Exhibit 10(g)-2
EXECUTION COPY
ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC. HAS CLAIMED CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF PORTIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24-B UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
May 29, 2009
Among
ETHAN ALLEN GLOBAL, INC.
as Borrower
ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC.
The Other Loan Parties Party Hereto
The Lenders Party Hereto
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Syndication Agent
and
CAPITAL ONE LEVERAGE FINANCE CORP.
as Documentation Agent
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I Definitions |
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SECTION 1.01. |
Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.02. |
Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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SECTION 1.03. |
Terms Generally |
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SECTION 1.04. |
Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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ARTICLE II The Credits |
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SECTION 2.01. |
Commitments |
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SECTION 2.02. |
Loans and Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.03. |
Requests for Revolving Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.04. |
Protective Advances |
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SECTION 2.05. |
Swingline Loans and Overadvances |
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SECTION 2.06. |
Letters of Credit |
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SECTION 2.07. |
Funding of Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.08. |
Interest Elections |
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SECTION 2.09. |
Termination and Reduction of Commitments; Increase in Commitments |
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SECTION 2.10. |
Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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SECTION 2.11. |
Prepayment of Loans |
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SECTION 2.12. |
Fees |
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SECTION 2.13. |
Interest |
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SECTION 2.14. |
Alternate Rate of Interest |
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SECTION 2.15. |
Increased Costs |
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SECTION 2.16. |
Break Funding Payments |
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SECTION 2.17. |
Taxes |
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SECTION 2.18. |
Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Set-offs |
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SECTION 2.19. |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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SECTION 2.20. |
Defaulting Lenders |
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SECTION 2.21. |
Returned Payments |
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SECTION 2.22. |
Senior Debt |
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ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties |
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SECTION 3.01. |
Organization; Powers |
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SECTION 3.02. |
Authorization; Enforceability |
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SECTION 3.03. |
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
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SECTION 3.04. |
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change |
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SECTION 3.05. |
Properties |
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SECTION 3.06. |
Litigation and Environmental Matters |
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SECTION 3.07. |
Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
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SECTION 3.08. |
Investment Company Status |
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SECTION 3.09. |
Taxes |
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SECTION 3.10. |
ERISA |
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SECTION 3.11. |
Disclosure |
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SECTION 3.12. |
Material Agreements |
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SECTION 3.13. |
Solvency |
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SECTION 3.14. |
Insurance |
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SECTION 3.15. |
Capitalization and Subsidiaries |
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SECTION 3.16. |
No Burdensome Restrictions |
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SECTION 3.17. |
Federal Reserve Regulations |
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SECTION 3.18. |
Security Interest in Collateral |
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SECTION 3.19. |
Employment Matters |
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SECTION 3.20. |
Common Enterprise |
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SECTION 3.21. |
Credit Card Processors |
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ARTICLE IV Conditions |
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SECTION 4.01. |
Effective Date |
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SECTION 4.02. |
Each Credit Event |
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ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants |
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SECTION 5.01. |
Financial Statements; Borrowing Base and Other Information |
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SECTION 5.02. |
Notices of Material Events |
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SECTION 5.03. |
Existence; Conduct of Business |
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SECTION 5.04. |
Payment of Obligations |
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SECTION 5.05. |
Maintenance of Properties |
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SECTION 5.06. |
Books and Records; Inspection Rights |
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SECTION 5.07. |
Compliance with Laws |
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SECTION 5.08. |
Use of Proceeds |
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SECTION 5.09. |
Insurance |
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SECTION 5.10. |
Casualty and Condemnation |
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SECTION 5.11. |
Appraisals |
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SECTION 5.12. |
Field Examinations |
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SECTION 5.13. |
[Intentionally Omitted] |
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SECTION 5.14. |
Credit Card Processors |
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SECTION 5.15. |
Additional Collateral; Further Assurances |
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ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants |
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SECTION 6.01. |
Indebtedness |
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SECTION 6.02. |
Liens |
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SECTION 6.03. |
Fundamental Changes |
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SECTION 6.04. |
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions |
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SECTION 6.05. |
Asset Sales |
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SECTION 6.06. |
Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
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SECTION 6.07. |
Swap Agreements |
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SECTION 6.08. |
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness |
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SECTION 6.09. |
Transactions with Affiliates |
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SECTION 6.10. |
Restrictive Agreements |
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SECTION 6.11. |
Amendment of Material Documents |
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SECTION 6.12. |
Financial Covenants |
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ARTICLE VII Events of Default |
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ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent |
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ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous |
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SECTION 9.01. |
Notices |
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SECTION 9.02. |
Waivers; Amendments |
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SECTION 9.03. |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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SECTION 9.04. |
Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 9.05. |
Survival |
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SECTION 9.06. |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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SECTION 9.07. |
Severability |
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SECTION 9.08. |
Right of Setoff |
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SECTION 9.09. |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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SECTION 9.10. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 9.11. |
Headings |
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SECTION 9.12. |
Confidentiality |
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SECTION 9.13. |
Several Obligations; Nonreliance; Violation of Law |
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SECTION 9.14. |
USA PATRIOT Act |
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SECTION 9.15. |
Disclosure |
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SECTION 9.16. |
Appointment for Perfection |
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SECTION 9.17. |
Interest Rate Limitation |
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SECTION 9.18. |
Conflicts |
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ARTICLE X Loan Guaranty |
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SECTION 10.01. |
Guaranty |
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SECTION 10.02. |
Guaranty of Payment |
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SECTION 10.03. |
No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty |
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SECTION 10.04. |
Defenses Waived |
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SECTION 10.05. |
Rights of Subrogation |
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SECTION 10.06. |
Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration |
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SECTION 10.07. |
Information |
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SECTION 10.08. |
Termination |
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SECTION 10.09. |
Taxes |
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SECTION 10.10. |
Maximum Liability |
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SECTION 10.11. |
Contribution |
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SECTION 10.12. |
Liability Cumulative |
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 2.01 Commitments
Schedule 2.06 Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.06 Disclosed Matters
Schedule 3.14 Insurance
Schedule 3.15 Capitalization and Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.21 Credit Card Processors
Schedule 6.01 Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04 Existing Investments
Schedule 6.10 Existing Restrictions
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EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B Forms of Opinions of Loan Parties Counsels
Exhibit C Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E Joinder Agreement
Exhibit F List of Closing Documents
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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 29, 2009 (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, this Agreement), among ETHAN ALLEN GLOBAL, INC., ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC., the other Loan Parties party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent and CAPITAL ONE LEVERAGE FINANCE CORP., as Documentation Agent.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ABR, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to a Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
Account has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Account Debtor means any Person obligated on an Account.
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.
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.
Affected Foreign Subsidiary means any Foreign Subsidiary to the extent greater than 65% of the Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary being pledged to support the Secured Obligations would cause a Deemed Dividend Problem.
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.
Aggregate Commitment the aggregate of the Commitments of all of the Lenders, as reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.
Aggregate Credit Exposure means, at any time, the aggregate Credit Exposure of all the Lenders.
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, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on the Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day (without any rounding). 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.
Applicable Percentage means, with respect to any Lender, (a) with respect to Revolving Loans, LC Exposure, Swingline Loans or Overadvances, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lenders Commitment and the denominator of which is the aggregate Commitment of all Lenders (if the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon such Lenders share of the aggregate Revolving Exposures at that time); provided that in the case of Section 2.20 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, any such Defaulting Lenders Commitment shall be disregarded in the calculation and (b) with respect to Protective Advances or with respect to the Aggregate Credit Exposure, a percentage based upon its share of the Aggregate Credit Exposure and the unused Commitments; provided that in the case of Section 2.20 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, any such Defaulting Lenders Commitment shall be disregarded in the calculation.
Applicable Pledge Percentage means 100% but 65% in the case of a pledge by Holdings, the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary of its Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary that is an Affected Foreign Subsidiary due to a Deemed Dividend Problem.
Applicable Rate means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Revolving Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption ABR Spread, Eurodollar Spread or Commitment Fee Rate, as the case may be, based upon the Average Quarterly Availability during the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Holdings:
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Commitment Fee |
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Eurodollar Spread |
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ABR Spread |
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0.50 |
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3.25 |
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2.25 |
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Category 2 |
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Less than or equal to |
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0.50 |
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3.75 |
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2.75 |
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Category 3 |
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Less than or equal to |
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0.50 |
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4.25 |
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3.25 |
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For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Rate shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Holdings based upon the Borrowing Base Certificates and related information that are delivered from time to time pursuant to Section 5.01 and (b) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in Average Quarterly Availability shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change, provided that the Average Quarterly Availability shall be deemed to be (i) in Category 2 during the period from the Effective Date to the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the Borrowing Base Certificate for the fiscal quarter ending on or about September 30, 2009 and (ii) in Category 3 (A) at
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any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (B) at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders if Holdings or the Borrower fail to deliver any Borrowing Base Certificate or related information that is required to be delivered by them pursuant to Section 5.01, during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until each such Borrowing Base Certificate and related information pursuant to Section 5.01 is so delivered; provided further that if any Borrowing Base Certificate is at any time restated or otherwise revised or if the information set forth in any Borrowing Base Certificate otherwise proves to be false or incorrect such that the Applicable Rate would have been higher than was otherwise in effect during any period, without constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default arising as a result thereof, the Applicable Rate shall be immediately recalculated at such higher rate for any applicable periods and shall be due and payable on demand.
Approved Fund has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
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.
Availability means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Commitment and (ii) the Borrowing Base minus (b) the Revolving Exposure of all Lenders.
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.
Availability Trigger shall be in effect at any time that the average Availability for the most recently ended calendar month is less than an amount equal to the greater of (i) 20% of the Aggregate Commitment at such time and (ii) $10,000,000.
Available Commitment means, at any time, the Aggregate Commitment then in effect minus the Revolving Exposure of all Lenders at such time; it being understood and agreed that any Lenders Swingline Exposure shall not be deemed to be a component of the Revolving Exposure for purposes of calculating the commitment fee under Section 2.12(a).
Average Quarterly Availability means, for any fiscal quarter, an amount equal to the average daily Availability during such quarter.
Banking Services means each and any of the following bank services provided to any Loan Party by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) credit cards for commercial customers (including, without limitation, commercial credit cards and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards and (c) treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).
Banking Services Obligations of the Loan Parties means any and all obligations of the Loan Parties, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking Services.
Banking Services Reserves means all Reserves which the Administrative Agent from time to time establishes in its Permitted Discretion for Banking Services then provided or outstanding.
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Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Borrower means Ethan Allen Global, 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, (b) a Swingline Loan, (c) a Protective Advance and (d) an Overadvance.
Borrowing Base means, at any time, the sum of (a) up to 90% of the Eligible Credit Card Receivables, plus (b) up to 85% of the Eligible Accounts at such time, plus (b) the lesser of (i) up to 70% of the Eligible Inventory, valued at the lower of cost or market value, determined on a first-in-first-out basis, at such time and (ii) the product of up to 85% multiplied by the Net Orderly Liquidation Value percentage identified in the most recent inventory appraisal ordered by the Administrative Agent multiplied by the Eligible Inventory, valued at the lower of cost or market value, determined on a first-in-first-out basis, at such time, minus (c) Reserves. The Administrative Agent may, in its Permitted Discretion, reduce the advance rates set forth above, adjust Reserves or reduce one or more of the other elements used in computing the Borrowing Base.
Borrowing Base Certificate means a certificate, signed and certified as accurate and complete by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit C or another form which is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
Borrowing Request means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
Burdensome Restrictions means any consensual encumbrance or restriction of the type described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.10.
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 dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
Capital Expenditures means, without duplication, any expenditure or commitment to expend money for any purchase or other acquisition of any asset which would be classified as a fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Lease Obligations of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
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 Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Holdings by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the
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board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; or (c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of Holdings by any Person or group; (d) the occurrence of a change in control, or other similar provision, as defined in any agreement or instrument evidencing any Material Indebtedness (triggering a default or mandatory prepayment, which default or mandatory prepayment has not been waived in writing); or (e) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or (through another Loan Party) indirectly, 100% of the capital stock of the Borrower.
Change in Law means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lenders or the Issuing Banks holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.
Chase means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, in its individual capacity, and its successors.
Class, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans, Protective Advances or Overadvances.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral means any and all property owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, to secure the Secured Obligations; provided that Collateral shall not include any Excluded Assets.
Collateral Access Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Collateral Documents means, collectively, the Security Agreement and any other documents granting a Lien upon property as security for payment of the Secured Obligations.
Collection Account has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Commercial LC Exposure means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Commercial Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements relating to Commercial Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The Commercial LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Commercial LC Exposure at such time.
Commercial Letters of Credit means all Letters of Credit other than standby Letters of Credit.
Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit, Protective Advances, Overadvances and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum possible aggregate amount of such Lenders Revolving Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (a) Section 2.09 and (b) assignments by or to such
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Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lenders 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.
Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Controlled Disbursement Account means any accounts of any Loan Party maintained with the Administrative Agent as a zero balance, cash management account pursuant to and under any agreement between the such Loan Party and the Administrative Agent, as modified and amended from time to time, and through which all disbursements of such Loan Party, any Loan Party and any designated Subsidiary of Holdings are made and settled on a daily basis with no uninvested balance remaining overnight.
Credit Card Account Receivables means any receivables due to any Loan Party on a non-recourse basis (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that normal return policies of any Loan Party shall not be deemed to be with recourse) in connection with purchases from and other goods and services provided by such Loan Party from: Visa, MasterCard, American Express and such other Credit Card Processor acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, in each case which have been earned by performance by such Loan Party but not yet paid to such Loan Party by the Credit Card Processor; provided, that Credit Card Account Receivables shall be calculated net of fees and chargebacks owed to credit card processors and deposits, holdbacks or escrows held by credit card processors.
Credit Card Processor means a Person that provides credit card processing services for any merchant.
Credit Exposure means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) such Lenders Revolving Exposure at such time, plus (b) an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage, if any, of the aggregate principal amount of Protective Advances outstanding at such time.
Deemed Dividend Problem means, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, such Foreign Subsidiarys accumulated and undistributed earnings and profits being deemed to be repatriated to Holdings, the Borrower or the applicable parent Domestic Subsidiary under Section 956 of the Code and the effect of such repatriation causing materially adverse tax consequences to Holdings, the Borrower or such parent Domestic Subsidiary, in each case as determined by Holdings and the Borrower in their commercially reasonable judgment acting in good faith and in consultation with their legal and tax advisors.
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, as determined by the Administrative Agent, that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans within three (3) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of
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this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, (d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three (3) Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e) (i) become or is insolvent or has a parent company that has become or is insolvent or (ii) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.
Disclosed Matters means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06.
Document has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Documentation Agent means Capital One Leverage Finance Corp. in its capacity as documentation agent for the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement.
dollars or $ refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America.
EBITDA means, for any period, Net Income for such period, before giving effect to any extraordinary gains or losses or any gains or losses resulting from sales of assets (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), plus, to the extent deducted in computing such Net Income, the sum of (a) income tax expense (whether paid or deferred), (b) Interest Expense, (c) depreciation and amortization and (d) any non-cash charges resulting from any restructuring or consolidation of operations or any grant, exercise or cancellation of stock options or warrants.
Effective Date means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
Eligible Accounts means, at any time, the Accounts of any Loan Party which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion are eligible as the basis for the extension of Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder. Without limiting the Administrative Agents discretion provided herein, Eligible Accounts shall not include any Account:
(a) which is not subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent;
(b) which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent and (ii) a Permitted Encumbrance which does not have priority over the Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent;
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(c) which (i) is unpaid more than 90 days after the date of the original invoice therefor or more than 60 days after the original due date, or (ii) has been written off the books of such Loan Party or otherwise designated as uncollectible;
(d) which is owing by an Account Debtor for which more than 50% of the Accounts owing from such Account Debtor and its Affiliates are ineligible hereunder;
(e) which is owing by an Account Debtor to the extent the aggregate amount of Accounts owing from such Account Debtor and its Affiliates to such Loan Party exceeds 10% of the aggregate amount of Eligible Accounts;
(f) with respect to which any covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this Agreement or in the Security Agreement has been breached or is not true in any material respect;
(g) which (i) does not arise from the sale of goods or performance of services in the ordinary course of business, (ii) is not evidenced by an invoice or other documentation the form of which is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion and which has been sent to the Account Debtor, (iii) represents a progress billing, (iv) is contingent upon such Loan Partys completion of any further performance, (v) represents a sale on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment, cash-on-delivery or any other repurchase or return basis (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, normal wholesale customer return policies in respect of warranty claims) or (vi) relates to payments of interest;
(h) for which the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped to the Account Debtor or for which the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed by such Loan Party or if such Account was invoiced more than once;
(i) with respect to which any check or other instrument of payment has been returned uncollected for any reason;
(j) which is owed by an Account Debtor which has (i) applied for, suffered, or consented to the appointment of any receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of its assets, (ii) has had possession of all or a material part of its property taken by any receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator, (iii) filed, or had filed against it, any request or petition for liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, adjudication as bankrupt, winding-up, or voluntary or involuntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws, (iv) has admitted in writing its inability, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as they become due, (v) become insolvent, or (vi) ceased operation of its business;
(k) which is owed by any Account Debtor which has sold all or a substantially all of its assets unless the Account has been assumed by a party of at least equal creditworthiness in the Administrative Agents Permitted Discretion;
(l) which is owed by an Account Debtor which (i) does not maintain its chief executive office in the U.S. or Canada or (ii) is not organized under applicable law of the U.S., any state of the U.S., Canada, or any province of Canada unless, in either case, such Account is backed by (A) a letter of credit acceptable to the Administrative Agent which is in the possession of, has been assigned to and is directly drawable by the Administrative Agent or (B) security equivalent to such a letter of credit and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(m) which is owed in any currency other than U.S. dollars;
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(n) which is owed by (i) the government (or any department, agency, public corporation, or instrumentality thereof) of any country other than the U.S. unless such Account is backed by a Letter of Credit acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion and which is in the possession of the Administrative Agent, or (ii) the government of the U.S., or any department, agency, public corporation, or instrumentality thereof, unless the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. § 3727 et seq. and 41 U.S.C. § 15 et seq.), and any other steps necessary to perfect the Lien of the Administrative Agent in such Account have been complied with to the Administrative Agents satisfaction;
(o) which is owed by any Affiliate, employee, officer, director, agent or stockholder of any Loan Party (to the extent such stockholder owns or controls 5% or more of the Equity Interests in a Loan Party);
(p) which, for any Account Debtor, exceeds a credit limit determined by the Administrative Agent, to the extent of such excess;
(q) which is owed by an Account Debtor or any Affiliate of such Account Debtor to which any Loan Party is indebted, but only to the extent of such indebtedness or is subject to any security, deposit, progress payment, retainage or other similar advance made by or for the benefit of an Account Debtor, in each case to the extent thereof;
(r) which is subject to any counterclaim (to the extent asserted), deduction, defense, setoff or dispute, but only to the extent of such counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute;
(s) which is evidenced by any promissory note, chattel paper, or instrument;
(t) which is owed by an Account Debtor located in any jurisdiction which requires filing of a Notice of Business Activities Report or other similar report in order to permit the applicable Loan Party to seek judicial enforcement in such jurisdiction of payment of such Account, unless such Loan Party has filed such report or qualified to do business in such jurisdiction;
(u) with respect to which such Loan Party has made any agreement with the Account Debtor for any reduction thereof, other than discounts and adjustments given in the ordinary course of business, or any Account which was partially paid and such Loan Party created a new receivable for the unpaid portion of such Account;
(v) which does not comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations, whether Federal, state or local, including without limitation the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z of the Board;
(w) which is for goods that have been sold under a purchase order or pursuant to the terms of a contract or other agreement or understanding (written or oral) that indicates or purports that any Person other than such Loan Party has or has had an ownership interest in such goods, or which indicates any party other than such Loan Party as payee or remittance party;
(x) which was created on cash on delivery terms;
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(y) which is subject to any limitation on assignments or other security interests (whether arising by operation of law, by agreement or otherwise), unless the Administrative Agent has determined that such limitation is not enforceable;
(z) which is governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;
(aa) in respect of which the Account Debtor is a consumer within applicable consumer protection litigation; or
(bb) which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion may not be paid by reason of the Account Debtors inability to pay or which the Administrative Agent otherwise determines in its Permitted Discretion is unacceptable.
In the event that an Account which was previously an Eligible Account (in an amount of at least $5,000,000) ceases to be an Eligible Account hereunder by virtue of the foregoing clauses (j), (k) or (l), the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof on and at the time of submission to the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate. In determining the amount of an Eligible Account, the face amount of an Account may, in the Administrative Agents Permitted Discretion, be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that the applicable Loan Party may be obligated to rebate to an Account Debtor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by the applicable Loan Party to reduce the amount of such Account. For the avoidance of doubt, no Credit Card Account Receivable shall constitute an Eligible Account under this Agreement.
Eligible Credit Card Account Receivables means any Credit Card Account Receivable that (i) has been earned and represents the bona fide amounts due to a Loan Party from a Credit Card Processor, and in each case originated in the ordinary course of business of the applicable Loan Party and (ii) is not excluded as an Eligible Credit Card Receivable pursuant to any of clauses (a) through (l) below. Without limiting the foregoing, to qualify as an Eligible Credit Card Account Receivable, a Credit Card Account Receivable shall indicate no person other than a Loan Party as payee or remittance party. Eligible Credit Card Account Receivable shall not include any Credit Card Account Receivable if:
(a) such Credit Card Account Receivable is not owned by a Loan Party and such Loan Party does not have good or marketable title to such Credit Card Account Receivable;
(b) such Credit Card Account Receivable does not constitute an Account (as defined in the UCC) or such Credit Card Account Receivable has been outstanding more than five (5) Business Days;
(c) the Credit Card Processor of the applicable credit card with respect to such Credit Card Account Receivable is the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings;
(d) such Credit Card Account Receivable is not a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the applicable credit card issuer with respect thereto;
(e) such Credit Card Account Receivable is not subject to a properly perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, or is subject to any Lien whatsoever other than Permitted Encumbrances contemplated by the processor agreements and for which
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appropriate reserves (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion) have been established or maintained by the Loan Parties;
(f) such Credit Card Account Receivable does not conform in all material respects to all representations, warranties or other provisions in the Loan Documents or in the credit card agreements relating to such Credit Card Account Receivable;
(g) such Credit Card Account Receivable is subject to risk of set-off, non-collection or not being processed due to unpaid or overdue Credit Card Processor fee balances;
(h) such Credit Card Account Receivable is evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any kind unless such chattel paper or instrument is in the possession of the Administrative Agent, and to the extent necessary or appropriate, endorsed to the Administrative Agent;
(i) such Credit Card Account Receivable has been disputed, or with respect to which a claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback has been asserted, by the related Credit Card Processor;
(j) such Credit Card Account Receivable is due from a Credit Card Processor which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion to be unlikely to be collected;
(k) other than for the ninety (90) days immediately following the Effective Date, such Credit Card Account Receivable is due from a Credit Card Processor with respect to which a Processor Control Agreement has not been obtained; or
(l) such Credit Card Account Receivable does not meet such other usual and customary eligibility criteria for Credit Card Account Receivables as the Administrative Agent may determine from time to time in its Permitted Discretion.
In determining the amount to be so included in the calculation of the value of an Eligible Credit Card Receivable, the face amount thereof shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all customary fees and expenses in connection with any credit card arrangements and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect thereof but not yet applied by the applicable Loan Party to reduce the amount of such Eligible Credit Card Account Receivable.
Eligible Inventory means, at any time, the Inventory of a Loan Party which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion is eligible as the basis for the extension of Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder. Without limiting the Administrative Agents discretion permitted herein, Eligible Inventory shall not include any Inventory:
(a) which is not subject to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent;
(b) which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent and (ii) a Permitted Encumbrance which does not have priority over the Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent;
(c) which is, in the determination of the Borrower in its ordinary course of business with the approval of the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, unmerchantable,
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defective, used, unfit for sale, not salable at prices approximating at least the cost of such Inventory in the ordinary course of business or unacceptable due to age, type, category and/or quantity;
(d) with respect to which any covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this Agreement or the Security Agreement has been breached or is not true in any material respect and which does not conform in all material respects to all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority;
(e) in which any Person other than a Loan Party shall (i) have any direct or indirect ownership, interest or title to such Inventory or (ii) be indicated on any purchase order or invoice with respect to such Inventory as having or purporting to have an interest therein;
(f) which constitutes work-in-process, spare or replacement parts, subassemblies, packaging and shipping material, manufacturing supplies, samples, prototypes, displays or display items (except to the extent saleable as finished goods in the ordinary course of business), bill-and-hold goods, goods that are returned or marked for return, repossessed goods, defective or damaged goods, goods held on consignment, or goods which are not of a type held for sale in the ordinary course of business;
(g) which is not located in the U.S. or is in transit with a common carrier from vendors and suppliers located outside of the U.S.; provided that Inventory in transit from vendors and suppliers having a value (based on invoiced amounts) not exceeding $7,000,000 in the aggregate at any time shall not be excluded from Eligible Inventory pursuant to this clause (g) so long as (i) such Inventory has been paid for in full by the applicable Loan Party, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that such Inventory is covered by casualty insurance and the Administrative Agent shall have been named as loss payee with respect to such casualty insurance, and (iii) other than for the sixty (60) days following the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, a duly executed Collateral Access Agreement from the applicable Loan Partys customs broker with respect to such Inventory;
(h) other than for the sixty (60) days immediately following the Effective Date, which is located in a warehouse, distribution center, regional distribution center or depot located in any location leased by the applicable Loan Party unless (i) the lessor has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement or (ii) a Reserve for rent, charges, and other amounts due or to become due with respect to such facility has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion;
(i) which is located in a store or other retail location located in any location leased by the applicable Loan Party in any Landlord Lien State unless (i) the lessor has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement, (ii) a Rent Reserve has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion or (iii) the landlord has waived any applicable lien pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion;
(j) other than for the sixty (60) days immediately following the Effective Date, which is located in any third party warehouse or is in the possession of a bailee (other than a third party processor) and is not evidenced by a Document, unless (i) such warehouseman or bailee has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement and such other
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documentation as the Administrative Agent may require in its Permitted Discretion or (ii) a Rent Reserve has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion;
(k) which is being processed offsite at a third party location or outside processor, or is in-transit to or from said third party location or outside processor;
(l) which is a discontinued product or component thereof;
(m) which is the subject of a consignment by the applicable Loan Party as consignor;
(n) which contains or bears any intellectual property rights licensed to the applicable Loan Party unless the Administrative Agent is satisfied in its Permitted Discretion that it may sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory without (i) the consent of each applicable licensor, (ii) infringing the rights of such licensor, (iii) violating any contract with such licensor, or (iv) incurring any liability with respect to payment of royalties other than royalties incurred pursuant to sale of such Inventory under the current licensing agreement;
(o) which is not reflected in a current perpetual inventory report of the applicable Loan Party;
(p) for which reclamation rights have been asserted by the seller; or
(q) which the Administrative Agent otherwise determines is unacceptable in its Permitted Discretion.
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 investigation or remediation, injunctive or equitable relief, fines, penalties or indemnities), of Holdings or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) a violation or alleged 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, presence or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or within any facility, building or fixture 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 such equity interest.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or,
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solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
ERISA Event means (a) any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by 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 Assets means (i) any Principal Property as defined in the Indenture dated as of September 27, 2005 by and among Holdings and certain Subsidiaries and U.S. Bank National Association as in effect on the Effective Date and without giving effect to any amendments or modifications thereto after the Effective Date, (ii) any Real Property owned by Holdings or any Subsidiary and (iii) only to the extent that the IP Collateral Trigger Date has not occurred, intellectual property owned by Holdings or any Subsidiary.
Excluded Subsidiary means, at any time, any Subsidiary of the Borrower identified on Schedule 3.15 as an Excluded Subsidiary and that has not ceased to be an Excluded Subsidiary as provided below; provided that such Subsidiary does not own assets or properties that, together with the assets and properties owned by all other Subsidiaries that are treated as Excluded Subsidiaries, have a book value, in the aggregate, in excess of $10,000,000, (b) did not, during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on the most recent date for which quarterly or annual financial statements of Holdings are available, have revenues that, together with the revenues of all other Subsidiaries that are treated as Excluded Subsidiaries, accounted for more than 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, and (c) does not have any Indebtedness or any other material liabilities. At any time the Borrower may, and shall if one or more Excluded Subsidiaries fail to satisfy one or more of the conditions described in clauses (a) through (c) above, notify the Administrative Agent that one or more Excluded Subsidiaries shall cease to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries shall cease to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary for all purposes hereof. The Borrower may not designate any Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary as an Excluded Subsidiary.
Excluded Taxes means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the
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Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lenders failure to comply with Section 2.17(f), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
Existing Credit Agreement means the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2005, by and among the Borrower, Holdings, the lenders party thereto from time to time and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent thereunder, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof.
Existing Letters of Credit is defined in Section 2.06(a).
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Financial Officer means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower or the assistant treasurer or controller for purposes of giving notices.
First Tier Foreign Subsidiary means each Foreign Subsidiary with respect to which any one or more of the Loan Parties directly owns or Controls more than 50% of such Foreign Subsidiarys issued and outstanding Equity Interests.
Fixed Charges means, with reference to any period, without duplication, cash Interest Expense, plus cash Rentals, plus prepayments and scheduled principal payments on Indebtedness made during such period, plus expense for taxes paid in cash, plus dividends or distributions paid in cash, plus Capital Lease Obligation payments, plus cash contributions to any Plan, all calculated for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, for any period, the ratio of (a) EBITDA minus the unfinanced portion of Capital Expenditures to (b) Fixed Charges, all calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP for such period.
Foreign Lender means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
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Funding Account has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(h).
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 (x) any Indebtedness of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and (y) any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) Indebtedness of the primary obligor 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 any Indebtedness of the primary obligor 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 Indebtedness of the primary obligor or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support Indebtedness; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
Guaranteed Obligations has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
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.
Holdings means Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Indebtedness of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid (other than accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (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, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers acceptances, (k) obligations under any liquidated earn-out and (l) any other Off-Balance Sheet Liability. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Persons ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
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Indemnified Taxes means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Information Memorandum means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated April 2009 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.
Interest Election Request means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.
Interest Expense means, with reference to any period, total interest expense (including, but without duplication, that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP), calculated on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period in accordance with GAAP.
Interest Payment Date means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the first day of each calendar quarter and the Maturity Date, and (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 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.
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, two, three or six (or, with the consent of each Lender, nine or twelve) 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, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, 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, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
Inventory has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
IP Collateral Trigger Date means the earliest date after the Effective Date on which Availability is less than $17,500,000 and the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower in writing of such date.
Issuing Bank means Chase, 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.
Joinder Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11.
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Landlord Lien State means any jurisdiction the laws of which provide for the liens in favor of the landlords of such jurisdiction to have priority over the liens of the Administrative Agent on Inventory; provided that if the laws of any such jurisdiction are changed after the Effective Date so as to provide for the liens in favor of the Administrative Agent on Inventory to have priority over the liens in favor of the landlords of such jurisdiction, then such jurisdiction shall no longer be a Landlord Lien State as such term is used herein.
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.
LC Exposure means, at any time, the sum of Commercial LC Exposure and Standby LC Exposure. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
Lenders means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term Lenders includes the Swingline Lender.
Letter of Credit means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
LIBO Rate means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the LIBO Rate with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(f) of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit applications, the Collateral Documents and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates identified in Section 4.01 executed and delivered to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent, any Lenders or any Secured Parties and including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, letter of credit agreements and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party, or any employee of any Loan Party, and delivered to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any
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Secured Party in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to the Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.
Loan Guarantor means each Loan Party (other than the Borrower).
Loan Guaranty means Article X of this Agreement.
Loan Parties means Holdings, the Borrower, the Borrowers Material Domestic Subsidiaries and any other Person who becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to a Joinder Agreement and their successors and assigns.
Loans means the loans and advances made by the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement, including Swingline Loans, Overadvances and Protective Advances.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Holdings, or the Borrower, or the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) the Collateral, or the Administrative Agents Liens (on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties) on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens, or (d) the rights of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Lenders or the Secured Parties thereunder.
Material Domestic Subsidiaries means each Domestic Subsidiary which, as of the most recent fiscal quarter of Holdings, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended, for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, contributed greater than ten percent (10%) of Total Assets as of such date; provided that, if at any time the aggregate amount of the Total Assets of all Subsidiaries that are not Material Domestic Subsidiaries exceeds ten percent (10%) of Total Assets as of the end of any such fiscal quarter, Holdings (or, in the event Holdings has failed to do so within ten (10) days, the Administrative Agent) shall designate sufficient Subsidiaries as Material Domestic Subsidiaries to eliminate such excess, and such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material Domestic Subsidiaries.
Material Foreign Subsidiaries means each Foreign Subsidiary which, as of the most recent fiscal quarter of Holdings, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended, for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, contributed greater than ten percent (10%) of Total Assets as of such date; provided that, if at any time the aggregate amount of the Total Assets of all Subsidiaries that are not Material Foreign Subsidiaries exceeds ten percent (10%) of Total Assets as of the end of any such fiscal quarter, Holdings (or, in the event Holdings has failed to do so within ten (10) days, the Administrative Agent) shall designate sufficient Subsidiaries as Material Foreign Subsidiaries to eliminate such excess, and such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material Foreign Subsidiaries.
Material Indebtedness means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements)
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that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
Maturity Date means May 29, 2012 or any earlier date on which the Commitments are reduced to zero or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.
Maximum Liability has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.10.
Monthly Reporting Trigger shall be in effect at any time that (i) an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) any Loans are outstanding, (iii) LC Exposure is equal to or in excess of $13,500,000 or (iv) average Availability for the most recently ended calendar month is equal to or less than $25,000,000.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Negative Covenant Permission Trigger means (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior to making such acquisition (in the case of a Permitted Acquisition), Restricted Payment (in the case of Section 6.08(a)) or payment (in the case of Section 6.08(b)) or would arise after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, (b) Availability equals or exceeds an amount equal to the greater of (i) 25% of the Aggregate Commitment at such time and (ii) $12,000,000, prior thereto as well as after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto and (c) Holdings and the Borrower are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto (excluding synergies or cost savings in the case of an acquisition), with the covenant contained in Section 6.12 recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Holdings for which financial statements are available
Net Income means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by Holdings or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any contractual obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary. Any Requirement of Law that a dividend be declared by the board of directors or similar governing body of a Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction described in clause (c) above.
Net Orderly Liquidation Value means, with respect to Inventory of any Person, the orderly liquidation value thereof as determined in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion by an appraiser acceptable to the Administrative Agent, net of all costs of liquidation thereof.
Net Proceeds means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all
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reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) and the amount of any reserves established to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer).
Non-Consenting Lender has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(d).
Non-Paying Guarantor has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.11.
Obligated Party has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.02.
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 accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties to the Lenders or 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 or in respect of any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof.
Off-Balance Sheet Liability of a Person means (a) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (b) any indebtedness, liability or obligation under any so-called synthetic lease transaction entered into by such Person, or (c) any indebtedness, liability or obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheets of such Person (other than operating leases).
Other Taxes means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document other than Excluded Taxes.
Overadvance has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Participant has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
Paying Guarantor has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.11.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
Permitted Acquisition means any acquisition (whether by purchase, lease (other than a customary real estate lease), merger, consolidation or otherwise) or series of related acquisitions by
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Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of (i) all or substantially all the assets of or (ii) all or substantially all the Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person, 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 (including pro forma effect) thereto, (b) such Person or division or line of business is engaged in the same or a similar line of business as Holdings and its Subsidiaries or business reasonably related thereto, (c) all actions required to be taken with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under Section 5.15 shall have been taken, (d) the Negative Covenant Permission Trigger is satisfied and (e) in the case of an acquisition or merger involving Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary, Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary is the surviving entity of such merger and/or consolidation.
Permitted Discretion means a determination made in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.
Permitted Encumbrances means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(b) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens 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) 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 Article VII;
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of Holdings or any Subsidiary; and
(g) liens arising by virtue of any statutory, common law or contractual provisions relating to bankers liens, right of set-off or similar rights and remedies;
provided that the term Permitted Encumbrances shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.
Permitted Investments means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
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(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 Moodys;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, bankers 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 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 Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and
(f) other investments made in accordance with Holdings investment policy as in effect on the Effective Date and without giving effect to any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto unless the same are approved by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
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.
Pledge Subsidiary means (i) each Domestic Subsidiary and (ii) each First Tier Foreign Subsidiary which is a Material Foreign Subsidiary.
Prepayment Event means:
(a) any sale, transfer or other disposition (excluding a sale, transfer or disposition of Real Property pursuant to a transaction permitted by Sections 6.01(n) and 6.06) of any Collateral, other than dispositions described in Section 6.05(a); or
(b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of any Loan Party with a fair value immediately prior to such event equal to or greater than $5,000,000; or
(c) the issuance by Holdings or the Borrower of any Equity Interests, or the receipt by Holdings or the Borrower of any capital contribution, other than any issuance by the Borrower of common Equity Interests to, or receipt of any such capital contribution from, Holdings and other than in connection with employee and director compensation, incentive and benefit plans and other than in connection with acquisitions or in payment of or exchange for debt; or
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(d) the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 or permitted by the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 9.02.
Prime Rate means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Chase as its prime rate at its offices at 270 Park Avenue 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.
Processor Control Agreement means, with respect to any Credit Card Processor providing credit card processing services for or on behalf of any Loan Party, an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party, such Credit Card Processor and the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which such Credit Card Processor shall agree, among other things, to follow instructions originated by the Administrative Agent regarding amounts payable by such Credit Card Processor to such Loan Party pursuant to the applicable credit card processing agreement without the further consent of such Loan Party under circumstances specified therein, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Projections has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(f).
Protective Advance has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.
Real Property means real property and all related fixtures, cooling, heating and other building systems located thereon and all improvements thereto (including any parking lot located thereon).
Register has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
Related Parties means, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Persons Affiliates.
Release means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating of any Hazardous Material in, into, onto or through the environment.
Rentals means, with reference to any period, the aggregate fixed amounts payable in cash by Holdings and its Subsidiaries under any operating leases, calculated on a consolidated basis for Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period in accordance with GAAP.
Rent Reserve with respect to any store, warehouse distribution center, regional distribution center or depot where any Inventory subject to Liens arising by operation of law is located, a reserve equal to two (2) months rent at such store, warehouse distribution center, regional distribution center or depot.
Report means reports prepared by the Administrative Agent or another Person showing the results of appraisals, field examinations or audits pertaining to the Loan Parties assets from information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, after the Administrative Agent has exercised its rights of inspection pursuant to this Agreement, which Reports may be distributed to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent.
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Required Lenders means, at any time, Lenders (but at least two (2) such Lenders during such time when there is more than one (1) Lender but no more than three (3) Lenders) having Revolving Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures and unused Commitments at such time, except as provided in Section 2.20(b).
Requirement of Law means, as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
Reserves means any and all reserves which the Administrative Agent deems necessary, in its Permitted Discretion, to maintain (including, without limitation, reserves for accrued and unpaid interest on the Secured Obligations, Banking Services Reserves, Rent Reserves, reserves for rent at locations leased by any Loan Party and for consignees, warehousemens and bailees charges, reserves for dilution of Accounts and/or Credit Card Account Receivables, reserves for Inventory shrinkage, reserves for customs charges and shipping charges related to any Inventory in transit, reserves for Swap Obligations, reserves for contingent liabilities of any Loan Party, reserves for uninsured losses of any Loan Party, reserves for uninsured, underinsured, unindemnified or underindemnified liabilities or potential liabilities with respect to any litigation and reserves for taxes, fees, assessments, and other governmental charges) without duplication with respect to the Collateral or any Loan Party.
Restricted Payment means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in Holdings or the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in Holdings or the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Revolving Exposure means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure, plus (b) an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans at such time, plus (c) an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Overadvances outstanding at such time.
Revolving Loan means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
Secured Obligations means all Obligations, together with all (i) Banking Services Obligations and (ii) Swap Obligations owing to one or more Secured Parties or their respective Affiliates; provided that at or prior to the time that any transaction relating to such Swap Obligation is executed, the Secured Party party thereto (other than Chase) shall have delivered written notice to the Administrative Agent that such a transaction has been entered into and that it constitutes a Secured Obligation entitled to the benefits of the Collateral Documents.
Secured Parties means the holders of the Secured Obligations from time to time and shall include (i) each Lender and the Issuing Bank in respect of its Loans and LC Exposure respectively, (ii) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in respect of all other present and future obligations and liabilities of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary of every type and description
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arising under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii) each Lender and Affiliate of such Lender in respect of Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations owed to such Person by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) each indemnified party under Section 9.03 in respect of the obligations and liabilities of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to such Person hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (v) their respective successors and (in the case of a Lender, permitted) transferees and assigns.
Security Agreement means the Pledge and Security Agreement (including any and all supplements thereto), dated as of the date hereof, between the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, and any other pledge or security agreement entered into, after the date of this Agreement by any other Loan Party (as required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document), or any other Person, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Settlement has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(d).
Settlement Date has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(d).
Standby LC Exposure means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding standby Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements relating to standby Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The Standby LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Standby LC Exposure at such time.
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 with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency Liabilities in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D 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 of a Person means any Indebtedness of such Person the payment of which is subordinated to payment of the Secured Obligations to the written satisfaction of the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
subsidiary means, with respect to any Person (the parent) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parents consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
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Subsidiary means any direct or indirect subsidiary of Holdings, the Borrower or a Loan Party, as applicable.
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 Holdings or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
Swap Obligations of a Person means any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Swap Agreements permitted hereunder with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any such Swap Agreement transaction.
Swingline Exposure means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
Swingline Lender means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
Swingline Loan has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).
Syndication Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as syndication agent for the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement.
Taxes means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
Total Assets means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of such date.
Total Indebtedness means, at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Transactions means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof 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.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the issue of perfection of security interests.
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Unliquidated Obligations means, at any time, any Secured Obligations (or portion thereof) that are contingent in nature or unliquidated at such time, including any Secured Obligation that is: (i) an obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter of credit issued by it; (ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in nature at such time; or (iii) an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the foregoing types of obligations.
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.
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Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.01:
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 months 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 Lenders Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
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then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or facsimile 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 Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then 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, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
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(b) No Loan Party intends to, or will permit any of its Subsidiaries to, and no Loan Party believes that it or any of its Subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.
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Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including any promissory notes requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10 payable to the order of each such requesting Lender and written opinions of the Loan Parties counsels, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit B, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit F.
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The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless
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each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 29, 2009 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).
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), (b) and (c) of this Section.
Notwithstanding the failure to satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, continue to make Loans and an Issuing Bank may, but shall have no obligation to, issue or cause to be issued any Letter of Credit for the ratable account and risk of Lenders from time to time if the Administrative Agent believes that making such Loans or issuing or causing to be issued any such Letter of Credit is in the best interests of the Lenders.
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each Loan Party executing this Agreement covenants and agrees, jointly and severally with all of the Loan Parties, with the Lenders that:
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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) 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 (i) shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or (ii) shall be available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov, provided that Holdings shall have delivered a notice to the Administrative Agent that such information is so available. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall
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be required to provide copies of the compliance certificates required by clause (d) of this Section 5.01 to the Administrative Agent.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of Holdings setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
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Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Loan Parties covenant and agree, jointly and severally, with the Lenders that:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 6.02 may at any time attach to any Loan Partys (1) Accounts (including, without limitation, Credit Card Account Receivables), other than those permitted under clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrance and clause (a) above and (2) Inventory, other than those permitted under clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrance and clause (a) above.
provided that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted hereby (other than those permitted by paragraphs (b) and (f) above) shall be made for fair value and for at least 75% cash consideration.
provided that, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make any payment described in clause (b) above so long as the Negative Covenant Permission Trigger is satisfied.
If any of the following events (Events of Default) shall occur:
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then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), 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
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be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the 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, including all remedies provided under the UCC.
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 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 Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party 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 any Loan Party 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 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, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral, or (vi) the
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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 commercial bank or an Affiliate of any such commercial 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 Agents resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article, Section 2.17(d) 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.
Each Lender acknowledges that it 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. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Each Lender hereby agrees that (a) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent; (b) the Administrative Agent (i) makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to a Report and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or
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examinations, and that any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties personnel and that the Administrative Agent undertakes no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (d) it will keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use, not share the Report with any Loan Party or any other Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, it will pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold the Administrative Agent and any such other Person preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including reasonable attorney fees) incurred by as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.
None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or 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 Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph.
Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against the Borrower or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent.
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.
In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a representative of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term secured party as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(c); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agents authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan
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Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agents opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.
The Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by the Borrower or any Subsidiary).
The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Borrower as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of the Borrower which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a Dutch Pledge). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the Parallel Debt), including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Obligations shall conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the Administrative Agent is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent.
The parties hereto acknowledge and agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German law governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower as will be further described in a separate German law governed parallel debt undertaking. The Administrative Agent shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary agent
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(Treuhaender) and (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) any pledge created under a German law governed Collateral Document which is created in favor of any Holder of the Secured Obligations or transferred to any Holder of the Secured Obligations due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietaet), in each case in its own name and for the account of the Holders of the Secured Obligations. Each Lender, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter as its agent in its name and on its behalf into any German law governed Collateral Document, to accept as its agent in its name and on its behalf any pledge under such Collateral Document and to agree to and execute as agent its in its name and on its behalf any amendments, supplements and other alterations to any such Collateral Document and to release any such Collateral Document and any pledge created under any such Collateral Document in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the provisions in any such Collateral Document
All such notices and other communications (i) sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received or (ii) sent by facsimile, shall be deemed to have been given when sent, provided 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.
All of the foregoing fees, costs and expenses may be charged to the Borrower as Revolving Loans or to another deposit account, all as described in Section 2.18(c).
(A) the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;
(B) the Administrative Agent; and
(C) the Issuing Bank.
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $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 has occurred and is continuing;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $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, the Loan Parties and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignees compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term Approved Fund has the following meaning:
Approved Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
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EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12 FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR 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 THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE
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SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER, THE 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, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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SCHEDULE 2.01
COMMITMENTS
Lender |
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Commitment |
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A |
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25,000,000 |
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Capital One Leverage Finance Corp. |
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15,000,000 |
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Aggregate Commitment: |
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40,000,000 |
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SCHEDULE 2.06
EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT
JPMorgan Chase Bank |
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Outstanding |
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Expiry / Maturity |
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Beneficiary Name |
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T-244580 |
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$ |
579,174.00 |
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AUG 19, 2009 |
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INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA |
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T-249589 |
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$ |
11,300,000.00 |
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JUL 12, 2010 |
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THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY |
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T-250558 |
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300,000.00 |
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AUG 19, 2009 |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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TPTS-233492 |
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15,000.00 |
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OCT 31, 2009 |
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SOUTHGATE WATER AND |
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TPTS-277995 |
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3,500.00 |
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DEC 31, 2009 |
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SOUTHEAST METRO STORMWATER |
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TPTS-312139 |
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$ |
49,517.10 |
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FEB 28, 2010 |
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CITY OF CENTENNIAL |
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TPTS-334627 |
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$ |
10,734.00 |
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MAR 31, 2010 |
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CITY OF BROOKFIELD |
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TPTS-334723 |
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$ |
1,867.00 |
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MAR 31, 2010 |
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CITY OF BROOKFIELD |
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TPTS-344509 |
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7,000.00 |
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JUL 31, 2009 |
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SOUTHGATE WATER DISTRICT |
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TPTS-344510 |
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$ |
2,960.00 |
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JUL 31, 2009 |
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SOUTHGATE SANITATION DISTRICT |
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TPTS-380846 |
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$ |
36,000.00 |
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AUG 31, 2009 |
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CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS |
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TPTS-381645 |
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$ |
10,000.00 |
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AUG 31, 2009 |
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TORGERSON PROPERTIES, INC |
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TPTS-674070 |
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$ |
135,000.00 |
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AUG 31, 2009 |
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CITY OF ARTESIA |
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TTTS-259870 |
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$ |
9,000.00 |
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MAY 31, 2010 |
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COUNTY OF PULASKI |
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ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC. HAS CLAIMED CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF PORTIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24-B UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
SCHEDULE 3.06
To Credit Agreement
Disclosed Matters (Litigation)
List of Pending or Threatened Litigation in Excess of $1,000,000
*
*CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AHS BEEN OMITTED AND FURNISHED SEPARATELY TO THE COMMISSION
SCHEDULE 3.14
To Credit Agreement
Insurance
SEE ATTACHED
Schedule of Insurance
Lockton - NY |
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Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc |
7 Times Square, Suite 3802 |
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Property |
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Ethan Allen Drive, PO Box 1966 |
New York, NY 10036 |
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Danbury, CT 06813 |
Phone: 646-572-7300 |
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All Risk - Manufacturing |
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All Manufacturing and distribution locations as on file. |
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7/1/2008 - 09 |
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Zurich |
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All Risk - Retail |
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Travelers |
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Flood |
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Rough
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6/20/2008 - 09 |
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Flood |
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Rub &
Pack Building |
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6/20/2008 - 09 |
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Flood |
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Boiler
House Orleans, VT 05860 |
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6/20/2008 - 09 |
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Flood |
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Saw
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6/20/2008 - 09 |
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Flood |
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1800
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6/28/2008 - 09 |
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Flood |
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13680
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6/28/2008 - 09 |
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5139 Manheim Pike |
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7/1/2008 - 09 |
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Flood |
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16240
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7/22/2008 - 09 |
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Selective |
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Flood |
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Finish
Mill |
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Flood |
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200
Murray Hill Parkway |
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7/1/2008 - 09 |
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Selective |
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* CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FURNISHED SEPARATELY TO THE COMMISSION
This Record of Insurance is intended to be used as a quick reference; please refer to your actual policies for exact terms and conditions
Revised 5/21/2009 |
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SCHEDULE 3.14 |
SCHEDULE 3.15
To Credit Agreement
Capitalization and Subsidiaries
SEE ATTACHED
ETHAN ALLEN
Name of Entity |
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State
of |
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Inc/Qual |
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Tax ID |
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Mailing
Address of |
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Business |
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Current
or |
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Owner
& % of |
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Number
of Shares |
Ethan Allen Global, Inc. |
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DE |
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6/27/2005 |
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* |
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20-2991357 |
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Ethan Allen Drive, |
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Ethan Allen |
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Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. - 100% (100 shares) |
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1,000 - $0.01 par value per share |
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Ethan Allen Retail, Inc. |
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DE |
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6/16/1989 |
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* |
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06-1273300 |
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Ethan Allen Drive, |
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Changed Name 6/29/05 from Ethan Allen Inc. |
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Ethan Allen, Ethan Allen Home Interiors |
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Ethan Allen Global, Inc. - 100% |
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1,000 - $0.01 par value per share |
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Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. |
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DE |
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5/25/1989 |
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* |
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06-1275288 |
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Ethan Allen Drive, |
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Publicly Held |
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151,655,000 (see footnote 1 below) |
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Ethan Allen Operations, Inc. |
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DE |
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12/27/1994 |
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* |
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06-1420986 |
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Ethan Allen Drive, |
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Ethan Allen Manufacturing Corporation; Name change filed 8/19/05 |
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Ethan Allen Manufacturing Corporation |
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Ethan Allen Global, Inc. - 100% |
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1,000 - $0.01 par value per share |
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Ethan Allen Realty, LLC |
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DE |
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6/24/2005 |
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* |
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06-1753714 |
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Ethan Allen Drive, |
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Ethan Allen Operations, Inc. - 100% |
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None |
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Lake Avenue Associates, Inc. |
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CT |
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11/2/1973 |
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* |
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06-0901325 |
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Ethan Allen Drive, |
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Ethan Allen Hotel |
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Ethan Allen Global, Inc. - 100% (250 shares) |
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500 (see footnote 2 below) |
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Manor House, Inc. |
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DE |
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10/4/1974 |
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* |
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06-0919150 |
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Ethan Allen Drive, |
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Ethan Allen Retail, Inc. - 100% |
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1,000 - $100 par value per share |
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Excluded Subsidiaries: Ethan Allen (UK) Ltd. (currently undergoing liquidation/dissolution), Cut and Sew Manufacturing Operations, S de R.L. de C.V., Cut and Sew Manufacturing Realty, S. de R.L. de C.V., Ethan Allen (Canada) Inc., Ethan Allen Carriage Ho |
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Footnote 1 - 150,000,000 - Common Stock - $.01 par value per share; 600,000 Class B Common Stock - $.01 par value per share; and 1,055,000 Preferred Stock - $0.01 par value per share |
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Footnote 2 - 250 Class A Common Stock - $10 par value per share; and 250 Class B Common Stock - $10.00 par value per share |
* CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FURNISHED SEPARATELY TO THE COMMISSION
SCHEDULE 3.15
SCHEDULE 3.21
To Credit Agreement
Credit Card Processors
Name and Address of Processing Agents for Ethan Allen
A. American Express
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
World Financial Center
New York, NY 10285
Kim Goodman, Executive Vice President Merchant Services, North America
B. Elavon
One Concourse Parkway, Suite 200
Atlanta, Georgia
C. Paymentech LLC (Credit Card and Gift Cards)
4221 Dallas Parkway
Dallas, Texas 75254
D. G.E. Money Bank
950 Forrer Boulevard
Kettering, Ohio 45420
Attn: Paul Beekman
SCHEDULE 6.01
Existing Indebtedness
1. Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension Fund - Notice of Withdrawal and Demand for Payment of Withdrawal Liability (related to a closed facility). $0.38 million, matures 01/01/23.
2. 10-year Senior Unsecured Notes - $200 million, matures 10/1/15
3. Ethan Allen Hotel IRB (US Bank) - $4 million, matures 6/1/11
4. Beecher Falls - Town of Cannan (Building) - $0.3 million, matures 10/15/26
5. Beecher Falls - Town of Cannan (M&E) - $0.4 million, matures 10/15/11
6. Private Label Consumer Credit Card Program Agreement with GE (imbedded guarantee)
7. Fratco Bank subordination agreement / guarantee inventory repurchase of up to $0.9 million
8. Letters of Credit outstanding of $12.5 million (see schedule 2.06)
9. Obligations to pay M Farooq Kathwari under past and present employment agreements
SCHEDULE 6.02
To Credit Agreement
Existing Liens
I. See Attached UCC Lien Search Summary (as of April 20, 2009)
II. Town of Canaan Loans Security Agreement dated 26th day of June 1996 Balance as of 3/31/09 is $306,218 ($224,820 maturity date 10/15/2026 (Building); $81,398 maturity date 10/15/11 (Machinery and Equipment))
III. Connecticut Development Authority Indenture dated May 1, 1993. Payment of interest only on outstanding debt of $3,855,000. Maturity date 6/1/11.
ETHAN ALLEN UCC LIEN SEARCH SUMMARY
AS OF APRIL 20, 2009
Secured Party |
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File Number |
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File Date |
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Filing Type |
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Filing Jurisdiction |
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Collateral Description |
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I. ETHAN ALLEN GLOBAL, INC. |
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IBM Credit LLC |
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54051869 |
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12/29/2005 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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74088208 |
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10/29/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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74125901 |
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10/30/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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900119601 |
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1/5/2009 |
|
UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
|
Specific Equipment |
NMHG Financial Services Inc. |
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63315983 |
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9/26/2006 |
|
UCC-1 |
|
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
|
Specific Equipment |
GE Money Bank |
|
71109783 |
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3/26/2007 |
|
UCC-1 |
|
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
|
Informational filing against all of the Debtors rights in the Secured Partys property and related accounts, indebtedness and related documentation with respect to the credit card program offered by the Secured Party through the Debtor. |
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72945060 |
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8/2/2007 |
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Amendment |
|
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
|
Amendment and restatement of collateral description |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC |
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72108727 |
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6/5/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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72361706 |
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6/21/2007 |
|
UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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72803020 |
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7/25/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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73112546 |
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8/15/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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73910824 |
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10/17/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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74234364 |
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11/6/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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74417597 |
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11/20/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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74648555 |
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12/10/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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80199198 |
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1/16/2008 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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81976958 |
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6/10/2008 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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82803110 |
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8/15/2008 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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82891370 |
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8/25/2008 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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82902623 |
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8/26/2008 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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82933107 |
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8/28/2008 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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83293873 |
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9/29/2008 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
Secured Party |
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File Number |
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File Date |
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Filing Type |
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Filing Jurisdiction |
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Collateral Description |
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Bashian Bros., Inc. |
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74919105 |
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12/26/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Informational filing against oriental rugs held on consignment basis. |
General Electric Capital Corp. |
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82961645 |
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9/2/2008 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Specific Equipment |
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II. ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC. |
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No UCC filings found by search with Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. |
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III. ETHAN ALLEN OPERATIONS, INC. |
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No UCC filings found by search with Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. |
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IV. ETHAN ALLEN REALTY, LLC |
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No UCC filings found by search with Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. |
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V. ETHAN ALLEN RETAIL, INC. |
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GE Money Bank |
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71109783 |
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3/26/2007 |
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UCC-1 |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Informational filing against all of the Debtors rights in the Secured Partys property and related accounts, indebtedness and related documentation with respect to the credit card program offered by the Secured Party through the Debtor. |
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72945060 |
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8/2/2007 |
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Amendment |
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Secretary of State of the State of Delaware |
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Amendment and restatement of collateral description |
VI. LAKE AVENUE ASSOCIATES, INC. |
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No UCC filings found by search with Secretary of State of the State of Connecticut. |
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VII. MANOR HOUSE, INC. |
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No UCC filings found by search with Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. |
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Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
ABL Revolver - May 2009 (data as of 3/31/09 in millions)
Schedule 6.04
Existing Investments, Loans and Advances
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Ethan Allen Canada |
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$ |
4.4 |
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$ |
3.9 |
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Lake Ave Assoc (EA Hotel) |
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$ |
0.7 |
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$ |
1.8 |
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Cut & Sew - Mexico |
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$ |
3.1 |
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$ |
0.4 |
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Cash & Cash Equivalents (Permitted Investments): |
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JPMorgan |
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Citizens |
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PNC |
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Wachovia |
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BoA |
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Scotia |
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$ |
51.2 |
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Notes Receivable: |
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$ |
0.7 |
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* CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FURNISHED SEPARATELY TO THE COMMISSION
SCHEDULE 6.10
To Credit Agreement
Existing Restrictions
1. None
EXHIBIT A
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (the Assignment and Assumption) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the Assignor) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the Assignee). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the Credit Agreement), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignors rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the Assigned Interest). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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Assignee: |
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[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender](1)] |
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Borrower: |
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Ethan Allen Global, Inc. |
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4. |
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Administrative Agent: |
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement |
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5. |
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Credit Agreement: |
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The Credit Agreement dated as of May 29, 2009 among Ethan Allen Global, Inc., the other Loan Parties parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. |
(1) Select as applicable.
6. Assigned Interest:
Facility Assigned(2) |
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The Assignee agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed 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, the Loan Parties and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignees compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
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(5) To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
ANNEX 1
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, but giving effect to federal laws applicable to national banks.
EXHIBIT B
OPINION OF LOAN PARTIES COUNSEL
[Attached]
May 29, 2009
To the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent Referred to Below
c/o
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
As Administrative Agent
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), and certain of its subsidiaries, including Ethan Allen Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), Ethan Allen Retail, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Retail), Ethan Allen Operations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Operations), Lake Avenue Associates, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (Lake Avenue) , Manor House, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Manor House), Ethan Allen Realty, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Realty, and collectively with Holdings, the Borrower, Retail, Operations, Lake Avenue, and Manor House, the Loan Parties) in connection with Credit Agreement dated as of May 29, 2009, (the Credit Agreement) among the Borrower, Holdings, the other Loan Parties party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, in its capacity as contractual representative (the Administrative Agent), and the Lenders party thereto (the Lenders). This opinion is delivered to you at the request of Holdings and the Borrower pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated herein, capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009 (the Security Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, and the Administrative Agent for itself and for the Lenders, (iii) the Financing Statements (as hereinafter defined), related to the security interests granted by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Security Agreement, and (iv) such other
records, agreements, certificates and instruments, and information from officers and other representatives of the Loan Parties and governmental and regulatory officials as we have deemed necessary as a basis for this opinion. The documents described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence are sometimes referred to herein as the Agreements.
In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity of any documents submitted to us as copies to their respective originals, the authenticity of the originals of such copies and the legal capacity of all natural persons. We have also assumed, with your consent and without undertaking, or having any duty to undertake, any independent investigation or inquiry, that the representations, warranties and statements as to factual matters (except any of the foregoing expressly covered by the opinions set forth below) made in the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement by the Loan Parties or in the respective certificates of the Loan Parties and their respective officers mentioned above, are true and correct and have assumed the compliance by each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent with the terms of the Agreements to which it is a party.
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed the following:
(a) the accuracy and completeness of all reports and certificates received from public officials and others;
(b) the absence of fraud, misrepresentation, omission or deceit on the part of any party to the Agreements;
(c) the absence of any mutual mistake of fact or misunderstanding, duress or undue influence involved in the negotiation, execution, delivery or performance of the Agreements;
(d) neither the Administrative Agent or any Lender nor any of the representatives of any thereof has any notice or knowledge (actual or constructive) of any adverse claim, lien, security interest, encumbrance, interest or other condition of title affecting any investment property or instruments (as each such term is defined in Article 9-102 of the UCC, as hereinafter defined) that are part of the Collateral;
(e) all items of Collateral for which possession must be taken by a secured party in order to perfect its security interest under Section 9-313 of the Uniform Commercial Code of New York (the New York UCC) or the Uniform Commercial Code of Delaware (the Delaware UCC) or the Uniform Commercial Code of Connecticut (Connecticut UCC, and collectively with the New York UCC and the Delaware UCC, the UCC) shall be in the possession or constructive possession of the Administrative Agent and not in the possession of any Loan Party, or any Affiliate, agent or any other Person acting on behalf of any Loan Party;
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(f) each Loan Party has acquired good and sufficient title to each existing item of Collateral existing on the date hereof and has rights in and to such Collateral within the meaning of Section 9-203 of the UCC consistent with and sufficient for purposes of the Agreements, and the same will be true of each item of Collateral arising after the date hereof;
(g) the Collateral is (A) either located in the State of New York or is of a type as to which the creation and enforcement of a security interest therein is governed solely by Article 9 of the New York UCC and (B) except as expressly stated in paragraph (5) below, is of a type as to which a security interest can be perfected solely by filing a financing statement; and
(h) each Loan Party has received legally sufficient consideration and that value (as defined in Section 1-201 of the UCC) has been given (as required by Section 9-203 of the UCC) for the execution of the Agreements to which it is a party and the granting of security interests in its property pursuant thereto.
We have also assumed that there is no other agreement or understanding among the parties to the Agreements, written or oral, or any waiver of a right or remedy, or any usage of trade or course of dealing between the parties to each of the Agreements, that would, in any case, modify, define, supplement or qualify any of the terms of the Agreements.
As to various questions of fact material to the opinions rendered herein, we have relied upon the statements, representations and warranties in the documents examined by us, and nothing has come to our attention which would indicate that we are not justified in relying on such statements, representations and warranties. We have assumed the due execution and delivery, pursuant to due authorization, of the documents that we have examined by each party thereto, that each such party is existing and (to the extent applicable) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or formation and has the full power, authority and legal right to enter into and perform its obligations under each such document to which it is a party, and that all necessary consents, licenses, approvals, authorizations, registrations, declarations, filings and other acts (governmental or otherwise) and all other conditions precedent with respect to the legal and valid execution and delivery of, and performance under, the documents that we have examined by each party thereto, in each case other than, with respect to the laws of the State of New York, each of the Loan Parties, have been made or satisfied or have occurred and are in full force and effect. We have also assumed that all of the documents we have examined are binding and enforceable obligations of each party thereto other than the Loan Parties.
We do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of any information, including, but not limited to, financial information, furnished to you by any of the Loan Parties or any of their Affiliates concerning the business, assets and affairs of the Loan Parties or any of their Affiliates or any other information furnished to you by or on behalf of any of the Loan Parties or any of their Affiliates or furnished by us to you, except for our conclusions of law in this opinion letter.
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References in this opinion to our knowledge or known to us or similar phrases mean the actual knowledge (i.e., conscious awareness) of the attorneys currently in this firm who our records indicate have devoted substantive attention to matters directly relating to the Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby, and mean that such attorneys have not been informed by the Loan Parties that the matters stated are factually incorrect and have no actual knowledge (i.e., conscious awareness) that the matters stated are factually incorrect. Except as expressly set forth herein, we have not undertaken any independent investigation, examination, or inquiry to determine the existence or absence of any facts (and have not caused the review of any court file or indices) and no inference as to our knowledge concerning any facts should be drawn as a result of the limited representation undertaken by us.
We express no opinion on any matter not specifically set forth herein and we understand that you are relying upon, and receiving contemporaneously with the delivery of this opinion, the legal opinion of Pamela A. Banks of Holdings (the Other Opinion), addressing various matters set forth therein and that you are not relying upon us with respect to matters covered in the Other Opinion. In rendering this opinion, we have relied upon the Other Opinion solely as to the matters opined upon in the Other Opinion.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and to the limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:
(1) Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, each of the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement is a valid and legally binding agreement of each Loan Party that is a party thereto, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
(2) No Lender is required to obtain or effect any registration or filing with, consent or approval of or other action by any Governmental Authority of the United States of America or the State of New York in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement, other than (a) such filings, registrations, consents, approvals and other actions which may be required in order to perfect the liens and security interests granted pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement and (b) those that have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect or as to which the failure to be made or obtained or to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(3) Under the New York UCC, the Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid security interest in the Collateral described therein, to the extent that the creation of security interests in the Collateral is governed by Article 9 of the New York UCC.
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(4) The UCC-1 financing statements (the Financing Statements) in the forms attached as Annex A hereto are in appropriate form for filing in the office of the Secretary of the State of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of the Loan Parties indicated on Exhibit B (the Filing Offices). Upon filing and proper indexing of the Financing Statements in the Filing Offices of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of each Loan Party, the security interest of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral described therein will be perfected under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the states of incorporation or organization indicated on Exhibit B of such Loan Parties (the State UCCs) to the extent that a security interest in such Collateral can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement in the Filing Offices (such Collateral, Article 9 Collateral).
(5) Under the New York UCC, the execution and delivery of the Security Agreement, together with delivery and the continued possession by the Administrative Agent, in the State of New York, of certificates evidencing all Collateral consisting of instruments or investment property, issued or endorsed in the name of the Administrative Agent, or in blank or together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer properly executed in the name of the Administrative Agent, or in blank with respect thereto, will create a valid and duly perfected lien on and a security interest in such Collateral pledged on the date hereof under the Security Agreement. Subject to the limitations contained in Section 9-331 of the New York UCC, the Administrative Agent will acquire such lien and security interest free of adverse claims (as defined in Section 8-102 of the New York UCC).
(6) None of the Loan Parties is an investment company as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The foregoing opinions are subject to the following limitations and qualifications:
The opinions set forth in the numbered paragraphs above are subject to the following limitations and qualifications:
(a) Except as expressly set forth in paragraph 4 above, we express no opinion concerning any law of any jurisdiction other than (i) the laws of the State of New York, (ii) the laws of the State of Connecticut and (iii) the Federal laws of the United States of America. Without limiting the foregoing, we express no opinion with respect to the applicability or the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction, municipal laws or rules, ordinances, regulations or orders of any agency within any state or municipality. Our opinions set forth below are based upon our consideration of those statutes, rules and regulations which, in our experience, are normally applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Agreements.
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(b) We express no opinion with respect to the enforceability of any agreement, contract or document or any provision thereof (i) to the extent such enforceability may be subject to, or affected by, applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, arrangement, assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally (including, without limitation, fraudulent transfer or conveyance laws) and judicially developed doctrines relevant to any such laws and which are in effect at the time when enforcement is sought or general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), including, without limitation, commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the requirement that the right, remedy or penalty sought be proportionate to the breach, default or injury, (ii) to the extent that such enforceability may be affected by requirements as to compliance with, and limitations imposed by, procedural requirements relating to the exercise of remedies, (iii) providing for specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, regardless of whether such enforceability is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law, (iv) to the extent such enforceability may be limited by Article 9 of the UCC as in effect on the date hereof limiting the right or ability of a person to waive or vary certain provisions of Article 9 of the UCC, (v) with respect to applicable law limiting certain rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (but, assuming that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders act in accordance with the general principles of equity in enforcing their rights and remedies, the matters identified in this paragraph do not, in our opinion, render the Agreements invalid as a whole or substantially interfere with the realization by the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement), (vi) providing for indemnification and contribution, which provisions may be limited by applicable federal and state securities laws and general principles of public policy, (vii) requiring any waiver of stay or extension laws, diligent performance or other acts which may be unenforceable under principles of public policy, or (viii) providing for a choice of jurisdiction.
(c) We express no opinion with respect to the enforceability of any agreement, contract or document or any provision thereof (i) to the effect that failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy will not operate as a waiver of the right or remedy, (ii) releasing, exculpating or exempting a party from, or requiring indemnification of any Person for, liability for its own action or inaction, to the extent the action or inaction involves gross negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or wrongful or unlawful conduct, (iii) purporting to preclude modification thereof through conduct, custom or course of performance, action or dealing, (iv) requiring the payment or reimbursement of
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fees, costs, expenses, or other amounts without regard to whether they are reasonable in nature or amount or (v) that purportedly waives any right granted pursuant to statute which may not be legally waived or the effectiveness of any purported waiver by any Person of any right granted pursuant to statute which may not be legally waived.
(d) We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any agreement, contract or document or any provision thereof, with respect to (i) the choice of New York law in any action or proceeding in a Federal court or state court outside the State of New York, or in any action or proceeding in any forum outside the United States, (ii) any consent to jurisdiction of any Federal court, (iii) any consent to venue or an inconvenient forum, (iv) provisions which purport to change or alter the manner in which service of process may be effected under applicable law or (v) relate to setoffs in respect of participations purchased in Loans.
(e) We express no opinion as to compliance with applicable state and federal antifraud statutes, rules or regulations,
(f) We express no opinion as to compliance with applicable tax, environmental, pension, employee benefit, zoning, land use, anti-money laundering or antitrust statutes, laws, rules or regulations of state or federal law or any matters, statutes, regulations, laws or proceedings pertaining to patents, trademarks or copyrights.
(g) Any reference to performance of a document by a party means performance of the obligations of such party thereunder.
(h) With respect to the opinions in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, the security interests of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, are subject to or limited by (i) the requirement to file a continuation statement within six months before the fifth anniversary of the date of filing of the original financing statement perfecting a security interest, (ii) the requirement to file a new financing statement under the circumstances set forth in Section 9-316 or Section 9-507 of the UCC, (iii) the rights of purchasers and holders of instruments, documents and chattel paper under Section 9-330 and Section 9-331 of the UCC, (iv) the provisions of Section 9-315 of the UCC relating to proceeds, and (v) the rights of buyers of goods under Section 9-320 and 9-323 of the UCC. We express no opinion as to the creation, validity or enforceability of any security interests in consumer goods, motor vehicles, minerals, health-care-insurance receivables, commercial tort claims arising after the date hereof, claims arising in tort other than commercial tort claims or timber to be cut or growing crops.
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(i) in the case of property which becomes Collateral after the date hereof, Section 552 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the Bankruptcy Code) limits the extent to which property acquired by a debtor after the commencement of a case under the Bankruptcy Code may be subject to a security interest arising from the Security Agreement entered into by the debtor before the commencement of such case;
(j) we express no opinion as to the validity or enforceability of any security interests in goods (as defined by the UCC) which have been bought by a buyer in the ordinary course of business (as defined in Section 1-201 of the UCC);
(k) We express no opinion with respect to any Persons rights in or title to any property or the priority of any security interest or lien created under the Agreements, including without limitation, the relative priority of any security interest or lien as against (i) any claim or lien in favor of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (including, without limitation, federal tax liens and liens under Title IV f the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) or (ii) the claim of a lien creditor to the extent set forth in Section 9-317 of the New York UCC.
(l) In rendering the opinions in this paragraphs 3 and 4, insofar as they are based upon the State UCCs, with your consent, we have relied solely on our review of the CCH Secured Transactions Guide, without any investigation of the legal decisions or other statutory provisions in effect that may affect the interpretation of the State UCCs.
(m) Except as expressly set forth in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, we express no opinion as to (i) the creation, validity or perfection of any security interest or lien, on any item of Collateral other than the Collateral existing on the date hereof and the Article 9 Collateral, (ii) the effect of perfection or priority purported to be created by any agreement, contract or document, or (iii) the sufficiency of the description of any collateral contained in any agreement, contract or document or any financing statements or other documents delivered in connection therewith. Without limiting the foregoing, we express no opinion as to the creation, validity or perfection of any security interest in (i) in any item of Collateral which is expressly excluded from the application of Article 9 of the UCC, (ii) in any item of Collateral which consists of fixtures (as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC) or (iii) in any item of Collateral which is subject to (A) a statute or treaty of the United States which provides for a national or international registration or a national or international certificate of title for the perfection of a security interest therein or which specifies a place of filing
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different from that specified in the UCC for filing to perfect such security interest or (B) a certificate of title statute.
(n) We express no opinion as to the perfection of any security interest in any proceeds other than identifiable cash proceeds to the extent set forth in Section 9-315 of the New York UCC.
(o) We express no opinion as to (i) any provision of any agreement, contract or document which is intended (A) to establish any standard as the measure of the performance by any party thereto of such partys obligations of good faith, diligence, fair dealing, reasonableness or care or the fulfillment of the duties imposed on any secured creditor with respect to the disposition or redemption of collateral, accounting for surplus proceeds of collateral, or accepting collateral in discharge of liabilities owed to any creditor or unsecured creditor or (B) to permit modification thereof only by means of an agreement in writing signed by the parties thereto, (ii) any provision of any agreement, contract or document requiring payment of attorneys fees, except to the extent that a court determines such fees to be reasonable, (iii) any provision of any agreement, contract or document insofar as it relates to post-judgment or default interest rates or interest rates or interest on overdue amounts, (iv) any provision of any agreement, contract or document which purports to require that any collateral or property be held in trust or imposes fiduciary duties on any party thereto and (v) the enforceability of any provision in any agreement, contract or document which provides for the appointment of a process agent for suits, actions or proceedings brought in the State of New York to the extent that such process agent is not located in the State of New York.
This opinion is being furnished to you solely for your benefit in connection with the Credit Agreement. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by any other Person without our prior written consent. At your request, we hereby consent to reliance hereon by any assignee under the Credit Agreement pursuant to an assignment that is made and consented to in accordance with the express provisions of the Credit Agreement, on the condition and understanding that (i) this letter speaks only as of the date hereof, (ii) we have no responsibility or obligation to update this letter, to consider its applicability or correctness to other than its addressee(s), or to take into account changes in law, facts or any other developments of which we may later become aware, and (iii) any such reliance by a future assignee must be actual and reasonable under the circumstances existing at the time of assignment, including any changes in law, facts or any other developments known to or
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reasonably knowable by the assignee at such time. Our opinions in this letter are based upon the facts in existence and the laws in effect on the date hereof. We have no obligation to update this opinion for events or changes in law or fact occurring after the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
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Annex A
Forms of UCC-1 Financing Statements
Annex B
Jurisdictions of Holdings, the Borrower and the Loan Parties(6)
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Writers Direct Number: (203) 743-8496
Writers Direct Facsimile: (203) 743-8254
OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE LOAN PARTIES
May 29, 2009
To the Lenders and the
Administrative
Agent Referred to Below
c/o JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as
Administrative Agent
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009, among Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), Ethan Allen Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), Ethan Allen Retail, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Retail), Ethan Allen Operations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Operations), Lake Avenue Associates, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (Lake Avenue) , Manor House, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Manor House), Ethan Allen Realty, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Realty, and collectively with Holdings, the Borrower, Retail, Operations, Lake Avenue, and Manor House, the Loan Parties), the banks and other financial institutions identified therein as Lenders, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
I am general counsel of Holdings and the Borrower and, in that capacity, have acted as counsel for the Loan Parties in connection with (i) the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009 (the Security Agreement; collectively with the Credit Agreement, the Agreements), among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, and the Administrative Agent and (iii) the other Loan Documents. For purposes of this opinion, I have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments and have conducted such other investigations of fact and law as I have deemed necessary or advisable.
Upon the basis of the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:
1. Each Loan Party (a) is a corporation (or in the case of Realty, a limited liability company) duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Agreement.
2. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party (collectively, the Transactions) (a) have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate (or other organizational) and, if required, stockholder (or member) action and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents, by-laws or operating agreement of any of the Loan Parties, (B) any order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which any of the Loan Parties is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, or (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any such indenture, agreement or other instrument.
3. Each Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties.
I am a member of the bar of the State of New York and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Federal laws of the United States of America. This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by any other Person (other than your successors and assigns as Lenders and Persons that acquire participations in your Loans) without my prior written consent. My opinions in this letter are based upon the facts in existence and the laws in effect on the date hereof. I have no obligation to update this opinion for events or changes in law or fact occurring after the date hereof.
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EXHIBIT C
BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
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BORROWING BASE REPORT |
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Obligor Number:
Loan Number:
Ethan Allen Global, Inc.
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US |
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Retail A/R (credit card) |
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2 |
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Less ineligibles |
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3 |
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Eligible retail A/R |
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Advance rate % |
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5 |
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Retail A/R availability |
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6 |
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Wholesale A/R |
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Less ineligibles |
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8 |
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Eligible wholesale A/R |
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Advance rate % |
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10 |
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Wholesale A/R availability |
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11 |
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Total A/R availability |
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12 |
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Wholesale and Retail Finished Goods Inventory |
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13 |
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Less ineligibles |
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14 |
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Eligible FG/Retail inventory |
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NOLV calculation: |
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Eligible FG inventory as per above |
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NOLV rate |
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Cost rate |
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Effective advance rate % |
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20 |
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FG inventory availability at 85% of NOLV |
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21 |
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Plant Inventory |
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22 |
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Less ineligibles |
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Eligible plant inventory |
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NOLV calculation: |
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Cost rate |
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Raw Material inventory availability |
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29 |
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Total inventory availability |
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30 |
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Total Borrowing Base Availability before reserves |
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Less availability reserves: |
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32 |
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Rent Reserve |
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33 |
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Customer Deposits @ 50% |
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34 |
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Other Reserves |
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35 |
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Total availability reserves |
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36 |
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Total Borrowing Base Availablility |
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37 |
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Revolver Line |
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38 |
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Lesser of Borrowing Base Availabiliy & Commiment |
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39 |
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Loan Balance |
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40 |
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Letters of Credit Outstanding |
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41 |
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Availability |
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Pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms and provisions of that certain Credit Agreement (Agreement), between JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Chase), as administrative agent for the Lenders, the Loan Parties and Ethan Allen Global, Inc. (Borrower), Borrower is executing and delivering to Chase this Collateral Report accompanied by supporting data (collectively referred to as the Report). Borrower warrants and represents to Chase that this Report is true and correct, and is based on information contained in Borrowers own financial accounting records. Borrower, by the execution of this Report, hereby ratifies, confirms and affirms all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Agreement, and further certifies on this day of , 20 , that the Borrower is in compliance with said Agreement.
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BORROWER NAME: |
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AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE: |
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EXHIBIT D
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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The Lenders parties to the |
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Credit Agreement Described Below |
This Compliance Certificate is furnished pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of May 29, 2009 (as amended, modified, renewed or extended from time to time, the Agreement) among Ethan Allen Global, Inc. (the Borrower), Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., the other Loan Parties, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders and as the Issuing Bank. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Compliance Certificate have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:
1. I am the duly elected of the Borrower;
2. I have reviewed the terms of the Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and conditions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements [for quarterly or monthly financial statements add: and such 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, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes];
3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, except as set forth below, and I have no knowledge of (i) the existence of any condition or event which constitutes a Default during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate or (ii) any change in GAAP or in the application thereof that has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 of the Agreement;
4. I hereby certify that no Loan Party has changed (i) its name, (ii) its chief executive office, (iii) principal place of business, (iv) the type of entity it is or (v) its state of incorporation or organization without having given the Agent the notice required by Section 4.15 of the Security Agreement;
5. Schedule I attached hereto sets forth financial data and computations evidencing the Borrowers compliance with certain covenants of the Agreement, all of which data and computations are true, complete and correct; and
6. Schedule II hereto sets forth the computations necessary to determine the Applicable Rate commencing on the Business Day this certificate is delivered.
Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the (i) nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which the Borrower has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event or (i) the change in GAAP or the application thereof and the effect of such change on the attached financial statements:
The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth in Schedule I and Schedule II hereto and the financial statements delivered with this Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered this day of , .
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SCHEDULE I
Compliance as of , with
Provisions of and of
the Agreement
SCHEDULE II
Borrowers Applicable Rate Calculation
EXHIBIT E
JOINDER AGREEMENT
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of [ ], 20[ ], is entered into between , a (the New Subsidiary) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent (the Administrative Agent) under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009, among Ethan Allen Global, Inc. (the Borrower), Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., the Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended, modified, extended or restated from time to time, the Credit Agreement). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
The New Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, hereby agree as follows:
1. The New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, the New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a Loan Party under the Credit Agreement and a Loan Guarantor for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and shall have all of the obligations of a Loan Party and a Loan Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Credit Agreement. The New Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Credit Agreement, including without limitation (a) all of the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement, *[and]* (b) all of the covenants set forth in Articles V and VI of the Credit Agreement *[and (c) all of the guaranty obligations set forth in Article X of the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, the New Subsidiary, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.10 of the Credit Agreement, hereby guarantees, jointly and severally with the other Loan Guarantors, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as provided in Article X of the Credit Agreement, the prompt payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof and agrees that if any of the Guaranteed Obligations are not paid or performed in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise), the New Subsidiary will, jointly and severally together with the other Loan Guarantors, promptly pay and perform the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.]* *[The New Subsidiary has delivered to the Administrative Agent an executed Loan Guaranty.]*
2. If required, the New Subsidiary is, simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, executing and delivering such Collateral Documents (and such other documents and instruments) as requested by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
3. The New Subsidiary hereby waives acceptance by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the guaranty by the New Subsidiary upon the execution of this Agreement by the New Subsidiary.
4. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.
5. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer, and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has caused the same to be accepted by its authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative |
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Agent |
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EXHIBIT F
LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS
Attached
ETHAN ALLEN GLOBAL, INC.
CREDIT FACILITIES
May 29, 2009
LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS(7)
A. LOAN DOCUMENTS
1. Credit Agreement (the Credit Agreement) by and among Ethan Allen Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), the other Loan Parties party thereto, the financial institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders (the Lenders) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the Administrative Agent), evidencing a revolving credit facility to the Borrower from the Lenders in an initial aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000.
SCHEDULES
Schedule 2.01 |
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Commitments |
Schedule 2.06 |
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Existing Letters of Credit |
Schedule 3.06 |
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Disclosed Matters |
Schedule 3.14 |
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Insurance |
Schedule 3.15 |
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Capitalization and Subsidiaries |
Schedule 3.21 |
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Credit Card Processors |
Schedule 6.01 |
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Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 6.02 |
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Existing Liens |
Schedule 6.04 |
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Existing Investments |
Schedule 6.10 |
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Existing Restrictions |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A |
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Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit B |
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Forms of Opinions of Loan Parties Counsels |
Exhibit C |
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Form of Borrowing Base Certificate |
Exhibit D |
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
Exhibit E |
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Joinder Agreement |
Exhibit F |
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List of Closing Documents |
2. Promissory notes executed by the Borrower in favor of each of the Lenders, if any, which has requested a note pursuant to Section 2.10(f) of the Credit Agreement.
(7) Each capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the above-defined Credit Agreement. Items appearing in bold and italics shall be prepared and/or provided by the Borrower and/or Borrowers counsel.
3. Pledge and Security Agreement executed by the Loan Parties, together with pledged instruments and allonges, stock certificates, stock powers executed in blank, pledge instructions and acknowledgments, as appropriate.
Exhibit A |
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Type of Entity; Principal Place of Business or Chief Executive Office; FEIN; State Organization Number; Jurisdiction of Incorporation; Properties Leased by the Grantors; Properties Owned by the Grantors; Public Warehouses or Other Locations |
Exhibit B |
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Deposit Accounts; Lock Boxes; Securities Accounts |
Exhibit C |
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Letter of Credit Rights; Chattel Paper |
Exhibit D |
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Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights |
Exhibit E |
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
Exhibit F |
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
Exhibit G |
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List of Pledged Collateral, Securities and other Investment Property |
Exhibit H |
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UCC Financing Statement Filing Locations |
Exhibit I |
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Form of Amendment |
Exhibit J |
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
Exhibit K |
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Commercial Tort Claims |
4. Confirmatory Grant of Security Interest in United States Patents made by certain of the Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.(8)
Schedule A |
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Registered Patents; Patent Applications; Other Patents |
Schedule B |
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License Agreements |
5. Confirmatory Grant of Security Interest in United States Trademarks made by certain of the Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.(2)
Schedule A |
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Registered Trademarks; Trademark and Service Mark Applications; Other Trademarks |
Schedule B |
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License Agreements |
6. Certificates of Insurance listing the Administrative Agent as (x) lender loss payee for the property, casualty and business interruption insurance policies of the Loan Parties, together with long-form lender loss payable endorsements or assignments, as appropriate, and (y) additional insured with respect to the liability insurance of the Loan Parties, together with additional insured endorsements.
B. UCC/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DOCUMENTS
7. UCC, tax lien and name variation search reports naming each Loan Party from the appropriate offices in relevant jurisdictions.
8. UCC financing statements naming each Loan Party as debtor and the Administrative Agent as secured party as filed with the appropriate offices in applicable jurisdictions.
9. Intellectual property search reports under the name of each Loan Party in each of the U.S. Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
(8) Executed copies of confirmatory grants to be delivered by the Borrower (or its counsel) at closing, but shall be held in escrow until IP Collateral Trigger Date.
C. CORPORATE DOCUMENTS
10. Certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party certifying (i) that there have been no changes in the Certificate of Incorporation or other charter document of such Loan Party, as attached thereto and as certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or the equivalent thereof) of the jurisdiction of its organization, since the date of the certification thereof by such Secretary of State (or the equivalent thereof), (ii) the By-Laws or other applicable organizational document, as attached thereto, of such Loan Party as in effect on the date of such certification, (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors or other governing body of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which it is a party, and (iv) the names and true signatures of the incumbent officers of each Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (in the case of the Borrower) authorized to request a Borrowing or the issuance of a Letter of Credit under the Credit Agreement.
11. Good Standing Certificate (or analogous documentation if applicable) for each Loan Party from the Secretary of State (or the equivalent thereof) of the jurisdiction of its organization, to the extent generally available in such jurisdiction.
D. OPINIONS
12. Opinion of Kelley Drye and Warren LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties.
13. Opinion of Pamela A. Banks, General Counsel for the Loan Parties.
E. CLOSING CERTIFICATES AND MISCELLANEOUS
14. A certificate signed by the chief financial officer of Holdings, dated as of the Effective Date, stating: (i) that no Default has occurred and is continuing; (ii) that the representations and warranties contained in Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and correct as of such date, (iii) certifying any other factual matters as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and (iv) that, after giving effect to the Transactions, the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, are solvent and will be solvent subsequent to incurring the Indebtedness in connection with the Transactions.
15. Funding Account notice.
16. Borrowing Base Certificate.
17. Letter of Credit application.
F. POST-CLOSING DOCUMENTS
18. Collateral Access Agreements.
19. Processor Control Agreements.
20. Deposit Account Control Agreements, with respect to each deposit account of each Loan Party, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by such Loan Party, the financial institution at which such deposit account is maintained, and the Administrative Agent.
21. Securities Account Control Agreements, with respect to each securities account of each Loan Party, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by such Loan Party, the financial institution at which such securities account is maintained, and the Administrative Agent.