solely on cash earnest money deposits made in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in connection with an Investment permitted hereunder; and

(g) Liens, in addition to those permitted by the other clauses of this Section, provided that the aggregate market value of the property and assets encumbered by all Liens incurred under the permissions of this clause (g) shall not exceed $30,000,000 and the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by all such Liens does not exceed $30,000,000.

SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales .

(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all of its assets, or all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that:

(i) any Person may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation;

(ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge into (i) the Borrower or (ii) one or more Restricted Subsidiaries ( provided that when a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party is merging with a Restricted Subsidiary, the Loan Party shall be the surviving entity);

(iii) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then the transferee must be a Loan Party;

(iv) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may transfer, sell and/or pledge Permitted Receivables Related Assets under Permitted Receivables Facilities (subject to the limitation that the Attributable Receivables Indebtedness thereunder shall not exceed an aggregate amount permitted under Section 6.01(h));

(v) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;

(vi) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may dispose of property and assets, including Equity Interests of a Subsidiary, either directly or through a merger or consolidation, to the extent permitted by clause (c) of this Section; and

 

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(vii) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, a Subsidiary Guarantor may merge or consolidate with any other Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity or (ii) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or consolidation (any such Person, the “ Successor Company ”) is not such Subsidiary Guarantor, (A) the Successor Company shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state or commonwealth thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (B) the Successor Company shall expressly assume all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to which the Subsidiary Guarantor is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (C) such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplement to the Subsidiary Guaranty comply with this Agreement; provided , further , that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement.

(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and any business reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto or that is a reasonable extension thereof.

(c) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its property or assets, including any Equity Interests owned by it (it being understood that the grant or existence of a Lien on any property shall not constitute a sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of such property), except:

(i) dispositions or sales of inventory, used, obsolete or surplus equipment and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;

(ii) as long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of property to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions involving a Restricted Subsidiary shall be made in compliance with Section 6.06;

(iii) any transaction permitted under Section 6.03(a), any Investment permitted under Section 6.04 or any Restricted Payment permitted under Section 6.07;

(iv) the disposition or sale of accounts receivable pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Facility permitted by Section 6.01(h);

(v) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements or rights of first refusal between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

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(vi) the lapse or abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business which, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Borrower, is not material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(vii) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings;

(viii) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind in the ordinary course of business;

(ix) dispositions of leasehold improvements or leased assets in connection with the termination of any operating lease;

(x) the unwinding or termination of any Swap Agreements; and

(xi) in addition to the dispositions permitted by the other clauses of this Section 6.03(c), leases, sales or other dispositions of property, either directly or through a merger or consolidation, that, together with all other property of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries previously disposed of pursuant to this clause (xi) during the twelve-month period ending with the month in which any such other disposition occurs (the “ Calculation Period ”), do not constitute a Substantial Portion of the property of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of property made pursuant to this clause (xi) shall be made for fair value and, if the sale, transfer, lease or disposition in question, involves assets that have a fair value of more than $50,000,000, then at least 75% of the consideration therefor shall be in cash or cash equivalents. The term “ Substantial Portion ” means, on any date, property with a net book value that represents more than 15% of the Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the last month before the start of the applicable Calculation Period.

SECTION 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger or consolidation with any Person) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make any investment in or capital contribution to, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any Person or any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit (each an “ Investment ”), except:

(a) Permitted Investments;

(b) Permitted Acquisitions and the Specified Acquisition;

(c) (i) Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Effective Date and identified on Schedule 6.04 and (ii) Investments consisting of any replacement, extensions, modifications or renewal of any such Investment existing on the Effective Date;

 

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(d) Investments by the Borrower in or to any Restricted Subsidiary and made by any Restricted Subsidiary in or to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any Investment made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary in a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary must be permitted by Section 6.04(k);

(e) loans and advances to directors, officers, consultants or employees as payroll advances or for business expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business or for other purposes so long as the aggregate principal amount of the loans and advances made for such other purposes does not exceed $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(f) contributions of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets and cash deemed received from proceeds of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets to any Receivables Entity to the extent required or made pursuant to Permitted Receivables Facility Documents or to the extent necessary to keep such Receivables Entity properly capitalized to avoid insolvency or consolidation with a Loan Party or any of the Subsidiaries;

(g) Guarantees of Indebtedness permitted by Sections 6.01(d), (g) and (p) and Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.05;

(h) Investments resulting from the receipt of non-cash consideration permitted to be received in connection with dispositions of property permitted by Section 6.03;

(i) advances, guarantees, endorsements for collection or deposit or customary trade arrangements with customers, suppliers, vendors or distributors in the ordinary course of business;

(j) lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;

(k) any other Investment (other than Permitted Acquisitions) if, at the time of and immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise immediately after giving effect thereto and (ii) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment (and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, with any new Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period in accordance with its terms), with the covenants contained in Section 6.11.

SECTION 6.05 Swap Agreements . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has actual exposure (including those in respect of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries but only if such Swap Agreements of the type described in this parenthetical can be settled with the issuance of Equity Interests in the Borrower or will be settled with the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from the substantially concurrent issue or sale of other Equity Interest of the Borrower), and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

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SECTION 6.06 Transactions with Affiliates . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07 and (d) transactions contemplated by any Permitted Receivables Facility Documents.

SECTION 6.07 Restricted Payments . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except (a) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, (b) Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests, (c) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (d) any Receivables Entity may declare and pay dividends or other distributions to the Borrower or any wholly-owned Subsidiary thereof and (e) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make any other Restricted Payment so long as (i) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect (including giving effect on a pro forma basis) thereto and (ii) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, with the covenants contained in Section 6.11.

SECTION 6.08 Restrictive Agreements . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets or (b) the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to holders of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law, regulation or order or by any Loan Document, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions applicable to the Senior Notes and existing on the Effective Date or applicable to the other Indebtedness existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.08 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition; provided that the restrictions applicable to the Senior Notes may be expanded to specifically restrict the ability of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets to secure the obligations arising under this Agreement as long as such Liens are permitted if Senior Notes are secured equally and ratably with the obligations arising under this Agreement), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of the assets of, or an

 

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Equity Interest in, a Restricted Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets or Restricted Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by (1) any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or (2) Liens permitted by Section 6.02 or any document or instrument evidencing or granting any such Liens if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets that are the subject of such Liens, (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof, (vi) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in Permitted Receivables Facility Documents, (vii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions on cash or other deposits which are permitted to be subject to a Lien under Section 6.02 or covenants requiring a party to maintain a certain level of net worth to the extent such covenants are imposed by suppliers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, (viii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions set forth in documentation (other than Subordinated Indebtedness Document) executed in connection with any Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(p)(ii) and incurred after the Effective Date; provided that (A) the restrictions and conditions set forth therein are substantially the same as those or less restrictive than those governing this Agreement and (B) the same shall not prohibit, restrict or impose any condition upon the ability of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets to secure the obligations arising under this Agreement unless such prohibition, restriction or imposition permits such Liens to the extent such Indebtedness is secured equally and ratably with the obligations arising under this Agreement; (ix) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions set forth in any Subordinated Indebtedness Document executed in connection with any such Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(p)(ii) and incurred after the Effective Date; provided that (A) the restrictions and conditions set forth therein are substantially the same as those or less restrictive than those governing this Agreement and (B) the same shall not prohibit, restrict or impose any condition upon the ability of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets to secure the obligations arising under this Agreement, (x) the foregoing shall not apply to any restrictions and conditions imposed by agreement in effect at the time a Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition) and (xi) the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance documents, joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that restrict the transfer of ownership interests in or assets of such partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, corporation or similar person.

SECTION 6.09 Subordinated Indebtedness . The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly voluntarily prepay, defease or in substance defease, purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire, any Subordinated Indebtedness, unless (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise immediately after giving pro forma effect thereto and (b) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with the covenants contained in Section 6.11.

 

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SECTION 6.10 Sale and Leaseback Transactions . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except for any such sale of any fixed or capital assets that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the cost of such fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 90 days after the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset.

SECTION 6.11 Financial Covenants .

(a) Maximum Leverage Ratio . The Borrower will not permit the ratio (the “ Leverage Ratio ”), determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters ending on and after December 31, 2014, of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of determination to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, all calculated for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00.

(b) Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio . The Borrower will not permit the ratio (the “ Interest Coverage Ratio ”), determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters ending on and after December 31, 2014, of (i) Consolidated EBITDA to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, in each case for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, all calculated for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to be less than 2.50 to 1.00.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

SECTION 7.01 Events of Default . If any of the following events (“ Events of Default ”) shall occur:

(a) (i) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise, or (ii) the Borrower shall fail to pay any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for one (1) Business Day;

(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Section 7.01) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days;

(c) any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document

 

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furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect (or in the case of any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, shall prove to have been incorrect in any respect) when made or deemed made;

(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Sections 5.01(a), (b) or (c), 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;

(e) the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Section 7.01) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which written notice will be given at the request of any Lender);

(f) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after expiration of any applicable grace period);

(g) (i) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (i) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (ii) any default in the observance or performance of any of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under any Swap Agreement that results in the exercise by the counterparty thereunder of such counterparty’s right to terminate its position under such Swap Agreement, and the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such termination is greater than $10,000,000;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or

 

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similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Section 7.01, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(j) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third party insurance as to which the respective insurer does not dispute coverage) shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(m) a Change in Control shall occur; or

(n) any material provision of this Agreement or the Subsidiary Guaranty for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall assert the same in writing), other than the expiration or termination of the Subsidiary Guaranty with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are

 

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hereby waived by the Borrower. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity.

ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent

Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, 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 (including the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank), and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party 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” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any 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 independent contracting parties.

The bank 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 such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not 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 Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative

 

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Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the 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 believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent 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 be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. 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 Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 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 it was acting as Administrative Agent.

 

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Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender shall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) 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 related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and in deciding whether or to the extent to which it will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder.

None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph.

The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01 Notices . (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower, to it at 3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas, 75219, Attention of D. Craig Kesler, Executive Vice President - Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer., (Facsimile No. (214) 432-2110; Email: ckesler@eaglematerials.com);

 

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(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 2200 Ross Avenue, 3rd Floor, Dallas, Texas, 75201, Attention of Brandon K. Watkins Maria Riaz , (Facsimile No. (214) 965–2044; Email: brandon maria . k s . watkins riaz @jpmorgan.com), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mid Corp Loan and Agency Services Group, 10 South Dearborn Street, 19th Floor, Mailcode: IL1-0010, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention: April Yebd (Telephone: 312-732-2628; Facsimile: 888-208-7168; Email: Jpm.agency.servicing.4@jpmchase.com); and

(iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile number or email address) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

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 Systems, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Electronic Systems pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

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 or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

(d) Electronic Systems .

(i) The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar or a substantially similar Electronic System.

 

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(ii) Any Electronic System used by the Administrative Agent is provided “as is” and “as available”. The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of such Electronic Systems and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or any Electronic System. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Communications through an Electronic System, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party is found in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from such Agent Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. “ Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Electronic System.

SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments . (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by this Section 9.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b) Except as provided in Section 2.20 with respect to an Increasing Lender Supplement or an Augmenting Lender Supplement, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i)

 

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increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (except that any amendment or modification of the financial covenants in this Agreement (or defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement) shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (ii)), (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.18(b) or (d) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, (vi) release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty (other than in accordance with the terms hereof and the Subsidiary Guaranty), without the written consent of each Lender or (vii) modify any provision of Section 2.06(c) regarding cash collateral, or release any cash collateral provided pursuant to Section 2.06(c) prior to the expiration or termination of each Letter of Credit, without the consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be (it being understood that any change to Section 2.21 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be directly affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (x) to add one or more credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders.

(d) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “ Non-Consenting Lender ”), then the Borrower may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative

 

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Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption ( provided that such Assignment and Assumption shall not be required to be executed by the Non-Consenting Lender) and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of Section 9.04, and (ii) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (1) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.15 and 2.17, and (2) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency.

SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver . (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, 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 out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit; provided that, in each case under this clause (a), legal expenses shall be limited to a single counsel selected by the Administrative Agent and a single local counsel to the Administrative Agent in each relevant jurisdiction and a single special counsel to the Administrative Agent in each relevant specialty (in each case except allocated costs of in-house counsel) in connection with the foregoing.

(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of

 

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any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use, or the proposed use, of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or its or their respective equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available (A) to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to arise from the gross negligence, bad faith, unlawful conduct or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (B) to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses arise from a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnitee under the Loan Documents, as determined in by a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to a claim brought by the Borrower, (C) to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses arise out of, or in connection with, any proceeding that does not involve an act or omission by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and that is brought by an Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee (other than in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, Arranger, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent or bookrunner with respect to the credit facility evidenced hereby) or (D) with respect to any settlement of any proceeding if the amount of such settlement was effected without the Borrower’s consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the Borrower’s written consent or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such proceeding, the Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses by reason of such settlement or judgment in accordance with this Section 9.03(b). The Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of the applicable Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnitee unless (x) such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnitee in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such Indemnitee or any injunctive relief or other non-monetary remedy; provided , further , that all out-of-pocket legal expenses shall be limited to one firm of counsel for all Indemnitees and if necessary, one firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and one firm of special counsel in each appropriate specialty, in each case for all Indemnitees (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs the Borrower in writing of such conflict and therefore retains its own counsel, of one additional firm of counsel for all such affected Indemnitees). This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

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(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (it being understood that the Borrower’s failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof); 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, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.

(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, and each Indemnitee shall not assert, and hereby waives, and claim against each Loan Party (i) for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet) in connection with the Loan Documents, or (ii) 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 or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns . (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

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notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof); provided, further, that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (i) if such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (ii) if an Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.01 (a), (b), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing);

(B) the Administrative Agent ( provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required if such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund);

(C) the Issuing Bank; and

(D) the Swingline Lender.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.01 (a), (b), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing;

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, such fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders; and

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

 

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For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the terms “Approved Fund” and “Ineligible Institution” have the following meanings:

Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Ineligible Institution ” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c) the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates, or (d) a company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank 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, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

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and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07, 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(c) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “ Participant ”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) 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 (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(d) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary 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 (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the

 

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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.

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

SECTION 9.05 Survival . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, 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 which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, email, .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this

 

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Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries 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, physical delivery thereof 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 9.07 Severability . Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor against any of and all of the Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

SECTION 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

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have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY 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 PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 9.11 Headings . Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Person (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 to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (1) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (2) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (1) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or

 

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(2) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates; provided such source is not known by the receiving party to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to Borrower, or (i) to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty with a Lender or its Affiliates in a Swap Agreement or such counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.12); provided that, unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender shall notify the Borrower of any request by any regulatory authority or representative thereof or pursuant to legal process (other than any such request in connection with any examination of the financial condition of such Lender by such regulatory authority) for disclosure of any such nonpublic information prior to disclosure of such information. For the purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.

 

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SECTION 9.13 USA PATRIOT Act . Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Patriot Act.

SECTION 9.14 Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors . (a) A Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released and discharged in full from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary; provided that, if so required by this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall have consented to such transaction and the terms of such consent shall not have provided otherwise. In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

(b) Further, the Administrative Agent may (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to), upon the request of the Borrower, release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty (i) if such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Material Subsidiary or (ii) if, as of the time such Subsidiary Guarantor is released and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor is not required by Section 5.09(b) . ; provided that the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying that Borrower shall promptly take such actions as it is required to take under any (i) Debt Facility of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor with an aggregate principal amount or commitments of $50,000,000 or greater or (ii) any Capital Markets Debt to cause such Subsidiary Guarantor to be released from its Guarantee, if any, of such Debt Facility or Capital Markets Debt.

(c) At such time as the principal and interest on the Loans, all LC Disbursements, the fees, expenses and other amounts payable under the Loan Documents and the other Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations and other Obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination) shall have been paid in full in cash, the Commitments shall have been terminated or expired and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding (or, if outstanding, such Letters of Credit have been cash collateralized or other arrangements with respect thereto have been made, in each case, on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank) (such time, “ Facility Termination ”), the Subsidiary Guaranty and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of each Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder shall automatically terminate and be released and discharged in full, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

 

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SECTION 9.15 Maximum Interest Rate .

(a) No interest rate specified in any Loan Document shall at any time exceed the Maximum Rate. If at any time the interest rate (the “ Contract Rate ”) for any obligation under the Loan Documents shall exceed the Maximum Rate, thereby causing the interest accruing on such obligation to be limited to the Maximum Rate, then any subsequent reduction in the Contract Rate for such obligation shall not reduce the rate of interest on such obligation below the Maximum Rate until the aggregate amount of interest accrued on such obligation equals the aggregate amount of interest which would have accrued on such obligation if the Contract Rate for such obligation had at all times been in effect. As used herein, the term “ Maximum Rate ” means, at any time with respect to any Lender, the maximum rate of nonusurious interest under applicable law that such Lender may contract for, charge, reserve, or receive. The Maximum Rate shall be calculated in a manner that takes into account any and all fees, payments, and other charges contracted for, charged, reserved, or received in connection with the Loan Documents that constitute interest under applicable law. Each change in any interest rate provided for herein based upon the Maximum Rate resulting from a change in the Maximum Rate shall take effect without notice to Borrower at the time of such change in the Maximum Rate. For purposes of determining the Maximum Rate under Texas law, the applicable rate ceiling shall be the weekly rate ceiling described in, and computed in accordance with, Chapter 303 of the Texas Finance Code.

(b) No provision of any Loan Document shall require the payment or the collection of interest in excess of the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. If any excess interest is hereby provided for, or shall be adjudicated to be so provided, in any Loan Document or otherwise in connection with this loan transaction, the provisions of this Section shall govern and prevail and neither Borrower nor the sureties, guarantors, successors, or assigns of Borrower shall be obligated to pay the excess amount of such interest or any other excess sum paid for the use, forbearance, or detention of sums loaned pursuant hereto. In the event any Lender ever receives, or collects, interest in excess of the maximum lawful amount of interest, such amount which is or would be in excess of the maximum amount permitted by applicable law shall be applied as a payment and reduction of the principal of the obligations outstanding hereunder, and, if the principal of the obligations outstanding hereunder has been paid in full or would be paid in full by all or part of such application, any remaining excess shall forthwith be paid to the Borrower. In determining whether or not the interest contracted for, charged, reserved or received exceeds the Maximum Rate, Borrower and each Lender shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any non-principal payment as an expense, fee, or premium rather than as interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread the total amount of interest contracted for, charged, reserved and received throughout the entire contemplated term of the obligations outstanding hereunder so that interest for the entire term does not exceed the Maximum Rate.

SECTION 9.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility . In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts,

 

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the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Lenders and their Affiliates is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) no Lender or any of its Affiliates has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except, in the case of a Lender, those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) each of the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and no Lender or any of its Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against each of the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

SECTION 9.17 Amendment and Restatement. On the Effective Date (i) this Agreement renews and extends (and does not release or novate) the Indebtedness and Obligations outstanding under the Existing Agreement, (ii) the “Commitments” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) are renewed and replaced by the Commitments hereunder the Existing Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to be in the form of this Agreement, and (iii) the “Subsidiary Guaranty” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “ Existing Subsidiary Guaranty ”), shall be amended and restated in its entirety to be in the form of the Subsidiary Guaranty.

SECTION 9.18 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

 

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(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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

 

EAGLE MATERIALS INC.,
as the Borrower
By  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[Signature Page – Credit Agreement]


EXHIBIT B

Restricted Subsidiary Designations

 

Entity

  

Designate as

Restricted

Subsidiary

AG Dallas LLC    Yes
CCP Leasing LLC    Yes
Dunning Properties, L.L.C.    Yes
Eagle Cement Company LLC    Yes
Eagle Materials Aviation LLC    Yes
Eagle Materials IP LLC    Yes
Farming Solutions Holdings LLC    Yes
Farming Solutions LLC    Yes
Green Property Farms, LLC    Yes
Green Rose Investments, LLC    Yes
IC Energy LLC    Yes
Michigan Cement Company LLC    Yes
Minnesota Sand Company LLC    Yes
Mountain Land & Cattle Company LLC    Yes
TLCC GP LLC    Yes
TLCC LP LLC    Yes
Wisconsin Cement Company    Yes

Exhibit 99.1

 

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News for Immediate Release

EAGLE MATERIALS ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $350 MILLION OF 4.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026

DALLAS, TX (July 28, 2016) – Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE: EXP) announced today that it has priced $350 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). The notes will bear interest at 4.500% per year. The Notes will initially be guaranteed by each of Eagle’s majority-owned subsidiaries. The offering is expected to close on August 2, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC, are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The Notes will be issued pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form S-3, as amended. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov . Alternatively, copies may also be obtained from:

 

    J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by calling (866) 803-9204.

 

    BofA Merrill Lynch, NC 1-004-03-43, at 200 North College Street, 3 rd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001 Attention: Prospectus Department or by e-mail at dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com .

 

    Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, at 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, Attention: WFS Customer Service, by telephone at (800) 645-3751 or by e-mail at wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com .

 

    BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC, at 901 East Byrd Street, Suite 300, Richmond, Virginia 23219, Attention: Keith E. Pomroy, by telephone at (844) 499-2713 or by e-mail at prospectusrequests@bbandtcm.com .

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About Eagle Materials Inc.

Eagle Materials Inc. manufactures and distributes Cement, Gypsum Wallboard, Recycled Paperboard, Concrete and Aggregates, and Oil and Gas Proppants from 40 facilities across the US. Eagle is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.


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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the context of the statement and generally arise when the Company is discussing its beliefs, estimates or expectations. These statements are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance but instead represent only the Company’s belief at the time the statements were made regarding future events which are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors many of which are outside the Company’s control. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements. The principal risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company’s actual performance include the following: the cyclical and seasonal nature of the Company’s business; public infrastructure expenditures; adverse weather conditions; the fact that our products are commodities and that prices for our products are subject to material fluctuation due to market conditions and other factors beyond our control; availability of raw materials; changes in energy costs including, without limitation, natural gas, coal and oil; changes in the cost and availability of transportation; unexpected operational difficulties, including unexpected maintenance costs, equipment downtime and interruption of production; material nonpayment or non-performance by any of our key customers; fluctuations in activity in the oil and gas industry, including the level of fracturing activities and the demand for frac sand; inability to timely execute announced capacity expansions; difficulties and delays in the development of new business lines; governmental regulation and changes in governmental and public policy (including, without limitation, climate change regulation); possible outcomes of pending or future litigation or arbitration proceedings; changes in economic conditions specific to any one or more of the Company’s markets; competition; a cyber-attack or data security breach; announced increases in capacity in the gypsum wallboard and cement industries; changes in the demand for residential housing construction or commercial construction; risks related to pursuit of acquisitions, joint ventures and other transactions; the impact of our bylaws forum selection clause on stockholder disputes; general economic conditions; and interest rates. For example, increases in interest rates, decreases in demand for construction materials or increases in the cost of energy (including, without limitation, natural gas, coal and oil) could affect the revenues and operating earnings of our operations. In addition, changes in national or regional economic conditions and levels of infrastructure and construction spending could also adversely affect the Company’s result of operations. These and other factors are described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 and in the prospectus supplement related to the offering, each of which is filed with the SEC. All forward-looking statements made herein are made as of the date hereof, and the risk that actual results will differ materially from expectations expressed herein will increase with the passage of time. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to reflect future events or changes in the Company’s expectations.

Contact at 214/432-2000

Eagle Materials Inc.

David B. Powers

President and Chief Executive Officer

D. Craig Kesler

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Robert S. Stewart

Executive Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development and Communications

 

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