UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[ X ] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended August 2, 2002
Commission file number 001-11421
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Tennessee 61-0502302 ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------ (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. Employer or organization) Identification Number) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ].
The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of August 16, 2002 was 333,259,413.
Dollar General Corporation Form 10-Q For the Quarter Ended August 2, 2002 Index Page No. Part I. - Financial Information........................................................3 Item 1. Financial Statements..........................................................3 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 2, 2002 and February 1, 2002..............................................................3 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the 13 and 26 weeks ended August 2, 2002 and August 3, 2001.................................4 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the 26 weeks ended August 2, 2002 and August 3, 2001.......................................6 Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements..........................7 Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations........................................................22 Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk...................29 Part II. - Other Information..........................................................29 Item 1. Legal Proceedings............................................................29 Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders..........................32 Item 5. Other Information............................................................33 Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.............................................34 Signatures...................................................................36 |
Part I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (In thousands) August 2, 2002 February 1, (Unaudited) 2002 ----------- ----------- ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents ........................ $ 39,517 $ 261,525 Merchandise inventories .......................... 1,058,200 1,131,023 Deferred income taxes ............................ 25,552 105,091 Income taxes receivable .......................... 55,573 6,820 Other current assets ............................. 65,263 51,588 ----------- ----------- Total current assets ..................... 1,244,105 1,556,047 ----------- ----------- Property and equipment, at cost .................. 1,547,346 1,473,693 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization ... 548,073 484,778 ----------- ----------- Net property and equipment ............... 999,273 988,915 ----------- ----------- Other assets ..................................... 21,851 7,423 ----------- ----------- Total assets ............................. $ 2,265,229 $ 2,552,385 =========== =========== LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Current portion of long-term obligations ......... $ 15,132 $ 395,675 Accounts payable ................................. 346,786 322,463 Accrued expenses and other ....................... 219,220 253,413 Litigation settlement payable .................... -- 162,000 ----------- ----------- Total current liabilities ................ 581,138 1,133,551 ----------- ----------- Long-term obligations ................................ 506,707 339,470 Deferred income taxes ................................ 46,030 37,646 Shareholders' equity: Preferred stock .................................. -- -- Common stock ..................................... 166,670 166,359 Additional paid-in capital ....................... 312,589 301,848 Retained earnings ................................ 656,894 579,265 Accumulated other comprehensive loss ............. (2,012) (3,228) ----------- ----------- 1,134,141 1,044,244 Less other shareholders' equity .................. 2,787 2,526 ----------- ----------- Total shareholders' equity ............... 1,131,354 1,041,718 ----------- ----------- Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 2,265,229 $ 2,552,385 =========== =========== |
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (Amounts in thousands except per share amounts) 13 Weeks Ended -------------------------------------------------------------------- August 2, 2002 % of Net Sales August 3, 2001 % of Net Sales -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- Net sales ..................................... $ 1,453,727 100.0% $ 1,225,254 100.0% Cost of goods sold ............................ 1,066,300 73.3 893,971 73.0 ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ Gross profit ............................ 387,427 26.7 331,283 27.0 Selling, general and administrative expense.... 313,667 21.6 276,069 22.5 Insurance proceeds ............................ (4,500) (0.3) -- -- ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ Operating profit ........................ 78,260 5.4 55,214 4.5 Interest expense .............................. 11,337 0.8 11,957 1.0 ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ Income before income taxes .............. 66,923 4.6 43,257 3.5 Provision for taxes on income ................. 24,561 1.7 16,157 1.3 ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ Net income .............................. $ 42,362 2.9% $ 27,100 2.2% =========== ============ =========== ============ Earnings per share: Basic ................................... $ 0.13 $ 0.08 =========== =========== Diluted ................................. $ 0.13 $ 0.08 =========== =========== Weighted average shares: Basic ................................... 333,067 332,330 =========== =========== Diluted ................................. 335,737 335,402 =========== =========== Dividends per share ........................... $ .032 $ .032 =========== =========== |
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (Amounts in thousands except per share amounts) 26 Weeks Ended -------------------------------------------------------------------- August 2, 2002 % of Net Sales August 3, 2001 % of Net Sales -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- Net sales ...................................... $ 2,843,139 100.0% $ 2,427,758 100.0% Cost of goods sold ............................. 2,075,420 73.0 1,775,050 73.1 ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ Gross profit ............................. 767,719 27.0 652,708 26.9 Selling, general and administrative expense..... 610,971 21.5 528,059 21.8 Insurance proceeds ............................. (4,500) (0.2) -- -- ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ Operating profit ......................... 161,248 5.7 124,649 5.1 Interest expense ............................... 21,769 0.8 23,557 0.9 ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ Income before income taxes ............... 139,479 4.9 101,092 4.2 Provision for taxes on income .................. 51,189 1.8 37,759 1.6 ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ Net income ............................... $ 88,290 3.1% $ 63,333 2.6% =========== ============ =========== ============ Earnings per share: Basic .................................... $ 0.27 $ 0.19 =========== ============ Diluted .................................. $ 0.26 $ 0.19 =========== ============ Weighted average shares: Basic .................................... 332,866 331,959 =========== ============ Diluted .................................. 335,286 335,293 =========== ============ Dividends per share ............................ $ .064 $ .064 =========== ============ |
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (In thousands) 26 Weeks Ended --------------------------------- August 2, 2002 August 3, 2001 -------------- -------------- Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 88,290 $ 63,333 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 66,019 60,980 Deferred income taxes 87,296 (7,135) Tax benefit from stock option exercises 2,120 4,656 Litigation settlement (162,000) -- Change in operating assets and liabilities: Merchandise inventories 72,823 (84,621) Other current assets (13,675) 2,269 Accounts payable 24,323 (2,478) Accrued expenses and other (11,206) (59) Income taxes (59,464) (21,995) Other (13,914) (5,131) --------- --------- Net cash provided by operating activities 80,612 9,819 --------- --------- Cash flows from investing activities: Purchase of property and equipment (70,445) (73,942) Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 127 144 --------- --------- Net cash used in investing activities (70,318) (73,798) --------- --------- Cash flows from financing activities: Net borrowings under revolving credit facilities 170,000 -- Repayments of long-term obligations (389,561) (6,023) Payments of cash dividends (21,307) (21,268) Proceeds from exercise of stock options 4,509 10,623 Other financing activities 4,057 (33) --------- --------- Net cash used in financing activities (232,302) (16,701) --------- --------- Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (222,008) (80,680) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 261,525 162,310 --------- --------- Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 39,517 $ 81,630 ========= ========= Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities - Purchase of property and equipment under capital lease obligations $ 6,233 $ 17,393 ========= ========= |
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (UNAUDITED)
1. Basis of presentation and accounting policies
Basis of presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Dollar General Corporation (the "Company") have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and are presented in accordance with the requirements of Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Such financial statements consequently do not include all of the disclosures normally required by generally accepted accounting principles or those normally made in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. Accordingly, the reader of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q should refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 1, 2002 for additional information.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Company's customary accounting practices and have not been audited. In management's opinion, all adjustments (which are of a normal recurring nature) necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial position and results of operations for the 13-week and 26-week periods ended August 2, 2002 and August 3, 2001 have been made.
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Ongoing estimates of inventory shrinkage and markdowns are included in the interim cost of goods sold calculation. Because the Company's business is moderately seasonal, the results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.
Accounting pronouncements
In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 141, "Business Combinations," and SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." Under the new rules, goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets are no longer amortized but are reviewed annually for impairment. Separable intangible assets that are not deemed to have an indefinite life will continue to be amortized over their useful lives. The Company began to apply the new accounting rules on February 2, 2002. The adoption of SFAS No. 141 has not had a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.
The Company completed the transitional goodwill impairment reviews required by SFAS No. 142 during the second quarter of 2002. In performing the impairment
review, the Company reviewed the operating performance of its retail operations. This review did not indicate any impairment of goodwill. The adoption of SFAS No. 142 has not had a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.
The FASB issued SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations" in June 2001. SFAS No. 143 applies to legal obligations associated with the retirement of certain tangible long-lived assets. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. Accordingly, the Company will adopt this statement on February 1, 2003. The Company believes the adoption of SFAS No. 143 will not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.
In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." SFAS No. 144 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted this statement on February 2, 2002. It supersedes SFAS No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of." The adoption of SFAS No. 144 has not had a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.
In April 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145 "Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections." SFAS No. 145 rescinds both SFAS Statement No. 4, "Reporting Gains and Losses from Extinguishment of Debt," and the amendment to SFAS No. 4, SFAS No. 64, "Extinguishments of Debt Made to Satisfy Sinking-Fund Requirements." SFAS No. 145 eliminates the requirement that gains and losses from the extinguishment of debt be aggregated and, if material, classified as an extraordinary item, net of the related income tax effect. However, an entity is not prohibited from classifying such gains and losses as extraordinary items, so long as they meet the criteria in paragraph 20 of APB Opinion No. 30. The Company will adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 145 on February 1, 2003 and believes the adoption of SFAS No. 145 will not have a material effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations.
In July 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities." SFAS No. 146 nullifies EITF Issue No. 94-3, "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)." SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred, whereas EITF No. 94-3 had recognized the liability at the commitment date to an exit plan. The Company is required to adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 146 effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. The Company believes the adoption of this statement will not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.
2. Comprehensive income
Comprehensive income consists of the following (in thousands):
13 Weeks Ended ---------------------------------- August 2, 2002 August 3, 2001 -------------- -------------- Net income $ 42,362 $ 27,100 Net change in derivative financial instruments 665 (205) -------- -------- $ 43,027 $ 26,895 ======== ======== 26 Weeks Ended ---------------------------------- August 2, 2002 August 3, 2001 -------------- -------------- Net income $ 88,290 $ 63,333 Net change in derivative financial instruments 1,216 (3,044) -------- -------- $ 89,506 $ 60,289 ======== ======== |
3. Debt refinancing
At May 3, 2002, the Company had $383 million outstanding under two synthetic lease facilities (the "Synthetic Lease Facilities"), one with $212 million in outstanding capital leases and the other with $171 million in outstanding capital leases. As of such date, the Company also had a $175 million revolving credit agreement (the "Old Credit Facility"), under which no amounts were outstanding. The Synthetic Lease Facilities were scheduled to mature and the Old Credit Facility was scheduled to expire in September 2002.
On June 21, 2002, the Company closed on its previously announced $450 million revolving credit facility (the "New Credit Facilities"), pursuant to which SunTrust Bank is serving as Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston is the Syndication Agent and KeyBank N.A. and U.S. Bank N.A. are Co-Documentation Agents. The Company used the New Credit Facilities (i) to replace the Old Credit Facility (ii) to refinance the Synthetic Lease Facilities and (iii) for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The New Credit Facilities are split between a $300 million three-year revolving credit facility, and a $150 million 364-day revolving credit facility. The Company pays interest on funds borrowed under the New Credit Facilities at rates that are subject to change based upon the rating of the Company's senior debt by independent agencies. The Company has two interest rate options, base rate (which is usually equal to prime rate) and LIBOR. At the Company's current ratings, the facility fees are 37.5 basis points and 32.5 basis points on the two facilities, respectively. The all-in drawn margin under the LIBOR option is LIBOR plus 237.5 basis points on both facilities. The all-in drawn margin
under the base rate option is the base rate plus 125 basis points and the base rate plus 120 basis points on the two facilities, respectively. The New Credit Facilities are secured by the same real estate assets that served as collateral for the Synthetic Lease Facilities: approximately 400 of the Company's retail stores, its headquarters and two of its distribution centers. As of August 2, 2002, the Company had $170 million outstanding under the New Credit Facilities, at a rate of 4.3%.
4. Commitments and Contingencies
On April 30, 2001, the Company announced that it had become aware of certain accounting issues that would cause it to restate its audited financial statements for fiscal years 1999 and 1998, and to restate the unaudited financial information for fiscal year 2000 that had been previously released by the Company. The Company subsequently restated such financial statements and financial information by means of its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2001, which was filed on January 14, 2002.
Following the April 30, 2001 announcement more than 20 purported class action lawsuits were filed against the Company and certain current and former officers and directors of the Company, asserting claims under the federal securities laws. These lawsuits were consolidated into a single action pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. On July 17, 2001, the court entered an order appointing the Florida State Board of Administration and the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana as lead plaintiffs and the law firms of Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP and Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A. as co-lead counsel. On January 3, 2002, the lead plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated class action complaint. Among other things, plaintiffs alleged that the Company and certain of its current and former officers and directors made misrepresentations concerning the Company's financial results in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in various press releases and other public statements. The plaintiffs sought damages with interest, costs and such other relief as the court deemed proper.
On January 3, 2002, the Company reached a settlement agreement with the putative class action plaintiffs, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay up to $162 million to such plaintiffs in settlement for their claims and to implement certain enhancements to its corporate governance and internal control procedures. Such agreement was subject to confirmatory discovery, to the final approval of the Company's Board of Directors, and to court approval.
On April 1, 2002, following the completion of such confirmatory discovery, the Company and the putative class action plaintiffs amended their settlement agreement and the plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint, purporting to name as plaintiffs a class of persons who purchased or otherwise made an investment decision regarding the Company's securities and related derivative securities between March 5, 1997 and
January 14, 2002. Pursuant to the amended settlement agreement, the Company agreed to pay $162 million to such plaintiffs in settlement for their claims and to implement certain enhancements to its corporate governance and internal control procedures. Such amended agreement was approved by the court on May 24, 2002.
Pursuant to the terms of such agreement, the Company disbursed $1 million of such funds in April 2002 and the remaining amount of $161 million in June and July 2002. In addition, the Company received from its insurers $4.5 million in respect of such settlement in July 2002. The Company recognized an expense of $162 million in the fourth quarter of 2000 in respect of the class action settlement agreement, and income of $4.5 million in the second quarter of 2002 in respect of the receipt of such insurance proceeds.
Plaintiffs representing fewer than 1% of the shares traded during the class period chose to opt out of the class settlement and may elect to pursue recovery against the Company individually. Because no separate litigation has yet been filed by parties who opted out, the Company cannot estimate the potential liabilities associated with such litigation, but it does not believe that the resolution of any such litigation will have a material effect on the Company's financial position.
In addition, six purported shareholder derivative lawsuits have been filed in Tennessee State Court against certain current and former Company directors and officers and Deloitte & Touche LLP, the Company's former independent accountant. The Company is named as a nominal defendant in the actions, which seek restitution and/or compensatory and punitive damages with interest, equitable and/or injunctive relief, costs and such further relief as the court deems proper. By order entered October 31, 2001, the court appointed Michael Dixon, Jr., Carolinas Electrical Workers Retirement Fund and Thomas Dewey, plaintiffs in one of the six filed cases, as lead plaintiffs and the law firms of Branstetter, Kilgore, Stranch & Jennings and Stanley, Mandel & Iola as lead counsel. In the same order, the court stayed the remaining cases pending completion of the lead case. Among other things, the plaintiffs allege that certain current and former Company directors and officers breached their fiduciary duties to the Company and that Deloitte & Touche aided and abetted those breaches and was negligent in its service as the Company's independent accountant. During August and September 2001, the Company moved to dismiss all six cases for failure to make a pre-suit demand on the Board of Directors and, in the alternative, requested that the court stay the actions pending the completion of an investigation into the allegations in the complaints by the Shareholder Derivative Claim Review Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. The lead plaintiffs filed an opposition to this motion on October 2, 2001.
Two purported shareholder derivative lawsuits also have been filed and consolidated in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against certain current and former Company directors and officers alleging that they
breached their fiduciary duties to the Company. The Company is named as a nominal defendant in these actions, which seek declaratory relief, compensatory and punitive damages, costs and such further relief as the court deems proper. By motion filed on September 28, 2001, the Company requested that the federal court abstain from exercising jurisdiction over the purported shareholder derivative actions in deference to the pending state court actions. By agreement of the parties and court order dated December 3, 2001, the case was stayed until June 3, 2002. Based on the settlement of the Tennessee state derivative actions described below and the dismissal of the appeal filed by Cornelius P. Warren, the lead plaintiff in the federal derivative case, the Company and the individual defendants moved to dismiss the federal derivative case on August 27, 2002. A status conference with respect to this case is currently scheduled for September 12, 2002.
The Company and the individual defendants have reached a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in the lead Tennessee state shareholder derivative action. The agreement includes a payment to the Company from a portion of the proceeds of the Company's director and officer liability insurance policies as well as certain corporate governance and internal control enhancements. The terms of such agreements require that all of the stayed cases, including the federal derivative cases described above, be dismissed with prejudice by the courts in which they are pending in order for the settlement to be effective. Following confirmatory discovery, the settlement agreement was preliminarily approved by the Tennessee State Court on April 19, 2002, and received final approval on June 4, 2002. On July 5, 2002, Cornelius P. Warren, the lead plaintiff in the federal derivative case, appealed the approval of the settlement in the state derivative cases to the Court of Appeals of Tennessee. Such appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeals of Tennessee by Order dated July 22, 2002. Mr. Warren has not yet filed notice of his intention to appeal this dismissal; any such notice must be filed by no later than September 20, 2002.
Pending the final resolution of the federal derivative case and any further appeal of the settlement that Mr. Warren may bring, $31.5 million of proceeds of the Company's director and officer insurance policies are being held in escrow. If the settlement becomes final, the Company expects that it will result in a net payment to the Company, after attorneys' fees payable to the plaintiffs' counsel, of approximately $25.2 million, which payment has not yet been accrued in the Company's financial statements.
The Company has been notified that the SEC is conducting an investigation into the circumstances that gave rise to the Company's April 30, 2001 announcement. The Company is cooperating with this investigation by providing documents and other information to the SEC. At this time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of this investigation and the ultimate effects on the Company.
5. Stock incentive plans
The Company has established stock incentive plans under which restricted stock awards and stock options to purchase common stock may be granted to executive officers, directors and key employees.
All stock options granted in 2002, 2001 and 2000 under the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, the 1995 Employee Stock Incentive Plan, the 1993 Employee Stock Incentive Plan and the 1995 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan, were non-qualified stock options issued at a price equal to the fair market value of the Company's common stock on the date of grant. Non-qualified options granted under these plans have expiration dates no later than 10 years following the date of grant.
Under the plans, stock option grants are made to key management employees ranging from executive officers to store managers and assistant store managers, as well as other employees, as prescribed prior to June 3, 2002 by the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors and from such date by the Board's newly formed Compensation Committee, in each case upon final approval by the Board. The number of options granted and the vesting schedules of those options are directly linked to the employee's performance, Company performance or employee tenure depending on the employee's position within the Company.
The plans also provide for annual stock option grants to non-employee directors according to a non-discretionary formula. The number of shares granted is dependent upon current director compensation levels and the fair market value of the stock on the grant date.
The Company applies Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting For Stock Issued to Employees" ("APB 25") and related interpretations in accounting for its plans. Under this intrinsic-value based method of accounting, compensation expense is generally not recognized for stock option grants in which the exercise price of the stock options equals the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant and the number of shares subject to exercise is fixed. Had compensation cost for the Company's stock-based compensation plans been determined based on the fair value at the grant date for awards under these plans consistent with the methodology prescribed under SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock Based Compensation," net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated in the following table.
13 Weeks 26 Weeks (Amounts in thousands except Ended Ended per share data) August 2, August 2, Fiscal Year Fiscal Year 2002 2002 2001 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income - as reported $ 42,362 $ 88,290 $ 207,513 $ 70,642 Net income - pro forma $ 38,257 $ 79,224 $ 196,052 $ 50,805 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings per share - as reported Basic $ 0.13 $ 0.27 $ 0.63 $ 0.21 Diluted $ 0.13 $ 0.26 $ 0.62 $ 0.21 Earnings per share - pro forma Basic $ 0.11 $ 0.24 $ 0.59 $ 0.15 Diluted $ 0.11 $ 0.24 $ 0.59 $ 0.15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Earnings per share have been adjusted to give retroactive effect to all common stock splits.
The pro forma effects on net income for 2002, 2001 and 2000 are not necessarily representative of the pro forma effect on net income in future years because they do not take into consideration pro forma compensation expense related to grants made prior to 1995. The average per share fair value of options granted during 2002, 2001 and 2000 was $4.84, $6.77 and $10.76, respectively.
The fair value of each stock option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
2002 2001 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Expected dividend yield 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% Expected stock price volatility 39.0% 35.3% 49.0% Weighted average risk-free interest rate 4.1% 4.8% 6.2% Expected life of options (years) 3.6 6.0 6.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
The Black-Scholes option model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options, which have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition, option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility. Because the Company's employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management's opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its employee and director stock options.
6. Related party transactions
In July and August of 2002, Cal Turner, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, made voluntary payments to the Company totaling approximately $6.8 million in cash. Of such amount, approximately $6.0 million represented the value on April 10, 2002 of
stock Mr. Turner acquired on April 7, 1999 and April 20, 2000 upon the exercise of stock options (net of the strike price of such options), which stock Mr. Turner continues to own, and approximately $0.8 million represented the value of performance-based bonuses received by Mr. Turner in April 1999 and April 2000. Mr. Turner voluntarily paid such amounts to the Company because the options vested and the performance bonuses were paid based on performance measures that were attained under the Company's originally reported financial results for the period covered by the Company's restatement. Those measures would not have been attained under the subsequently restated results. The Company recorded the approximately $6.0 million receipt as a contribution of capital, which was recorded as an increase in additional paid in capital in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of August 2, 2002. The Company will record the approximately $0.8 million receipt as a reduction of selling, general and administrative expenses during the third quarter of 2002.
7. Segment reporting
The Company manages its business on the basis of one reportable segment. As of August 2, 2002 and August 3, 2001, all of the Company's operations were located within the United States. The following data is presented in accordance with SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information." The following amounts are in thousands:
13 Weeks Ended ---------------------------------- August 2, 2002 August 3, 2001 -------------- -------------- Sales by category: Highly consumable ........ $ 892,507 $ 737,778 Hardware and seasonal..... 226,328 185,082 Basic clothing ........... 146,620 131,200 Home products ............ 188,272 171,194 ---------- ---------- $1,453,727 $1,225,254 ========== ========== 26 Weeks Ended ---------------------------------- August 2, 2002 August 3, 2001 -------------- -------------- Sales by category: Highly consumable......... $ 1,743,744 $1,459,070 Hardware and seasonal..... 431,091 353,885 Basic clothing............ 288,921 261,832 Home products............. 379,383 352,971 ----------- ---------- $ 2,843,139 $2,427,758 =========== ========== |
8. Guarantor subsidiaries
All of the Company's subsidiaries (the "Guarantors") have fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis the Company's obligations under certain outstanding notes payable. Each of the Guarantors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Guarantors comprise all of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company.
In order to participate as a subsidiary guarantor on certain of the Company's financing arrangements, a subsidiary of the Company has entered into a letter agreement with certain state regulatory agencies to maintain stockholders' equity of at least $250 million.
Condensed combined financial information for the Guarantors is set forth below. Dollar amounts are in thousands.
August 2, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLLAR GENERAL GUARANTOR CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS TOTAL ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ BALANCE SHEET DATA: ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ (2,611) $ 42,128 $ -- $ 39,517 Merchandise inventories -- 1,058,200 -- 1,058,200 Deferred income taxes 9,675 15,877 -- 25,552 Income taxes receivable 64,229 (8,656) -- 55,573 Other current assets 16,139 1,155,134 (1,106,010) 65,263 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total current assets 87,432 2,262,683 (1,106,010) 1,244,105 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Property and equipment, at cost 163,857 1,383,489 -- 1,547,346 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization 58,977 489,096 -- 548,073 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Net property and equipment 104,880 894,393 -- 999,273 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Other assets 2,562,235 3,559 (2,543,943) 21,851 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total assets $ 2,754,547 $ 3,160,635 $(3,649,953) $ 2,265,229 =========== =========== =========== =========== LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Current portion of long-term obligations $ 8,116 $ 7,016 $ -- $ 15,132 Accounts payable 1,191,510 261,286 (1,106,010) 346,786 Accrued expenses and other 33,857 185,363 -- 219,220 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total current liabilities 1,233,483 453,665 (1,106,010) 581,138 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Long-term obligations 389,034 871,395 (753,722) 506,707 Deferred income taxes 676 45,354 -- 46,030 Shareholders' equity: Preferred stock -- -- -- -- Common stock 166,670 23,853 (23,853) 166,670 Additional paid-in capital 312,589 1,247,279 (1,247,279) 312,589 Retained earnings 656,894 519,089 (519,089) 656,894 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (2,012) -- -- (2,012) ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 1,134,141 1,790,221 (1,790,221) 1,134,141 Less other shareholders' equity 2,787 -- -- 2,787 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total shareholders' equity 1,131,354 1,790,221 (1,790,221) 1,131,354 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 2,754,547 $ 3,160,635 $(3,649,953) $ 2,265,229 =========== =========== =========== =========== |
February 1, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLLAR GENERAL GUARANTOR CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS TOTAL ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ BALANCE SHEET DATA: ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 217,539 $ 43,986 $ -- $ 261,525 Merchandise inventories -- 1,131,023 -- 1,131,023 Deferred income taxes 79,203 25,888 -- 105,091 Income taxes receivable 6,720 100 -- 6,820 Other current assets 8,686 912,982 (870,080) 51,588 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total current assets 312,148 2,113,979 (870,080) 1,556,047 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Property and equipment, at cost 158,347 1,315,346 -- 1,473,693 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization 51,832 432,946 -- 484,778 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Net property and equipment 106,515 882,400 -- 988,915 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Other assets 2,079,572 2,022 (2,074,171) 7,423 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total assets $ 2,498,235 $ 2,998,401 $(2,944,251) $ 2,552,385 =========== =========== =========== =========== LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Current portion of long-term obligations $ 65,682 $ 329,993 $ -- $ 395,675 Accounts payable 944,830 247,713 (870,080) 322,463 Accrued expenses and other 76,526 176,887 -- 253,413 Litigation settlement payable 162,000 -- -- 162,000 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total current liabilities 1,249,038 754,593 (870,080) 1,133,551 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Long-term obligations 200,460 830,881 (691,871) 339,470 Deferred income taxes 7,019 30,627 -- 37,646 Shareholders' equity: Preferred stock -- -- -- -- Common stock 166,359 23,853 (23,853) 166,359 Additional paid-in capital 301,848 929,680 (929,680) 301,848 Retained earnings 579,265 428,767 (428,767) 579,265 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (3,228) -- -- (3,228) ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 1,044,244 1,382,300 (1,382,300) 1,044,244 Less other shareholders' equity 2,526 -- -- 2,526 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total shareholders' equity 1,041,718 1,382,300 (1,382,300) 1,041,718 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 2,498,235 $ 2,998,401 $(2,944,251) $ 2,552,385 =========== =========== =========== =========== |
Quarter Ended ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 2, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLLAR GENERAL GUARANTOR CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS TOTAL ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ STATEMENTS OF INCOME DATA: Net sales $ 15,399 $1,453,727 $(15,399) $ 1,453,727 Cost of goods sold -- 1,066,300 -- 1,066,300 -------- ---------- -------- ----------- Gross profit 15,399 387,427 (15,399) 387,427 Selling, general and administrative expense 16,560 312,506 (15,399) 313,667 Insurance proceeds (4,500) -- -- (4,500) -------- ---------- -------- ----------- Operating profit 3,339 74,921 -- 78,260 Interest expense 7,546 3,791 -- 11,337 -------- ---------- -------- ----------- Income before income taxes (4,207) 71,130 -- 66,923 Provision (benefit) for taxes on income (1,637) 26,198 -- 24,561 Equity in subsidiaries' earnings, net 44,932 -- (44,932) -- -------- ---------- -------- ----------- Net income $ 42,362 $ 44,932 $(44,932) $ 42,362 ======== ========== ======== =========== |
Year to Date ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 2, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLLAR GENERAL GUARANTOR CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS TOTAL ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ STATEMENTS OF INCOME DATA: Net sales $ 61,851 $2,843,139 $(61,851) $ 2,843,139 Cost of goods sold -- 2,075,420 -- 2,075,420 -------- ---------- -------- ----------- Gross profit 61,851 767,719 (61,851) 767,719 Selling, general and administrative expense 58,121 614,701 (61,851) 610,971 Insurance proceeds (4,500) -- -- (4,500) -------- ---------- -------- ----------- Operating profit 8,230 153,018 -- 161,248 Interest expense 11,550 10,219 -- 21,769 -------- ---------- -------- ----------- Income before income taxes (3,320) 142,799 -- 139,479 Provision (benefit) for taxes on income (1,289) 52,478 -- 51,189 Equity in subsidiaries' earnings, net 90,321 -- (90,321) -- -------- ---------- -------- ----------- Net income $ 88,290 $ 90,321 $(90,321) $ 88,290 ======== ========== ======== =========== |
Quarter Ended ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 3, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLLAR GENERAL GUARANTOR CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS TOTAL ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ STATEMENTS OF INCOME DATA: Net sales $ 41,844 $1,225,254 $(41,844) $1,225,254 Cost of goods sold -- 893,971 -- 893,971 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Gross profit 41,844 331,283 (41,844) 331,283 Selling, general and administrative expense 38,396 279,517 (41,844) 276,069 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Operating profit 3,448 51,766 -- 55,214 Interest expense 5,297 6,660 -- 11,957 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Income before income taxes (1,849) 45,106 -- 43,257 Provision (benefit) for taxes on income (690) 16,847 -- 16,157 Equity in subsidiaries' earnings, net 28,259 -- (28,259) -- -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Net income $ 27,100 $ 28,259 $(28,259) $ 27,100 ======== ========== ======== ========== |
Year to Date ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 3, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLLAR GENERAL GUARANTOR CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS TOTAL ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ STATEMENTS OF INCOME DATA: Net sales $ 77,687 $2,427,758 $(77,687) $2,427,758 Cost of goods sold -- 1,775,050 -- 1,775,050 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Gross profit 77,687 652,708 (77,687) 652,708 Selling, general and administrative expense 68,476 537,270 (77,687) 528,059 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Operating profit 9,211 115,438 -- 124,649 Interest expense 9,920 13,637 -- 23,557 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Income before income taxes (709) 101,801 -- 101,092 Provision (benefit) for taxes on income (264) 38,023 -- 37,759 Equity in subsidiaries' earnings, net 63,778 -- (63,778) -- -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Net income $ 63,333 $ 63,778 $(63,778) $ 63,333 ======== ========== ======== ========== |
For the 26 weeks ended ------------------------------------------------------------------- August 2, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLLAR GENERAL GUARANTOR CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS TOTAL ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS DATA: Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 88,290 $ 90,321 $ (90,321) $ 88,290 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 7,987 58,032 -- 66,019 Deferred income taxes 62,558 24,738 -- 87,296 Equity in subsidiaries' earnings, net (90,321) -- 90,321 -- Tax benefit from stock option exercises 2,120 -- -- 2,120 Litigation settlement (162,000) -- -- (162,000) Change in operating assets and liabilities: Merchandise inventories -- 72,823 -- 72,823 Other current assets (9,166) (131,100) 126,591 (13,675) Accounts payable 276,945 (126,031) (126,591) 24,323 Accrued expenses and other (19,822) 8,616 -- (11,206) Income taxes (68,080) 8,616 -- (59,464) Other (10,802) (3,112) -- (13,914) --------- --------- --------- --------- Net cash provided by operating activities 77,709 2,903 -- 80,612 --------- --------- --------- --------- Cash flows from investing activities: Purchase of property and equipment (6,390) (64,055) -- (70,445) Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 41 86 -- 127 Issuance of long-term notes receivable (61,851) -- 61,851 -- Contribution of capital (317,602) -- 317,602 -- --------- --------- --------- --------- Net cash used in investing activities (385,802) (63,969) 379,453 (70,318) --------- --------- --------- --------- Cash flows from financing activities: Issuance of long-term obligations 170,000 61,851 (61,851) 170,000 Repayments of long-term obligations (69,316) (320,245) -- (389,561) Payments of cash dividends (21,307) -- -- (21,307) Proceeds from exercise of stock options 4,509 -- -- 4,509 Other financing activities 4,057 -- -- 4,057 Issuance of common stock, net -- 317,602 (317,602) -- --------- --------- --------- --------- Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 87,943 59,208 (379,453) (232,302) --------- --------- --------- --------- Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (220,150) (1,858) -- (222,008) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 217,539 43,986 -- 261,525 --------- --------- --------- --------- Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ (2,611) $ 42,128 $ -- $ 39,517 ========= ========= ========= ========= |
For the 26 weeks ended ------------------------------------------------------------------- August 3, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLLAR GENERAL GUARANTOR CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS TOTAL ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS DATA: Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 63,333 $ 63,777 $(63,777) $ 63,333 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 7,040 53,940 -- 60,980 Deferred income taxes (473) (6,662) -- (7,135) Equity in subsidiaries' earnings, net (63,777) -- 63,777 -- Tax benefit from stock option exercises 4,656 -- -- 4,656 Change in operating assets and liabilities: Merchandise inventories -- (84,621) -- (84,621) Other current assets (6,777) 21,547 (12,501) 2,269 Accounts payable (3,073) (11,906) 12,501 (2,478) Accrued expenses and other 7,598 (7,657) -- (59) Income taxes 467 (22,462) -- (21,995) Other 6,048 (11,179) -- (5,131) --------- -------- -------- --------- Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 15,042 (5,223) -- 9,819 --------- -------- -------- --------- Cash flows from investing activities: Purchase of property and equipment (9,893) (64,049) -- (73,942) Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 15 129 -- 144 Issuance of long-term notes receivable (77,687) -- 77,687 -- Other 2,049 -- (2,049) -- --------- -------- -------- --------- Net cash used in investing activities (85,516) (63,920) 75,638 (73,798) --------- -------- -------- --------- Cash flows from financing activities: Issuance of long-term obligations -- 77,687 (77,687) -- Repayments of long-term obligations (616) (5,407) -- (6,023) Payments of cash dividends (21,268) -- -- (21,268) Proceeds from exercise of stock options 10,623 -- -- 10,623 Other financing activities (33) (2,049) 2,049 (33) --------- -------- -------- --------- Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (11,294) 70,231 (75,638) (16,701) --------- -------- -------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (81,768) 1,088 -- (80,680) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 120,643 41,667 -- 162,310 --------- -------- -------- --------- Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 38,875 $ 42,755 $ -- $ 81,630 ========= ======== ======== ========= |
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following text contains references to years 2002, 2001 and 2000, which represent fiscal years of the Dollar General Corporation (the "Company") ending or ended January 31, 2003, February 1, 2002 and February 2, 2001, respectively. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto as of August 2, 2002.
Results of Operations
The nature of the Company's business is modestly seasonal. Historically, sales in the fourth quarter have been higher than sales achieved in each of the first three quarters of the fiscal year. Expenses, and to a greater extent operating income, vary by quarter. Results of a period shorter than a full year may not be indicative of results expected for the entire year. Furthermore, comparing any period with a period other than the same period of the previous year may reflect the seasonal nature of the Company's business.
13 WEEKS ENDED AUGUST 2, 2002 AND AUGUST 3, 2001
Net Sales. Net sales for the 13 weeks ended August 2, 2002 were $1.45 billion as compared against $1.23 billion during the 13 weeks ended August 3, 2001, an increase of 18.6%. The increase resulted primarily from 563 net new stores and a same store sales increase of 9.6%. Same store sales increases are calculated based on the comparable calendar weeks in the prior year, and include only those stores that were open both at the end of a fiscal period and the beginning of the preceding fiscal year. The Company attributes the increase in same store sales to a number of factors, including the introduction of new items in the highly consumable category, a strong presentation of seasonal merchandise, the addition of perishable products in approximately 600 stores, and improved ordering practices by the Company's stores. Net sales increases by category were as follows: highly consumable 21.0%, hardware and seasonal 22.3%; basic clothing 11.8%; and home products 10.0%.
Gross Profit. Gross profit during the current year period was $387.4 million, or 26.7% of sales, versus $331.3 million, or 27.0% of sales during the comparable period in the prior year, an increase of 16.9%. The reduction in the gross margin rate as a percentage of sales was due to a number of factors, including but not limited to a reduction in the average mark-up on inventory purchases due to a decision by the Company to purchase fewer high margin but slower turning items and to reduce its inventory position in the basic clothing and home products categories, an increase in the shrink provision and the continued shift in the Company's sales to lower margin consumable basics items.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ("SG&A"). SG&A expenses during the current year period were $313.7 million, or 21.6% of sales, versus $276.1 million or 22.5% of sales, during the comparable period in the prior year, an increase of 13.6%. Restatement-related expenses resulted in a net reduction to SG&A expenses of $0.7 million in the current year period. The Company adjusted its restatement-related professional fees accrual during the current period to reflect a lower than anticipated incurrence of legal fees during the current fiscal year. The Company incurred $8.7 million in restatement-related expenses during the comparable period in the prior year. Excluding restatement-related expenses, SG&A expenses would have been $314.4
million, or 21.6% of sales, in the current year period, versus $267.4 million, or 21.8% of sales in the prior year period, an increase of 17.6%.
The increase in SG&A expenses is due principally to a 10.6% increase in store count as compared to the prior year, and to increases in store labor and workers compensation costs that were greater than standard inflationary increases. The increase in store labor costs reflects various actions taken to improve store conditions, including increasing labor hours and improving employee wages.
Insurance Proceeds. The Company recorded $4.5 million in insurance proceeds during the current year period relating to the settlement of certain class action litigation. See Note 4 to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements as of August 2, 2002.
Interest Expense. Interest expense in the current year period was $11.3 million, or 0.8% of sales, as compared to $12.0 million, or 1.0% of sales, in the prior year period, a decrease of 5.2%. The Company recorded $0.4 million in net interest income in the current period related to various income tax issues, including but not limited to interest due from the federal government as a result of amended tax returns that the Company filed in conjunction with its restated results.
Provision for Taxes on Income. The Company's effective tax rate was 36.7% in the current year period and 37.4% in the prior year period. The reduction in the effective tax rate in the current year is a result of certain tax planning strategies implemented in the fourth quarter of the prior year.
Net Income. Net income during the current year period was $42.4 million, or 2.9% of sales, versus $27.1 million, or 2.2% of sales, during the comparable period in the prior year, an increase of 56.3%. Diluted earnings per share in the current year period were $0.13 versus $0.08 in the prior year. Excluding restatement-related expenses and the insurance proceeds noted above, current year diluted earnings per share were $0.12 versus $0.10 in the prior year.
26 WEEKS ENDED AUGUST 2, 2002 AND AUGUST 3, 2001
Net Sales. Net sales for the 26 weeks ended August 2, 2002 were $2.84 billion as compared against $2.43 billion during the comparable period in the prior year, an increase of 17.1%. The increase resulted primarily from 563 net new stores and a same store sales increase of 8.1%. Same store sales increases are calculated based on the comparable calendar weeks in the prior year, and include only those stores that were open both at the end of a fiscal period and at the beginning of the preceding fiscal year. The Company attributes the increase in same store sales to a number of factors, including the introduction of new items in the highly consumable category, a strong presentation of
seasonal merchandise, the addition of perishable products in approximately 600 stores, and improved ordering practices by the Company's stores. Net sales increases by category were as follows: highly consumable 19.5%, hardware and seasonal 21.8%, basic clothing 10.3%, and home products 7.5%.
Gross Profit. Gross profit during the current year period was $767.7 million, or 27.0% of sales, versus $652.7 million, or 26.9% of sales, during the comparable period in the prior year, an increase of 17.6%. The modest increase in the gross margin rate as a percentage of sales was due principally to a 66 basis point reduction in distribution and transportation costs as a percentage of sales and a higher mark-up percentage on the Company's total inventory balance than that experienced during the comparable period in the prior year. The reduction in distribution and transportation costs as a percentage of net sales during the first twenty-six weeks is due to a relatively modest increase in these expenses during a period of increased sales. The higher mark-up percentage on the Company's inventories is primarily a result of a lower than normal mark-up on the Company's inventory balance in the first half of 2001 due to the ongoing impact of the markdown on certain excess inventories taken during the fourth quarter of 2000. Factors that negatively impacted the year-over-year comparison in the gross profit rate include a lower mark-up on inventory purchases and an increase in the inventory shrink provision. The lower mark-up on inventory purchases is due in part to a decision by the Company to purchase fewer high margin but slower turning items and to reduce its inventory position in the basic clothing and home products categories.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. SG&A expenses during the current year period were $611.0 million, or 21.5% of sales, versus $528.1 million, or 21.8% of sales, during the comparable period in the prior year, an increase of 15.7%. The Company recorded $4.6 million in expenses, primarily professional fees, in the current year period related to the restatement of certain previously released financial data versus $9.0 million of such expenses in the prior year. Excluding restatement-related expenses, SG&A expenses would have been $606.3 million, or 21.3% of sales in the current year versus $519.0 million or 21.4% of sales in the prior year, an increase of 16.8%.
The increase in SG&A expenses is primarily attributable to a 10.6% increase in store count as compared to the prior year, and to increases in store labor and workers compensation costs that were greater than standard inflationary increases. The increase in store labor costs reflects various actions taken to improve store conditions, including increasing labor hours and improving employee wages.
Insurance Proceeds. The Company recorded $4.5 million in insurance proceeds during the current year period relating to the settlement of certain class action litigation. See Note 4 to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements as of August 2, 2002.
Interest Expense. Interest expense was $21.8 million, or 0.8% of sales, in the current year period as compared to $23.6 million, or 0.9% of sales, in the prior year period, a decrease of 7.6%. The decrease is primarily attributable to the general reduction in interest rates on variable rate obligations.
Provision for Taxes on Income. The Company's effective tax rate was 36.7% in the current year period and 37.4% in the prior year period. The reduction in the effective tax rate in the current year is a result of certain tax planning strategies implemented in the fourth quarter of the prior year.
Net Income. Net income during the current year period was $88.3 million, or 3.1% of sales, versus $63.3 million, or 2.6% of sales, during the comparable period in the prior year, an increase of 39.4%. Diluted earnings per share in the current year period were $0.26 versus $0.19 in the prior year. Excluding restatement-related expenses and the insurance proceeds noted above, current year diluted earnings per share were $0.26 versus $0.21 in the prior year.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Current Financial Condition / Recent Developments. At August 2, 2002, the Company's total debt (including the current portion of long-term obligations and short-term borrowings) was $521.8 million, and the Company had $39.5 million of cash and equivalents and $1.13 billion of shareholders' equity, compared to $735.1 million of total debt, $261.5 million of cash and equivalents and $1.04 billion of shareholders' equity at February 1, 2002.
At May 3, 2002, the Company had $383 million outstanding under two synthetic lease facilities (the "Synthetic Lease Facilities"), one with $212 million in outstanding capital leases and the other with $171 million in outstanding capital leases. As of such date, the Company also had a $175 million revolving credit agreement (the "Old Credit Facility"), under which no amounts were outstanding. The Synthetic Lease Facilities were scheduled to mature and the Old Credit Facility was scheduled to expire in September 2002.
On June 21, 2002, the Company closed on its previously announced $450 million revolving credit facility (the "New Credit Facilities"), pursuant to which SunTrust Bank is serving as Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston is the Syndication Agent and KeyBank N.A. and U.S. Bank N.A. are Co-Documentation Agents. The Company used the New Credit Facilities (i) to replace the Old Credit Facility (ii) to refinance the Synthetic Lease Facilities and (iii) for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The New Credit Facilities are split between a $300 million three-year revolving credit facility, and a $150 million 364-day revolving credit facility. The Company pays interest on funds borrowed under the New Credit Facilities at rates that
are subject to change based upon the rating of the Company's senior debt by independent agencies. The Company has two interest rate options, base rate (which is usually equal to prime rate) and LIBOR. At the Company's current ratings, the facility fees are 37.5 basis points and 32.5 basis points on the two facilities, respectively. The all-in drawn margin under the LIBOR option is LIBOR plus 237.5 basis points on both facilities. The all-in drawn margin under the base rate option is the base rate plus 125 basis points and the base rate plus 120 basis points on the two facilities, respectively. The New Credit Facilities are secured by the same real estate assets that served as collateral for the Synthetic Lease Facilities: approximately 400 of the Company's retail stores, its headquarters and two of its distribution centers. As of August 2, 2002, the Company had $170 million outstanding under the New Credit Facilities, at a rate of 4.3%.
The Company has $200 million (principal amount) of 8 5/8% unsecured notes due June 15, 2010. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year. The holders of the notes may elect to have their notes repaid on June 15, 2005, at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.
The Company is currently in discussions with respect to the Company's leases of its distribution centers in Indianola, Mississippi and Fulton, Missouri, related to an alleged default arising under those leases from the restatement of certain of the Company's financial statements as further described in Part II, Item I of this Form 10-Q. The Company has reached agreement in principle to incorporate certain amendments in the debt instruments relating to such properties. The Company expects that this matter will be resolved without any material adverse effect to the Company.
In July of 2002, the Company received from its insurers $4.5 million in proceeds in connection with the settlement of certain class action litigation brought against the Company as a result of the restatement of the Company's financial statements. The Company disbursed during the current year quarter approximately $161 million in settlement of these class action lawsuits. The Company funded this amount from existing cash balances. In addition, $31.5 million in director and officer insurance proceeds has been placed in escrow in connection with the settlement of shareholder derivative litigation brought against certain current and former directors and officers of the Company. The Company expects to receive approximately $25.2 million of this amount if the settlement becomes final, which amount has not been accrued in the Company's financial statements. For further information regarding this litigation, see Note 4 to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements as of August 2, 2002, and Part II, Item 1 of this report.
The Company believes that its existing cash balances, cash flows from operations, the New Credit Facilities, remaining insurance proceeds expected in connection with the settlement of the derivative lawsuits filed against the Company as a result of the restatement of the Company's financial statements, and its ongoing access to the capital
markets will provide sufficient financing to meet the Company's currently foreseeable liquidity and capital resource needs.
Other than net reductions in borrowings outstanding under variable rate debt as discussed above, there have been no other significant changes in the fair value of the Company's outstanding debt.
Cash flows provided by operating activities. Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $80.6 million during the first 26 weeks of 2002, as compared to a $9.8 million source of cash during the comparable period in the prior year. The primary source of cash in 2002 was the Company's net income plus depreciation and amortization expense, which together totaled $154.3 million. Another significant source of cash in the current year period was a decrease in inventories of $72.8 million. The Company has made improving its inventory productivity statistics a priority. Inventory turns have improved on a rolling 12-month basis from 3.2 times to 3.4 times as measured at August 3, 2001 and August 2, 2002, respectively, and same store inventories have been reduced by approximately 13% as compared to the comparable prior year period. The Company has also reduced its purchases of high margin but slower turning items in the basic clothing and home products categories. The Company paid approximately $162 million during the current year period in settlement of the shareholder class action lawsuits as described in Note 4 to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements as of August 2, 2002.
The primary source of net cash from operating activities during the prior year period was the Company's net income plus depreciation and amortization expense, which together totaled $124.3 million. The primary uses of cash in the prior year period were an increase in inventories of $84.6 million and a decrease in the income tax payable of $22.0 million.
Cash flows used in investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities during the first 26 weeks of 2002 totaled $70.3 million, as compared to a $73.8 million use of cash during the comparable period in the prior year. The $70.3 million spent in the current year period consisted primarily of $21.4 million for new stores, $13.3 million for various store-related technology projects and $16.2 million for distribution and transportation projects. The $73.8 million spent in the prior year period consisted primarily of $26.6 million for new stores and relocations and $34.9 million for various store-related fixtures.
Cash flows used in financing activities. Net cash used in financing activities during the first 26 weeks of 2002 was $232.3 million, which consisted principally of $21.3 million in dividends and $219.6 million of net debt repayments related primarily to the refinancing of the Company's Synthetic Lease Facilities. Net cash used in financing activities during the comparable period in the prior year was $16.7 million, which
consisted principally of $21.3 million in dividends offset by $10.6 million in proceeds from stock options exercised.
The following table, which excludes the effect of imputed interest, summarizes the Company's significant contractual obligations as of August 2, 2002, (in thousands):
Less than Greater than Contractual Obligations Total 1 year 1-3 years 3-5 years 5 years ----------------------- ----- ------ --------- --------- ------- Long-term obligations $ 370,000 $ -- $ 170,000 $ -- $ 200,000 Capital lease obligations 68,714 17,724 33,626 13,437 3,927 Financing obligations 206,269 9,283 18,567 18,707 159,712 Operating leases 734,150 174,822 256,081 121,635 181,612 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- $1,379,133 $ 201,829 $ 478,274 $ 153,779 $ 545,251 ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== |
Forward-Looking Statements
This discussion and analysis contains historical and forward-looking information. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company believes the assumptions underlying these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore, actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks include, but are not limited to, those set forth under Item 7 in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2002.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We have no material changes to the disclosures relating to this item that are set forth in our report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2002.
Part II. - Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Restatement-Related Proceedings
On April 30, 2001, the Company announced that it had become aware of certain accounting issues that would cause it to restate its audited financial statements for fiscal years 1999 and 1998, and to restate the unaudited financial information for fiscal year 2000 that had been previously released by the Company. The Company subsequently restated such financial statements and financial information by means of its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2001, which was filed on January 14, 2002.
Following the April 30, 2001, announcement more than 20 purported class action lawsuits were filed against the Company and certain current and former officers and
directors of the Company, asserting claims under the federal securities laws. These lawsuits were consolidated into a single action pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. On July 17, 2001, the court entered an order appointing the Florida State Board of Administration and the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana as lead plaintiffs and the law firms of Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP and Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A. as co-lead counsel. On January 3, 2002, the lead plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated class action complaint. Among other things, plaintiffs alleged that the Company and certain of its current and former officers and directors made misrepresentations concerning the Company's financial results in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in various press releases and other public statements. The plaintiffs sought damages with interest, costs and such other relief as the court deemed proper.
On January 3, 2002, the Company reached a settlement agreement with the putative class action plaintiffs, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay up to $162 million to such plaintiffs in settlement for their claims and to implement certain enhancements to its corporate governance and internal control procedures. Such agreement was subject to confirmatory discovery, to the final approval of the Company's Board of Directors, and to court approval.
On April 1, 2002, following the completion of such confirmatory discovery, the Company and the putative class action plaintiffs amended their settlement agreement and the plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint, purporting to name as plaintiffs a class of persons who purchased or otherwise made an investment decision regarding the Company's securities and related derivative securities between March 5, 1997 and January 14, 2002. Pursuant to the amended settlement agreement, the Company agreed to pay $162 million to such plaintiffs in settlement for their claims and to implement certain enhancements to its corporate governance and internal control procedures. Such amended agreement was approved by the court on May 24, 2002.
Pursuant to the terms of such agreement, the Company disbursed $1 million of such funds in April 2002 and the remaining amount of $161 million in June and July 2002. In addition, the Company received from its insurers $4.5 million in respect of such settlement in July 2002. The Company recognized an expense of $162 million in the fourth quarter of 2000 in respect of the class action settlement agreement, and income of $4.5 million in the second quarter of 2002 in respect of the receipt of such insurance proceeds.
Plaintiffs representing fewer than 1% of the shares traded during the class period chose to opt out of the class settlement and may elect to pursue recovery against the Company individually. Because no separate litigation has yet been filed by parties who opted out, the Company cannot estimate the potential liabilities associated with such
litigation, but it does not believe that the resolution of any such litigation will have a material effect on the Company's financial position.
In addition, six purported shareholder derivative lawsuits have been filed in Tennessee State Court against certain current and former Company directors and officers and Deloitte & Touche LLP, the Company's former independent accountant. The Company is named as a nominal defendant in the actions, which seek restitution and/or compensatory and punitive damages with interest, equitable and/or injunctive relief, costs and such further relief as the court deems proper. By order entered October 31, 2001, the court appointed Michael Dixon, Jr., Carolinas Electrical Workers Retirement Fund and Thomas Dewey, plaintiffs in one of the six filed cases, as lead plaintiffs and the law firms of Branstetter, Kilgore, Stranch & Jennings and Stanley, Mandel & Iola as lead counsel. In the same order, the court stayed the remaining cases pending completion of the lead case. Among other things, the plaintiffs allege that certain current and former Company directors and officers breached their fiduciary duties to the Company and that Deloitte & Touche aided and abetted those breaches and was negligent in its service as the Company's independent accountant. During August and September 2001, the Company moved to dismiss all six cases for failure to make a pre-suit demand on the Board of Directors and, in the alternative, requested that the court stay the actions pending the completion of an investigation into the allegations in the complaints by the Shareholder Derivative Claim Review Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. The lead plaintiffs filed an opposition to this motion on October 2, 2001.
Two purported shareholder derivative lawsuits also have been filed and consolidated in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against certain current and former Company directors and officers alleging that they breached their fiduciary duties to the Company. The Company is named as a nominal defendant in these actions, which seek declaratory relief, compensatory and punitive damages, costs and such further relief as the court deems proper. By motion filed on September 28, 2001, the Company requested that the federal court abstain from exercising jurisdiction over the purported shareholder derivative actions in deference to the pending state court actions. By agreement of the parties and court order dated December 3, 2001, the case was stayed until June 3, 2002. Based on the settlement of the Tennessee state derivative actions described below and the dismissal of the appeal filed by Cornelius P. Warren, the lead plaintiff in the federal derivative case, the Company and the individual defendants moved to dismiss the federal derivative case on August 27, 2002. A status conference with respect to this case is currently scheduled for September 12, 2002.
The Company and the individual defendants have reached a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in the lead Tennessee state shareholder derivative action. The agreement includes a payment to the Company from a portion of the proceeds of the Company's director and officer liability insurance policies as well as certain corporate
governance and internal control enhancements. The terms of such agreements require that all of the stayed cases, including the federal derivative cases described above, be dismissed with prejudice by the courts in which they are pending in order for the settlement to be effective. Following confirmatory discovery, the settlement agreement was preliminarily approved by the Tennessee State Court on April 19, 2002, and received final approval on June 4, 2002. On July 5, 2002, Cornelius P. Warren, the lead plaintiff in the federal derivative case, appealed the approval of the settlement in the state derivative cases to the Court of Appeals of Tennessee. Such appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeals of Tennessee by Order dated July 22, 2002. Mr. Warren has not yet filed notice of his intention to appeal this dismissal; any such notice must be filed by no later than September 20, 2002.
Pending the final resolution of the federal derivative case and any further appeal of the settlement that Mr. Warren may bring, $31.5 million of proceeds of the Company's director and officer insurance policies are being held in escrow. If the settlement becomes final, the Company expects that it will result in a net payment to the Company, after attorneys' fees payable to the plaintiffs' counsel, of approximately $25.2 million, which payment has not yet been accrued in the Company's financial statements.
The Company has been notified that the SEC is conducting an investigation into the circumstances that gave rise to the Company's April 30, 2001, announcement. The Company is cooperating with this investigation by providing documents and other information to the SEC. At this time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of this investigation and the ultimate effects on the Company.
Other Litigation
The Company was involved in other litigation, investigations of a routine nature and various legal matters during the reporting period, which were and are being defended and otherwise handled in the ordinary course of business. While the ultimate results of these matters cannot be determined or predicted, management believes that they have not had and will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations or financial position.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
An Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on June 3, 2002. Following is a brief description of the matters voted upon at the meeting and the tabulation of the voting therefor:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors.
Number of Votes --------------------------------------------------- Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes --------------------- ----------- --------- ---------------- David L. Bere 287,111,919 3,983,453 0 Dennis C. Bottorff 288,241,119 2,854,253 0 Barbara L. Bowles 287,343,520 3,751,852 0 James L. Clayton 287,467,127 3,628,245 0 Reginald D. Dickson 287,509,379 3,585,993 0 E. Gordon Gee 287,688,758 3,406,614 0 John B. Holland 287,328,096 3,767,276 0 Barbara M. Knuckles 287,493,555 3,601,817 0 James D. Robbins 288,378,514 2,716,858 0 Cal Turner 288,145,394 2,949,978 0 David M. Wilds 288,239,970 2,855,402 0 William S. Wire, II 288,203,819 2,891,553 0 |
Proposal 2 - Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Public Accountants. A proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2003 was adopted, with 287,411,734 votes cast for, 2,550,728 votes cast against, 1,132,910 votes abstained and no broker non-votes.
Item 5. Other Information
Restatement-Related Events
In July and August of 2002, Cal Turner, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, made voluntary payments to the Company totaling approximately $6.8 million in cash. Of such amount, approximately $6.0 million represented the value on April 10, 2002 of stock Mr. Turner acquired on April 7, 1999 and April 20, 2000 upon the exercise of stock options (net of the strike price of such options), which stock Mr. Turner continues to own, and approximately $0.8 million represented the value of performance-based bonuses received by Mr. Turner in April 1999 and April 2000. Mr. Turner voluntarily paid such amounts to the Company because the options vested and the performance bonuses were paid based on performance measures that were attained under the Company's originally reported financial results for the period covered by the Company's restatement. Those measures would not have been attained under the subsequently restated results.
Other Issues
Mr. David M. Wilds, a director of the Company since 1991, has served since August 1998 as one of two principal officers of The Family Office, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company that manages certain assets owned by members of the family of Cal Turner, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Wilds' position with The Family Office, LLC has been in addition to his primary employment as Chief Manager of Front Street LLC, general partner for 1st Avenue Partners, L.P. (from 1998 to present) and as President of Nelson Capital Partners III, L.P. (from 1995 to 1998). The managers of The Family Office, LLC consist of Mr. Turner and his three siblings. Prior to June 2002, Mr. Wilds was a member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee of the board. Accordingly, the Company's proxy statement under the heading "Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation" should be considered supplemented to reflect Mr. Wilds' relationship, as a principal officer of The Family Office, LLC, to the managers of that entity who may be considered equivalent to its board of directors.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Exhibits.
The exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed as a part of this report and such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
(1) A Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 11, 2002, was filed with the SEC in connection with an announcement regarding June 2002 sales results and the July 2002 sales outlook.
(2) A Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 24, 2002, was filed with the SEC in connection with an announcement regarding completion of the financing of the Company's previously announced $450 million revolving credit facility.
(3) A Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 6, 2002, was filed with the SEC in connection with an announcement regarding May 2002 sales results and the June 2002 sales outlook.
(4) A Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 4, 2002, was filed with the SEC in connection with an announcement and conference call regarding the Company's financial results for the first quarter of the 2002 fiscal year.
(5) A Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 3, 2002, was filed with the SEC in connection with an announcement regarding the appointment of David L. Bere to the Company's Board of Directors.
(6) A Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 24, 2002, was filed with the SEC in connection with an announcement regarding the entry of a final judgment and order approving the settlement of the securities class action lawsuit pending against the Company.
(7) A Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 9, 2002, was filed with the SEC in connection with an announcement regarding April 2002 sales results and the May 2002 sales outlook.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ James J. Hagan -------------------------------- James J. Hagan Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) August 28, 2002 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit ----------- ---------------------- 3(ii) By-laws, as amended effective June 3, 2002 10.1 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2002, by and among Dollar General Corporation, Suntrust Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, KeyBank National Association, U.S. Bank National Association, and the lenders from time to time party thereto 10.2 364-day Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2002, by and among Dollar General Corporation, Suntrust Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, KeyBank National Association, U.S. Bank National Association, and the lenders from time to time party thereto |
Exhibit 3(ii)
BYLAWS
OF
Dollar General Corporation-TN (the "Corporation")
ARTICLE I.
OFFICES
The Corporation may have such offices, either within or without the State of Tennessee, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the Corporation may require from time to time.
ARTICLE II.
SHAREHOLDERS
A record date fixed for a shareholders' meeting is effective for any adjournment of such meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than four (4) months after the date fixed for the original meeting.
each shareholder. The shareholders' list will be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two (2) business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the Corporation's principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder or his or her agent or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and, subject to the requirements of the Tennessee Business Corporation Act (the "Act"), to copy the list, during regular business hours and at his or her expense, during the period it is available for inspection.
Unless otherwise provided in the Charter, directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
(i) the shareholder is an entity and the name signed purports to be that of an officer or agent of the entity;
(ii) the name signed purports to be that of a fiduciary representing the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the Corporation has been presented with respect to such shareholder document;
(iii) the name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable to the Corporation has been presented with respect to the shareholder document;
(iv) the name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner or attorney-in-fact of the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence acceptable to the Corporation of the signatory's authority to sign for the shareholder has been presented with respect to such shareholder document; or
(v) two or more persons are the shareholder as co-tenants or fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one (1) of the co-owners, and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all the co-owners.
The Corporation is entitled to reject a shareholder document if the Secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has a reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature on such shareholder document or about the signatory's authority to sign for the shareholder.
The action must be evidenced by one (1) or more written consents describing the action taken, at least one of which is signed by each shareholder entitled to vote on the action in one (1) or more counterparts, indicating such signing shareholder's vote or abstention on the action and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or for filing with the corporate records.
If the Act or the Charter requires that notice of a proposed action be given to nonvoting shareholders and the action is to be taken by consent of the voting shareholders, then the Corporation shall give its nonvoting shareholders written notice of the proposed action at least ten (10) days before such action is taken. Such notice shall contain or be accompanied by the same material that would have been required to be sent
to nonvoting shareholders in a notice of a meeting at which the proposed action would have been submitted to the shareholders for action.
In the case of any nomination by a shareholder, each such notice shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) the name, age, business address, and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, and (iv) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies with respect to nominees for election as directors, pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including
without limitation such person's written consent to being named in the proxy
statement as a nominee and to serving as a director, if elected); and (b) as to
the shareholder giving the notice (i) the name and address, as they appear on
the Corporation's books, of such shareholder, and (ii) the class and number of
shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such shareholder; and
(c) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder
and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons)
pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the
shareholder. The presiding officer of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the
nomination of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
A shareholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a brief description of the proposal desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of the shareholder proposing such business, (c) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the shareholder, and (d) any financial interest of the shareholder in such proposal.
Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.13. The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that new business or any shareholder proposal was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.13, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business or proposal not properly brought before the meeting shall not be acted upon at the meeting. This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval or
disapproval at the annual meeting of reports of officers, directors and committees, but in connection with such reports, no new business shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated and filed as herein provided.
Meetings of the shareholders generally shall follow accepted rules of parliamentary procedure subject to the following:
(a) The presiding officer of the meeting shall have absolute authority over the matters of procedure, and there shall be no appeal from the ruling of the presiding officer. If, in his or her absolute discretion, the presiding officer deems it advisable to dispense with the rules of parliamentary procedure as to any meeting of shareholders or part thereof, he or she shall so state and shall state the rules under which the meeting or appropriate part thereof shall be conducted.
(b) If disorder should arise which prevents the continuation of the legitimate business of the meeting, the presiding officer may quit the chair and announce the adjournment of the meeting, and upon so doing, the meeting will immediately be adjourned.
(c) The presiding officer may ask or require that anyone not a bona fide shareholder or proxy leave the meeting.
(d) The resolution or motion shall be considered for vote only if proposed by a shareholder or a duly authorized proxy and seconded by a shareholder or duly authorized proxy other than the individual who proposed the resolution or motion.
(e) Except as the President, Chief Executive Officer, or chairman may permit, no matter shall be presented to the meeting which has not been submitted for inclusion in the agenda at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting.
ARTICLE III.
DIRECTORS
at which the adjournment is taken, and if the period of adjournment does not exceed one (1) month in any one (1) adjournment.
(i) he or she objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his or her arrival) to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting;
(ii) his or her dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or
(iii) he or she delivers written notice of his or her dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the Corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.
number of directors that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting is the act of the Board of Directors. Such action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, at least one of which is signed by each director, indicating the director's vote or abstention on the action, which consents shall be included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. Action taken by consent is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date.
3.10 Removal of Directors. --------------------- (a) By Shareholders. The shareholders may remove one (1) or more directors --------------- |
with or without cause unless the Charter provides that directors may be removed only for cause. If cumulative voting is authorized, a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him or her under cumulative voting is voted against his or her removal. If cumulative voting is not authorized, a director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove him or her exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove him or her.
ARTICLE IV.
COMMITTEES
Unless the Charter otherwise provides, the Board of Directors may create one (1) or more committees, each consisting of one (1) or more members. All members of committees of the Board of Directors which exercise powers of the Board of Directors must be members of the Board of Directors and serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
The creation of a committee and appointment of a member or members to it must be approved by the greater of (i) a majority of all directors in office when the action is taken or (ii) the number of directors required by the Charter or these Bylaws to take action.
Unless otherwise provided in the Act, to the extent specified by the Board of Directors or in the Charter, each committee may exercise the authority of the Board of Directors. All such committees and their members shall be governed by the same statutory requirements regarding meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, quorum and voting requirements as are applicable to the Board of Directors and its members.
ARTICLE V.
OFFICERS
The Board of Directors may remove any officer at any time with or without cause, but such removal shall not prejudice the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.
Any vacancy in an office for any reason may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors.
another corporation (and, in either case, such person's heirs, executors and administrators), to the full extent allowed by the laws of the State of Tennessee, both as now in effect and as hereafter adopted. The Corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation who is not a director or officer (and such person's heirs, executors and administrators) to the same extent as to a director or officer, if the Board of Directors determines that doing so is in the best interests of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
SHARES OF STOCK
person to whom the certificate is issued, (iv) the number of shares represented thereby, (v) the class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, which the certificate represents, and (vi) such other information as applicable law may require or as may be lawful.
If the Corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series within a class, the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations determined for each series (and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for future series) shall be summarized on the front or back of each certificate. Alternatively, each certificate shall state on its front or back that the Corporation will furnish the shareholder this information in writing, without charge, upon request.
Each certificate of stock issued by the Corporation shall be signed (either manually or in facsimile) by any two officers of the Corporation. If the person who signed a certificate no longer holds office when the certificate is issued, the certificate is nonetheless valid.
Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by (i) the holder of record thereof, (ii) by his or her legal representative, who, upon request of the Corporation, shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or (iii) his or her attorney, authorized by a power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or a duly appointed transfer agent. Such transfers shall be made only upon surrender, if applicable, of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.
No certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed or stolen except on production of evidence, satisfactory to the Board of Directors, of such loss, destruction or theft, and, if the Board of Directors so requires, upon the furnishing of an indemnity bond in such amount and with such terms and such surety as the Board of Directors may in its discretion require.
ARTICLE VII.
CORPORATE ACTIONS
The Board of Directors may, from time to time, declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares of capital stock in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by applicable law. The record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the payment of any dividend shall be determined by the Board of Directors, but which in any event shall not be less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such payment.
ARTICLE VIII.
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board of Directors, and in the absence of such determination, shall be the calendar year.
ARTICLE IX.
CORPORATE SEAL
The Corporation shall not have a corporate seal.
ARTICLE X.
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
These Bylaws may be altered, amended, repealed or restated, and new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock represented at such meeting, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are present at any regular or special meeting.
ARTICLE XI.
NOTICE
Unless otherwise provided for in these Bylaws, any notice required shall be in writing except that oral notice is effective if it is reasonable under the circumstances and not prohibited by the Charter or these Bylaws. Notice may be communicated in person; by telephone, telegraph, teletype or other form of wire or wireless communication; or by mail or private carrier. If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published; or by radio, television or other form of public broadcast communication. Written notice to a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Tennessee may be addressed to its registered agent at its registered office or to the corporation or its secretary at its principal office as shown in its most recent annual report or, in the case of a foreign corporation that has not yet delivered an annual report, in its application for a certificate of authority.
Written notice to shareholders, if in a comprehensible form, is effective when mailed, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the shareholder's address shown in the Corporation's current record of shareholders. Except as provided above, written notice, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following: (a) when received; (b) five (5) days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed correctly addressed and with first class postage affixed thereon; (c) on the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee; or (d) twenty (20) days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark if mailed correctly addressed, and with other than first class, registered or certified postage affixed. Oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION
COUNTERPART
3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of June 21, 2002
among
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
as Borrower
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
as Syndication Agent
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Co-Documentation Agents
and
SUNTRUST BANK
as Administrative Agent
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY CAPITAL MARKETS,
a division of SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., as Sole Lead Arranger
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION..............................................................1 Section 1.1. Definitions............................................................................1 Section 1.2. Classifications of Loans and Borrowings...............................................23 Section 1.3. Accounting Terms and Determination....................................................23 Section 1.4. Terms Generally.......................................................................24 ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENTS...................................................24 Section 2.1. General Description of Facilities.....................................................24 Section 2.2. Revolving Loans.......................................................................24 Section 2.3. Procedure for Revolving Borrowings....................................................25 Section 2.4. Swingline Loans.......................................................................25 Section 2.5. Procedure for Swingline Borrowings....................................................25 Section 2.6. Funding of Revolving Borrowings.......................................................27 Section 2.7. Interest Elections for Revolving Borrowings...........................................27 Section 2.8. Optional Reduction and Termination of Commitments.....................................28 Section 2.9. Repayment of Loans....................................................................29 Section 2.10. Evidence of Indebtedness..............................................................29 Section 2.11. Optional Prepayments..................................................................30 Section 2.12. Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions.......................................30 Section 2.13. Interest on Loans.....................................................................32 Section 2.14. Fees..................................................................................33 Section 2.15. Computation of Interest and Fees......................................................34 Section 2.16. Inability to Determine Interest Rates.................................................34 Section 2.17. Illegality............................................................................34 Section 2.18. Increased Costs.......................................................................35 Section 2.19. Funding Indemnity.....................................................................36 Section 2.20. Taxes.................................................................................36 Section 2.21. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs...........................38 Section 2.22. Mitigation of Obligations.............................................................40 Section 2.23. Letters of Credit.....................................................................40 ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT...................................45 Section 3.1. Conditions To Effectiveness...........................................................45 Section 3.2. Each Credit Event.....................................................................48 Section 3.3. Delivery of Documents.................................................................49 ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES........................................................49 Section 4.1. Existence; Power......................................................................49 Section 4.2. Organizational Power; Authorization...................................................49 Section 4.3. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts..................................................49 Section 4.4. Financial Statements..................................................................50 Section 4.5. Litigation and Environmental Matters..................................................50 Section 4.6. Compliance with Laws..................................................................50 |
Table of Contents ----------------- (continued) Section 4.7. Investment Company Act, Etc...........................................................51 Section 4.8. Taxes.................................................................................51 Section 4.9. Margin Regulations....................................................................51 Section 4.10. ERISA.................................................................................51 Section 4.11. Ownership of Property.................................................................52 Section 4.12. Insurance.............................................................................53 Section 4.13. Disclosure............................................................................53 Section 4.14. Labor Relations.......................................................................54 Section 4.15. Status of Certain Agreements and Other Matters........................................54 Section 4.16. Subsidiaries..........................................................................55 ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.................................................................55 Section 5.1. Financial Statements and Other Information............................................55 Section 5.2. Notices of Material Events............................................................57 Section 5.3. Existence; Conduct of Business........................................................58 Section 5.4. Compliance with Laws, Etc.............................................................58 Section 5.5. Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations................................................58 Section 5.6. Books and Records.....................................................................58 Section 5.7. Visitation, Inspection, Etc...........................................................58 Section 5.8. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance..................................................59 Section 5.9. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit.................................................59 Section 5.10. Additional Subsidiaries...............................................................59 Section 5.11. Further Assurances....................................................................60 0ARTICLE VI FINANCIAL COVENANTS...................................................................60 Section 6.1. Funded Debt to EBITDAR Ratio..........................................................60 Section 6.2. EBITR to Interest and Rents Ratio.....................................................60 Section 6.3. Asset Coverage Ratio..................................................................61 Section 6.4. Consolidated Net Worth................................................................61 Section 6.5. Capital Expenditures..................................................................61 ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS....................................................................61 Section 7.1. Indebtedness..........................................................................61 Section 7.2. Liens.................................................................................63 Section 7.3. Fundamental Changes...................................................................63 Section 7.4. Investments, Loans, Etc...............................................................64 Section 7.5. Restricted Payments...................................................................65 Section 7.6. Sale of Assets........................................................................66 Section 7.7. Transactions with Affiliates..........................................................66 Section 7.8. Restrictive Agreements................................................................67 Section 7.9. Sale and Leaseback Transactions.......................................................67 Section 7.10. Acquisitions..........................................................................67 Section 7.11. Hedging Transactions..................................................................67 |
Table of Contents ----------------- (continued) Section 7.12. Actions Relating to Indenture and Senior Notes........................................68 Section 7.13. Accounting Changes....................................................................68 ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT.....................................................................68 Section 8.1. Events of Default.....................................................................68 ARTICLE IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT..............................................................71 Section 9.1. Appointment of Administrative Agent; Status of Issuing Bank...........................71 Section 9.2. Nature of Duties of Administrative Agent..............................................72 Section 9.3. Lack of Reliance on the Administrative Agent..........................................72 Section 9.4. Certain Rights of the Administrative Agent............................................73 Section 9.5. Reliance by Administrative Agent......................................................73 Section 9.6. The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity...................................73 Section 9.7. Successor Administrative Agent........................................................74 ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................74 Section 10.1. Notices...............................................................................74 Section 10.2. Waiver; Amendments....................................................................76 Section 10.3. Expenses; Indemnification.............................................................77 Section 10.4. Successors and Assigns................................................................78 Section 10.5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process............................80 Section 10.6. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL..................................................................81 Section 10.7. Right of Setoff.......................................................................81 Section 10.8. Counterparts; Integration.............................................................82 Section 10.9. Survival..............................................................................82 Section 10.10. Severability..........................................................................82 Section 10.11. Confidentiality.......................................................................82 Section 10.12. Interest Rate Limitation..............................................................83 |
Exhibit A-1 Form of Revolving Credit Note Exhibit A-2 Form of Swingline Note Exhibit B Form of Assignment and Acceptance Exhibit C Form of Guaranty Agreement Exhibit D Form of Contribution Agreement Exhibit 2.3 Form of Notice of Revolving Borrowing Exhibit 2.5 Form of Notice of Swingline Borrowing Exhibit 2.9 Form of Continuation/Conversion Exhibit 2.23 Form of LC Notice |
Schedule 1.1-A Applicable Margins and Applicable Percentages Schedule 1.1-B Mortgaged Non-Retail Properties Schedule 1.1-C Mortgaged Retail Properties Schedule 4.1 Subsidiaries Not Qualified or in Good Standing Schedule 4.5 Litigation and Environmental Matters Schedule 4.10 ERISA Exceptions Schedule 4.14 Subsidiaries Schedule 7.1 Existing Indebtedness Schedule 7.2 Existing Liens Schedule 7.4 Existing Investments |
THIS 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of June 21, 2002, by and among DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, a Tennessee corporation (the "Borrower"), the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time party hereto (the "Lenders"), SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacities as Issuing Bank (the "Issuing Bank"), and as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent"), and Collateral Agent (the "Collateral Agent") for the Lenders, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, as Syndication Agent for the Lenders (the "Syndication Agent"), and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation Agents for the Lenders (the "Co-Documentation Agents").
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders establish a $300,000,000 revolving credit facility in favor of the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders severally, to the extent of their respective Commitments as defined herein, are willing to establish the requested revolving credit facility in favor of the Borrower;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
"Acquisition" shall mean the acquisition by any of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of any of the following: (i) the controlling interest in any Person, (ii) the capital stock or other equity securities or ownership interests in any Subsidiary not already owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) all or substantially all of the assets of any Person or a division, line of business, or business segment of any Person.
"Adjusted LIBO Rate" shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) LIBOR for such Interest Period by (ii) a percentage equal to 1.00 minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
"Administrative Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the opening paragraph hereof.
"Administrative Questionnaire" shall mean, with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent duly completed by such Lender.
"Affiliate" shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, "Control" shall mean the power, directly or indirectly, either to (i) vote 10% or more of securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of a Person or (ii) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms "Controlling", "Controlled by", and "under common Control with" have meanings correlative thereto.
"Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount" shall mean the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in effect from time to time. On the Closing Date, the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount equals $300,000,000.
"Aggregate Revolving Commitments" shall mean at any time, collectively, all Revolving Commitments of all Lenders in effect at such time.
"Agreement" shall mean this 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, and supplemented from time to time.
"Applicable Lending Office" shall mean, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the "Lending Office" of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) designated for such Type of Loan in the Administrative Questionnaire submitted by such Lender or such other office of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the office through which its Loans of such Type are to be made and maintained.
"Applicable Margin" shall mean, with respect to all Loans outstanding on any date, the percentage per annum determined by reference to the applicable Debt Rating in effect on such date with respect to Eurodollar Loans as set forth on the Pricing Grid. Notwithstanding the above, if (i) the Moody's Rating and the S&P Rating shall fall within different Levels of the Pricing Grid, the lower of the two different Levels will apply, or (ii) either S&P or Moody's shall cease to have its applicable Debt Rating in effect, then the remaining Debt Rating shall apply, or (iii) both S&P and Moody's shall cease to have an applicable Debt Rating in effect, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend the Pricing Grid (which amendment shall require the consent of each of the Lenders) to reflect the unavailability of the Debt Ratings from such rating agencies, provided, however that, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the applicable Debt Rating for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin shall be Level VI. A change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Debt Rating shall be effective on the day on which either Moody's or S&P changes its Debt Rating and shall continue until the day prior to the day that a further change by either Moody's or S&P becomes effective.
"Apportioned Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Net Proceeds, an amount equal to the pro rata share of such Net Proceeds based on the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount then in effect under this Agreement and the "Aggregate Commitment Amount" then in effect under the 364-Day Credit Agreement.
"Approved Fund" means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business, that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender, and that in any case has been approved by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank hereunder.
"Asset Coverage Ratio" shall mean, as of any date, the ratio of (i) Eligible Inventory as of such date to (ii) Consolidated Funded Debt as of such date.
"Availability Period" shall mean the period from the Closing Date to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
"Base Rate" shall mean the higher of (i) the per annum rate which the Administrative Agent publicly announces from time to time to be its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time, and (ii) the Federal Funds Rate, as in effect from time to time, plus one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum. The Administrative Agent's prime lending rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate charged to customers. The Administrative Agent may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Administrative Agent's prime lending rate. Each change in the Administrative Agent's prime lending rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
"Borrower" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
"Borrowing" shall mean a borrowing consisting of (i) Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (ii) a Swingline Loan.
"Business Day" shall mean (i) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Atlanta, Georgia are authorized or required by law to close, and (ii) if such day relates to a Borrowing of, a payment or prepayment of principal or interest on, a conversion of or into, or an Interest Period for, a Eurodollar Loan or a notice with respect to any of the foregoing, any day on which dealings in Dollars are carried on in the London interbank market.
"Capital Expenditures" shall mean, for any period and without duplication,
(i) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital
expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are (or would be) set
forth on a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period
prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person shall mean all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease (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" shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower to any Person or "group" (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in effect on the date hereof), (ii) 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) acting in concert acquiring beneficial ownership of 30% or more of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the Borrower; (iii) during any period of 12 consecutive calendar months, Continuing Directors shall cease to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower, or (iv) any event or condition shall occur or exist which, pursuant to the terms of any change of control provision, requires or permits the holder(s) of Indebtedness of any Loan Party which individually or in the aggregate is equal to or exceeds $10,000,000 to require that such Indebtedness be redeemed, repurchased, defeased, prepaid or repaid, in whole or in part, or the maturity of such Indebtedness to be accelerated in any respect.
"Change in Law" shall mean (i) the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (ii) any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or application thereof, by any Governmental
Authority after the date of this Agreement, or (iii) compliance by any Lender
(or its Applicable Lending Office) or the Issuing Bank (or for purposes of
Section 2.18(b), by such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company, if
applicable) 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.
"Class", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans, and when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or a Swingline Commitment.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time.
"Collateral" shall mean, collectively, the Mortgaged Properties and all other collateral described from time to time in the Security Documents.
"Collateral Agent" shall mean SunTrust Bank, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders under the Security Documents.
"Collateral Documents" shall mean, collectively, the Mortgages, the
Environmental Indemnity Agreement, the UCC Financing Statements, the owners'
affidavits in respect of the Mortgaged Properties, and all other instruments,
agreements and documents executed and delivered by any of the Borrower and the
Guarantors pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement, or the Mortgages in
respect of the Collateral, whether pursuant to Section 3.1, Section 5.10,
Section 5.11 or otherwise.
"Commitment" shall mean a Revolving Commitment or a Swingline Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context shall permit or require).
"Consolidated Adjusted Funded Debt" shall mean, as of any date of determination for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (i) Consolidated Funded Debt as of such date and, (ii) without duplication, (A) the present value (determined based on a discount rate of ten percent (10%) in accordance with discounted present value analytical technology) as of such date, of all remaining payments due under leases and financing obligations (excluding capital leases already included in the calculation of Consolidated Funded Debt), whether for retail stores, distribution centers, administrative office space, furniture, fixtures, equipment, or other tangible assets, and (B) all other Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated EBITDAR" shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, an amount equal to the sum of (i) Consolidated EBITR for such period, and (ii) to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, depreciation and amortization for such period, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated EBITR" shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, an amount equal to the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (ii) to the extent deducted in determining the Consolidated Net Income for such period (x) Consolidated Interest Expense, (y) income tax expense, and (z) Consolidated Rent Expense, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Funded Debt" shall mean, as of any date of determination, all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (other than in respect of commercial letters of credit and Indebtedness of the types described in clauses (x) and (xi) of the definition of the term Indebtedness), including without limitation, all Obligations and all "Obligations" as such term is defined in the 364-Day Credit Agreement.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" shall mean, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for any period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP, the sum of (i) total interest expense (net of interest income),
including without limitation, the interest component of any payments in respect
of capital leases capitalized or expensed during such period (whether or not
actually paid during such period, and any program costs incurred in respect of
any accounts receivable securitization or other financing arrangement), plus
(ii) the net amount payable (or minus the net amount receivable) with respect to
Hedging Obligations during such period (whether or not actually paid or received
during such period).
"Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean, as of any date of determination, the shareholders' equity of the Borrower, as set forth or reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any redeemable preferred stock.
"Consolidated Rent Expense" shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate amount of all rental payments (including both minimum and contingent rents) during such period in respect of all lease agreements and financing obligations (excluding any amounts in respect of capital leases or financing obligations included in the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense for such period), whether for retail stores, distribution centers, administrative office space, furniture, fixtures, equipment, or other tangible assets.
"Contractual Obligation" of any Person shall mean any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking under which such Person is obligated or by which it or any of the property in which it has an interest is bound.
"Continuing Directors" shall mean, with respect to any period of twelve
(12) consecutive calendar months, any member of the board of directors of the
Borrower who (a) was a member of such board of directors on the first day of
such period or (b) was nominated for election or elected to such board of
directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were
members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination or election.
"DGI" shall mean Dollar General Investment, Inc., a Delaware corporation that is a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
"DGI Loans" shall mean, collectively, the intercompany loans made by DGI to the Mortgagors (other than the Borrower) from the proceeds of the initial Loans under the Related Revolving Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $320,000,000 for the purpose of providing funds for refinancing and replacing the outstanding Indebtedness under the Existing Synthetic Leases encumbering the Mortgaged Properties, which intercompany loans (i) provide by their terms that (x) no principal payments on such intercompany loans are to be made during any time that any Obligations remain outstanding, or any Commitments remain in effect, under either of the Related Revolving Credit Facilities without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, (y) the principal amounts of such intercompany loans shall be deemed paid and satisfied, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, in an amount equal to any payments of principal amounts of the Obligations outstanding under either of the Related Revolving Credit Facilities made by the respective Mortgagors pursuant to the requirements of any Guarantees given by such Mortgagors in respect of such Obligations, and (z) payment of such intercompany loans are subordinated to the prior payment in full of all Obligations of the Mortgagors under their respective Guarantees given in respect of the Obligations under the Related Revolving Credit Facilities, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (ii) shall otherwise be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
"Debt Rating" shall mean the Moody's Rating and the S&P's Rating, as the case may be.
"Default" shall mean any condition or event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Development Authority" shall mean the Industrial Development Authority of Davidson County.
"Dollar(s)" and the sign "$" shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
"Eligible Assignee" means (i) a Lender; (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender;
(iii) an Approved Fund; and (iv) any other Person (other than a natural Person)
approved by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If the consent of the Borrower to an
assignment to an Eligible Assignee is required hereunder, the Borrower shall be
deemed to have given its consent five Business Days after the date notice
thereof has actually been delivered by the assigning Lender (through the
Administrative Agent) to the Borrower, unless such consent is expressly refused
by the Borrower prior to such fifth Business Day.
"Eligible Inventory" shall mean inventory of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries valued at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined using the retail last-in, first-out method, all as properly reflected on the Borrower's consolidated balance sheet and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Environmental Indemnity Agreement" shall mean the Hazardous Materials Indemnity Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002 executed by the Borrower and certain of the Guarantors in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, as the same may be amended, restated and supplemented from time to time.
"Environmental Laws" shall mean all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by or with 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" shall mean any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation and remediation, costs of administrative oversight, fines, natural resource damages, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (i) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (iii) any actual or alleged exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (iv) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (v) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated), which, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for the 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" shall mean (i) 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); (ii) 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; (iii)
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; (iv) 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;
(v) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan
administrator appointed by the PBGC of any notice relating to an intention to
terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (vi)
the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (vii) 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 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 refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
"Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" shall mean the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental, special or other marginal reserves) expressed as a decimal (rounded upwards to the next 1/100th of 1%) in effect on any day to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate pursuant to regulations issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "eurocurrency liabilities" under Regulation D). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D. The Eurodollar Reserve Percentage shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
"Excluded Taxes" shall mean 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 Borrower hereunder, (i) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by any United States local, state or federal governmental authority, 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, or any
"Existing Credit Agreement" shall mean that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 2, 1997, by and among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and SunTrust Bank, formerly known as SunTrust Bank, Nashville, N.A., as agent, as amended and in effect as of the Closing Date.
"Existing Letter of Credit" shall mean the irrevocable letter of credit issued by SunTrust Bank dated December 6, 2001 (Letter of Credit No. NSH/F400698) to Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America and certain other beneficiaries in the stated amount of $12,000,000, together with all extensions, renewals, modifications and replacements thereof.
"Existing Synthetic Leases" shall mean, collectively, (i) the Lease Agreement, dated as of September 2, 1997, between the Borrower and Atlantic Financial Group, Ltd., a Texas limited liability partnership ("AFG"), and the Master Lease Agreement, dated as of September 2, 1997, among the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries, SunTrust Bank (formerly known as SunTrust Bank, Atlanta), and AFG, and (ii) the Lease Agreement, dated as of June 11, 1999, between the Borrower and AFG, and the Master Lease Agreement, dated as of June 11, 1999, between the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries, SunTrust Bank (formerly known as SunTrust Bank, Atlanta), and AFG.
"Federal Funds Rate" shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next succeeding Business Day or if such rate is not so published for any Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1% of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.
"Fee Letter" shall mean that certain fee letter, dated as of March 11, 2002, executed by SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. and SunTrust Bank and accepted by the Borrower.
"Fiscal Quarter" shall mean a fiscal quarter of the Borrower.
"Fiscal Year" shall mean a fiscal year of the Borrower.
"Foreign Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a U.S. Subsidiary.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
"Guarantors" shall mean each U.S. Subsidiary of the Borrower now existing or hereafter acquired.
"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.
"Hedging Obligations" of any Person shall mean any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired under (i) any and all Hedging Transactions, (ii) any and all cancellations, unwinds, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging Transactions, and (iii) any and all renewals, extensions and modifications of any Hedging Transactions and any and all substitutions and replacements for any Hedging Transactions.
"Hedging Transaction" of any Person shall mean any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into by such Person that is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collateral transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial measures.
"Indemnified Taxes" shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
"Indenture" shall mean, collectively, that certain Indenture, dated as of June 21, 2001, by and among the Borrower, as issuer, the Guarantors, as Guarantors, and First Union National Bank, as trustee, either as originally executed or as the same may from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, renewed or extended as permitted herein.
"Information Memorandum" shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum dated May 2002 relating to the Borrower and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(i) the initial Interest Period for such Borrowing shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of another Type), and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;
(ii) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(iii) any Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar month; and
(iv) no Interest Period may extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
"LC Disbursement" shall mean a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
"LC Documents" shall mean the Letters of Credit and all applications, agreements and instruments relating to the Letters of Credit.
"LC Exposure" shall mean, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender shall be its Pro Rata Share of the total LC Exposures for all Lenders at such time.
"Lenders" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the opening
paragraph of this Agreement and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall
include the Swingline Lender.
"Level" shall mean the respective category assigned to each applicable Debt Rating of S&P and Moody's as set forth on the Pricing Grid, being Levels I through VI.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, encumbrance, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, or other arrangement having the practical effect of the foregoing or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
"Loan Documents" shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes (if any), the LC Documents, the Security Documents, the Post-Closing Agreement, all Notices of Borrowing, all LC Notices, all Notices of Conversion/Continuation, and any and all other instruments, agreements, documents and writings executed in connection with any of the foregoing.
"Loan Parties" shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
"Loans" shall mean all Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans in the aggregate or any of them, as the context shall require.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean, with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singularly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences whether or not related, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, (i) the results of
operations, financial condition or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their respective obligations under the Loan Documents, (iii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender, or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, or (iv) the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.
"Material Indebtedness" shall mean Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of any Hedging Obligation at any time shall be the Net Mark-to-Market Exposure of such Hedging Obligation at such time.
"Moody's" shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc and its successors.
"Moody's Rating" shall mean, at any time, the rating assigned by Moody's to the Borrower's senior unsecured long-term, non-credit enhanced debt at such time or, if such rating is not then available, Moody's long-term unsecured debt issuer rating of the Borrower then in effect.
"Mortgaged Properties" shall mean, collectively, the Mortgaged Retail Properties and the Mortgaged Non-Retail Properties.
"Mortgages" shall mean, collectively, the first-priority mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt and related security agreements and assignments of leases and rents in respect of the Mortgaged Properties given by certain of the Loan Parties in favor of the Collateral Agent to secure the Secured Obligations.
"Mortgagors" shall mean, collectively, each of the Loan Parties that owns (or, in the case of the Headquarters Property, leases from the Development Authority) one or more of the Mortgaged Properties.
"Multiemployer Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Net Mark-to-Market Exposure" of any Person shall mean, as of any date of determination with respect to any Hedging Obligation, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from such Hedging Obligation. "Unrealized losses" shall mean the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing the Hedging Transaction giving rise to such Hedging Obligation as of the date of determination (assuming the Hedging Transaction was to be terminated as of that date), and "unrealized profits" means the
fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Hedging Transaction as of the date of determination (assuming such Hedging Transaction were to be terminated as of such date of determination).
"Non-U.S. Lender" shall mean any Lender that is not a United States person under Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code.
"Notes" shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swingline Note.
"Notices of Borrowing" shall mean, collectively, the Notices of Revolving Borrowing and the Notices of Swingline Borrowing.
"Obligations" shall mean all amounts owing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and all Lenders pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document, including without limitation, all principal, interest (including any interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), all reimbursement obligations, fees, expenses, indemnification and reimbursement payments, costs and expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent and any Lender incurred pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising hereunder or thereunder, and all Hedging Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their Affiliates incurred in respect of any interest accruing on the Loans, and all obligations and liabilities incurred in connection with collecting and enforcing the foregoing, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings thereof.
"Operating Lease Obligations" of any Person shall mean all obligations of such Person to pay rent and other amounts under any lease (or other arrangements conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as operating leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP.
"OSHA" shall mean the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"Other Taxes" shall mean 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, any Note, or any other Loan Document.
"Payment Office" shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent located at 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308, or such other location as to which the Administrative Agent shall have given written notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders.
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA, and any successor entity performing similar functions.
"Permitted Encumbrances" shall mean
(i) Liens imposed by law for taxes or special assessments not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other Liens imposed by law created in the ordinary course of business for amounts not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements;
(iv) 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;
(v) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default or Liens created by or existing from any litigation or legal proceeding that are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP; and
(vi) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
"Permitted Investments" shall mean:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(ii) commercial paper having the highest rating, at the time of acquisition thereof, of S&P or Moody's and in either case maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(iii) certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days of 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 or any state thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(iv) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (i) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (iii) above; and
(v) mutual funds investing solely in any one or more of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
"Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other entity, or any Governmental Authority.
"Plan" shall mean 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.
"Post-Closing Agreement" shall mean the Agreement Regarding Post-Closing Matters dated as of June 21, 2002, among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, restated and supplemented from time to time.
"Prepayment Event" shall mean (a) any sale, transfer or other disposition of a Mortgaged Property (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction), (b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding (or settlement in respect thereof) of, any Mortgaged Property (but only to the extent that the Net Proceeds therefrom have not been applied to repair, restore or replace such property within 180 days of the later of the date of such casualty or the receipt of such Net Proceeds after such event), (c) any issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower of any equity or debt securities, and (d) any making of principal payments to DGI in respect of the DGI Loans.
"Pro Rata Share" shall mean, with respect to any Commitment of any Lender at any time, a percentage, the numerator of which shall be such Lender's Commitment (or if such Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have been declared to be due and payable, such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure), and the denominator of which shall be the sum of such Commitments of all Lenders (or if such Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have been declared to be due and payable, all Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders).
"Regulation D" shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any successor regulations.
"Related Revolving Credit Facilities" shall mean, collectively, the revolving credit facilities made available to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement and the 364-Day Credit Agreement.
"Related Parties" shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person's Affiliates.
"Release" means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or within any building, structure, facility or fixture.
"Required Lenders" shall mean, at any time, Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding Revolving Commitments at such time or, if no Revolving Commitments are then outstanding, then Lenders having more than 50% of the Revolving Credit Exposures of all Lenders.
"Requirement of Law" for any Person shall mean the articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws, partnership agreement, certificate of limited partnership, articles of organization, limited liability company operating and/or management agreement, or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulations, or determination of a 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.
"Responsible Officer" shall mean any of the president, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or a vice president of the Borrower or such other representative of the Borrower as may be designated in writing by any one of the foregoing with the consent of the Administrative Agent; and, with respect to the financial covenants only, the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Borrower.
"Revolving Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower and to participate in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the amount set forth with respect to such Lender on the signature pages to this Agreement, or in the case of a Person becoming a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount of the assigned "Revolving Commitment" as provided in the Assignment and Acceptance executed by such Person as an assignee, in each case as the same may be increased or decreased pursuant to the terms hereof.
"Revolving Credit Exposure" shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans, LC Exposure, and Swingline Exposure.
"Revolving Loan" shall mean a loan made by a Lender (other than the Swingline Lender) to the Borrower under its Revolving Commitment, which may either be a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's and its successors.
"S&P Rating" shall mean, at any time, the rating assigned by S&P to the Borrower's senior unsecured long-term, non-credit enhanced debt at such time or, if such rating is not then available, S&P's issuer credit rating of the Borrower then in effect.
"SEC Investigation" shall mean the investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into the circumstances giving rise to the Borrower's restatement of its audited financial statements for its Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 and its unaudited financial statements and information released prior to April 30, 2001, for its Fiscal Year 2000, and all related governmental investigations and regulatory actions and proceedings.
"Secured Obligations" shall mean, collectively, the Obligations as provided in this Agreement, the "Obligations" as defined in the 364-Day Credit Agreement, and all other amounts described in the Collateral Documents as being secured thereby.
"Security Documents" shall mean, collectively, the Guaranty Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, and the Collateral Documents.
"Senior Notes" shall mean, collectively, the Borrower's 8 5/8% Notes due June 15, 2010, in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Shareholder Settlements" shall mean the aggregate amounts required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to any settlement arrangement(s), judgment(s), decree(s), and/or order(s) agreed by or entered against the Borrower in respect of shareholder litigation and related proceedings arising out of the Borrower's restatement of its audited financial statements for its Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 and its unaudited financial statements and information released prior to April 30, 2001, for its Fiscal Year 2000.
"Subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any Person (the "parent"), any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent's consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity (i) 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 (ii) 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. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to "Subsidiary" hereunder shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Swingline Commitment" shall mean the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000.
"Swingline Commitment Termination Date" shall mean the date that is five
(5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
"Swingline Lender" shall mean SunTrust Bank or any other Lender that may agree to make Swingline Loans hereunder.
"Swingline Loan" shall mean a loan made to the Borrower by the Swingline Lender under the Swingline Commitment.
"Swingline Loan Period" shall mean the period of time not more than 10 days, specified by the Borrower in respect of a Swingline Loan requested to be made bearing interest at a Swingline Quoted Rate.
"Synthetic Lease" means a lease transaction under which (i) the lease will be treated as an "operating lease" by the lessee pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, as amended and (ii) the lessee will be entitled to various tax and other benefits ordinarily available to owners (as opposed to lessees) of like property.
"Synthetic Lease Obligations" shall mean, with respect to any Person, the
sum of (i) all remaining rental obligations of such Person as lessee under
Synthetic Leases that are attributable to principal and, without duplication,
(ii) all rental and purchase price payment obligations of such Person under such
Synthetic Leases assuming such Person exercises the option to purchase the lease
property at the end of the lease term.
"Taxes" shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
"364-Day Credit Agreement" shall mean that certain 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002, by and among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, as the same may be amended, restated, and supplemented from time to time.
"Type", when used in reference to a 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 Base Rate.
"UCC Financing Statements" shall mean, collectively, the financing statements (including those describing fixtures on the Mortgaged Properties) to be filed in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the requirements of the Uniform Commercial Code of the various states where necessary or advisable under applicable law in order to perfect a lien on and security interest in such Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, together with all amendments thereto and assignments thereof.
"U.S. Subsidiary" shall mean a Subsidiary that is a United States person under Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code.
"Withdrawal Liability" shall mean 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.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENTS
Default), or (y) consisting solely of a conversion of an existing Eurodollar Borrowing to a Base Rate Borrowing).
Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of each Notice of Swingline Borrowing, and the Swingline Lender and the Borrower shall establish by mutual agreement the Swingline Quoted Rate. Each Swingline Loan shall accrue interest at the rate in effect for Base Rate Loans, or if applicable, the Swingline Quoted Rate. The aggregate principal amount of each Swingline Loan shall be not less than $100,000 (or the remaining unused amount of the Swingline Commitment, if less) or a larger multiple of $50,000, or such other minimum amounts agreed to by the Swingline Lender and the Borrower. The Swingline Lender will make the proceeds of each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower in Dollars in immediately available funds at the account specified by the Borrower in the applicable Notice of Swingline Borrowing not later than 3:00 p.m. on the requested date of such Swingline Loan. At no time shall the total number of Swingline Loans outstanding that bear interest based on a Swingline Quoted Rate exceed three.
(a) Each Lender will make available each Revolving Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer in immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m.(Atlanta, Georgia time) to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office. The Administrative Agent will make such Revolving Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts that it receives, in like funds by the close of business on such proposed date, to an account maintained by the Borrower with the Administrative Agent or at the Borrower's option, by effecting a wire transfer of such amounts to an account designated in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to 5:00 p.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the date of a Revolving Borrowing in which such Lender is participating that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender's share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance on such assumption, may make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest at the Federal Funds Rate for up to two (2) days and thereafter at the rate specified for such Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent's demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent together with interest at the rate specified for such Borrowing. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing hereunder or to prejudice any rights which the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
(c) All Revolving Borrowings shall be made by the Lenders on the basis of their respective Pro Rata Shares. No Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligations hereunder, and each Lender shall be obligated to make its Revolving Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to make its Revolving Loans hereunder.
(a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Notice of Revolving Borrowing, and in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Notice of Revolving Borrowing. Thereafter, the
Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing into a different Type or to continue such Borrowing, and in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Revolving Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(d) Upon receipt of any Notice of Conversion/Continuation, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender's portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(a) Unless previously terminated, all Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, and the Swingline Commitment shall terminate on the Swingline Commitment Termination Date.
(a) The outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans shall be due and payable (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
(b) The outstanding principal amount of each Swingline Loan shall be due and payable (together with accrued interest thereon) on the earlier of (i) the last day of the Swingline Loan Period of such Swingline Loan, and (ii) the Swingline Commitment Termination Date.
(b) At the request of any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) at any time, the Borrower agrees that it will execute and deliver to such Lender a Revolving Credit Note and, in the case of the Swingline Lender only, the Swingline Note, payable to the order of such Lender evidencing such Lender's Loans.
(a) The Borrower shall pay interest (i) on each Base Rate Loan at the Base Rate in effect from time to time, and (ii) on each Eurodollar Loan at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the applicable Interest Period in effect for such Loan, plus, in each case, the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time with respect to such Base Rate Loan or Eurodollar Loan, as the case may be. The Borrower shall pay interest on each Swingline Loan, other than a Base Rate Loan, at the Swingline Quoted Rate applicable to such Swingline Loan as in effect from time to time.
(b) While an Event of Default exists or after acceleration, unless otherwise agreed by the Required Lenders, the Borrower shall pay interest ("Default Interest") with respect to all Eurodollar Loans at the rate otherwise applicable hereunder for such Eurodollar Loans for the then-current Interest Period, plus an additional 2% per annum until the last day of such Interest Period, and thereafter, and with respect to all Base Rate Loans and all other Obligations hereunder (other than Loans), at the rate otherwise applicable hereunder for Base Rate Loans, plus an additional 2% per annum.
(c) Interest on the principal amount of all Loans shall accrue from and including the date such Loans are made to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof. Interest on all outstanding Base Rate Loans shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December, on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date (in respect of Revolving Loans), and on the Swingline Commitment Termination Date (in respect of Swingline Loans). Interest on all outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be payable on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto, and, in the case of any Eurodollar Loans having an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each day which occurs every three months, after the initial date of such Interest Period, and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date. Interest on all outstanding Swingline Loans, other than Base Rate Loans, shall be payable on the last day of each Swingline Loan Period applicable thereto and on the Swingline Commitment Termination Date. Interest on any Loan which is converted into a Loan of another Type or which is repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such conversion or on the date of any
such repayment or prepayment (on the amount repaid or prepaid) thereof. All Default Interest shall be payable on demand.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans hereunder and shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of such rate in writing (or by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing). Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account fees in the amounts and at the times previously agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a letter of credit fee with respect to its participation in each Letter of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans then in effect on the average daily amount of such Lender's LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to such Letter of Credit during the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the date on which such Letter of Credit expires or is drawn in full (including without limitation any LC Exposure that remains outstanding after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date) and (ii) to the Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) in respect of each Letter of Credit issued and outstanding during the Availability Period (or until the date that such Letter of Credit is irrevocably cancelled, whichever is later), as well as the Issuing Bank's standard fees with respect to issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder.
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be made in good faith and, absent manifest error, shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant interbank market, adequate means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender, as the case may be) of making, funding or maintaining their (or its, as the case may be) Eurodollar Loans for such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give written notice (or telephonic notice, promptly confirmed in writing) and a summary of the basis for such determination to the Borrower and to the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. Until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Loans or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) all such affected Eurodollar Loans shall be converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto unless the Borrower prepays such Loans in accordance with this Agreement. Unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least one Business Day before the date of any Eurodollar Borrowing for which a Notice of Borrowing has previously been given that it elects not to borrow on such date, then such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing.
foregoing, the affected Lender shall, prior to giving such notice to the Administrative Agent, designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation would avoid the need for giving such notice and if such designation would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in the good faith exercise of its discretion.
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Adjusted LIBO Rate hereunder against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or the Issuing Bank; or
(ii) impose on any Lender or on the Issuing Bank or the eurodollar interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or any Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or any participation therein;
and the result of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining a Eurodollar Loan or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in or issuing any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then the Borrower shall promptly pay, upon written notice from and demand by such Lender on the Borrower (with a copy of such notice and demand to the Administrative Agent), to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender or the Issuing Bank, within five Business Days after the date of such notice and demand, additional amount or amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have determined that on or after the date of this Agreement any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's capital (or on the capital of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company) as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's policies or the policies of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company with respect to capital adequacy) then, from time to time, within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of written demand by such Lender (with a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company, as the case may be, specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, prepared in good faith and accompanied by a statement describing in reasonable detail
the basis for and calculation of
such increased cost, shall be delivered to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) at the time of such Lender's demand therefor and shall be
conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) The Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank, within ten (10) Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any Governmental Authority paid where due by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment, or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Non-U.S. Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction
of withholding tax under the Code or any treaty to which the United States is a
party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times
prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will
permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Non-U.S. Lender agrees
that it will deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or in the
case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall
have been purchased), as appropriate, two (2) duly completed copies of (i)
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 ECI, or any successor form thereto, certifying
that the payments received from the Borrower hereunder are effectively connected
with such Non-U.S. Lender's conduct of a trade or business in the United States,
(ii) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN, or any successor form thereto,
certifying that such Non-U.S. Lender is entitled to benefits under an income tax
treaty to which the United States is a party which reduces the rate of
withholding tax on payments of interest, (iii) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8
BEN, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, together
with a certificate (A) establishing that the payment to the Non-U.S. Lender
qualifies as "portfolio interest" exempt from U.S. withholding tax under Code
section 871(h) or 881(c), and (B) stating that (1) the Non-U.S. Lender is not a
bank for purposes of Code section 881(c)(3)(A), or the obligation of the
Borrower hereunder is not, with respect to such Non-U.S. Lender,
a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business,
within the meaning of that section, (2) the Non-U.S. Lender is not a 10%
shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code section 871(h)(3) or
881(c)(3)(B), and (3) the Non-U.S. Lender is not a controlled foreign
corporation that is related to the Borrower within the meaning of Code section
881(c)(3)(C), or (iv) such other Internal Revenue Service forms as may be
applicable to the Non-U.S. Lender, including Forms W-8 IMY or W-8 EXP. Each such
Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such
forms on or before the date that it becomes a party to this Agreement (or in the
case of a Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the
related participation). In addition, each such Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver
such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously
delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Each such Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly
notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at any time that it determines
that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered
certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the
Internal Revenue Service for such purpose).
Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be made payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the
Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC
Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied
(i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably
among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest
and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal
and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC
Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim
or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any
of its Revolving Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans
that would result in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of
the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the
proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater
proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of
other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments
shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount
of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and
participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided, that (i) if
any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment
giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and
(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any
payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express
terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for
the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Revolving Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or
participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof
(as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower
consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the
foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and
counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were
a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount or amounts due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment
to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with then-current banking industry practices on interbank compensation.
utilize the Revolving Commitment of each Lender by an amount equal to the amount of such participation. Any Letter of Credit may provide for automatic renewal for additional subsequent periods of 12-months (but in no event to a date which is later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date).
(d) The Issuing Bank shall examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit promptly following its receipt thereof. The Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make a LC Disbursement thereunder; provided, that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to such LC Disbursement. The Borrower shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursements paid by the Issuing Bank in respect of such drawing no later than one (1) Business Day after the date designated for payment of the LC Disbursement in the notice provided to the Borrower (together with interest thereon from the date of payment of such LC Disbursements at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans), without presentment, demand or other formalities of any kind. Unless the Borrower shall have notified the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 noon on the Business Day immediately prior to the date on
(g) If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders
(h) The Borrower's obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements hereunder shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of any of the following circumstances:
(i) Any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement;
(ii) The existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons or entities for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting), any Lender (including the Issuing Bank) or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement or the Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto or any unrelated transaction (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to preclude the initiation and prosecution to conclusion by the Borrower, in a separate legal proceeding, of any claim for damages against any Person in respect of liability arising from such Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct);
(iii) Any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(iv) Payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document to the Issuing Bank that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
(v) Any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower's obligations hereunder; or
(vi) The existence of a Default or an Event of Default.
ARTICLE III
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following (except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in the Post-Closing Agreement):
(i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed by or on behalf of each party hereto or written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement;
(ii) a duly executed Note payable to each Lender requesting such Note;
(iii) the duly executed Guaranty Agreement and Contribution Agreement;
(iv) evidence that the Borrower's Existing Credit Agreement and Existing Synthetic Leases and related financing agreements and collateral instruments are being terminated and released, that all interest, fees, principal, rents, and other amounts owing under the Existing Synthetic Leases and related financing agreements through the Closing Date will be paid in full from the initial Loans, and that title to all real and personal property subject to the Existing Synthetic Leases has been conveyed to the Mortgagors executing and delivering the respective Mortgages to the Collateral Agent, all such conveyances and releases to be in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that arrangements have been made for the recording of such conveyances and releases and payment of all filing and recording fees, costs, and expenses, including all transfer taxes and other amounts payable in respect thereof;
(v) the duly executed Collateral Documents, together with evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that arrangements have been made for the recording of such Collateral Documents as applicable and payment of all filing and recording fees, costs, and expenses, including all mortgage, documentary stamp, intangibles and other taxes and amounts in respect thereof;
(vi) with respect to each of the Mortgaged Non-Retail Properties, a current ALTA ACSM as-built survey of such property which includes the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements adopted by ALTA and ACSM in 1999, prepared by a land surveyor registered and licensed in the State where the applicable Mortgaged Non-Retail Property is located, together with the certificate of such land surveyor, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and with respect to each of the Mortgaged Retail Properties, the existing boundary survey of such property;
(viii) copies of the zoning letters and/or certificates of occupancy issued in respect of each of the Mortgaged Properties;
(ix) with respect to each of the Mortgaged Properties, copies of the Phase I and, if applicable, Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Report obtained at the time such property was acquired for lease to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Existing Synthetic Leases, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(x) certificates of insurance, all in form and detail acceptable to the Administrative Agent, describing the types and amounts of insurance (property and liability) covering the properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and in each case with respect to insurance relating to the Mortgaged Properties, naming the Collateral Agent as mortgagee/loss payee or additional insured, as the case may be, together with a lender's loss payable endorsement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(xi) the duly executed agreement of the Development Authority consenting to the Mortgage on the leasehold title and interest in the Headquarters Property and joining
in the grant of such Mortgage for purposes of subordinating and subjecting the Development Authority's title therein to the Mortgage;
(xii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party, attaching and certifying copies of its bylaws and of the resolutions of its board of directors, or other comparable governing documents and authorizations, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and certifying the name, title and true signature of each officer of such Loan Party executing the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(xiii) certified copies of the articles of incorporation or other organizational documents of each Loan Party, together with certificates of good standing or existence, as may be available from the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of such Loan Party and each other jurisdiction where such Loan Party is required to be qualified to do business as a foreign corporation;
(xiv) the favorable written opinions of (i) Paul, Frank & Collins,
(ii) Bass, Berry & Sims, (iii) Frost Brown Todd, and (iv) Debevoise &
Plimpton, each as counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and each of the Lenders, and
covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents and
the transactions contemplated therein as the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders shall reasonably request;
(xv) the favorable written opinions of local counsel for the Lenders engaged by the Administrative Agent in each of the jurisdictions where the Mortgaged Properties are located, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and each of the Lenders, and covering such matters relating to the Collateral Documents and other matters relating to the Mortgaged Properties and the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall reasonably request;
(xvii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that no withdrawal of the Borrower's Moody's Rating or S&P Rating has occurred after March 11, 2002;
(xviii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower's actual Consolidated EBITDAR for the Fiscal Year ending February 1, 2002, as reflected in Borrower's audited year-end financial statements, was not less than $669,000,000;
(xix) a certified copy of the Indenture and all modifications and amendments thereto;
(xx) a duly executed Notice of Borrowing;
(xxi) a duly executed funds disbursement agreement;
(xxii) certified copies of all consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations and filings and orders required or advisable to be made or obtained under any Requirement of Law, or by any Contractual Obligation of each Loan Party, in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity and enforceability of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings and orders shall be in full force and effect and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired;
(xxiii) copies of the consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the 2000 and 2001 Fiscal Years, including balance sheets, income and cash flow statements audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP and such other financial information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and
(xxiv) the duly executed Post-Closing Agreement.
(c) The Borrower and all other parties thereto shall have executed and delivered the 364-Day Credit Agreement, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, and the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall have received certified copies thereof, together with evidence that all conditions precedent to the effectiveness thereof have been satisfied and all transactions contemplated by the 364-Day Credit Agreement have been consummated.
(a) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall exist; and
(b) all representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit, in each case before and after giving effect thereto;
(c) since the date of the audited financial statements of the Borrower described in Section 4.4, there shall have been no change which has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, certificates, information or legal opinions as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of any 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 3.2.
ARTICLE IV
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender as follows:
imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except Liens (if any) created under the Loan Documents.
(b) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become the subject of any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability, which in the case of any Mortgaged Non-Retail Property is reasonably likely to materially impair the value of such property, or in the case of any Mortgaged Retail Properties is reasonably likely to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not filed their federal, state and local income, franchise and excise tax returns for the Fiscal Year ended February 2, 2001. Based on their preliminary analysis of their tax liability for such year, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries reasonably believe that no material amounts will be owed with the filing of those returns, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have paid all estimated taxes for such year. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have properly extended the time for filing and have made or will make arrangements for filing in a timely manner, their federal, state and local income, franchise and excise tax returns for the Fiscal Year ended February 1, 2002 and have paid all estimated taxes for such year.
(a) None of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA Affiliates maintains or contributes to, or has during the past five (5) years maintained or contributed to, any Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA;
(e) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
(a) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable fee simple title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its real property, and good title to or valid
(b) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed, or otherwise has the right, to use, all patents, trademarks, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, franchises, licenses, and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(a) None of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries is in default which is continuing under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation, including, without limitation, the Indenture, or any Requirement of Law in any respect which has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, as of the Closing Date, none of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries has received any notice or claim as to the existence or occurrence of any unwaived default or breach by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under the provisions of the Indenture or any other indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, lease or financing agreement, or other material agreement or instrument binding on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties.
(b) None of the Subsidiaries is party to or subject to any agreement or arrangement restricting or limiting the payment of any dividends or other distributions by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, the repayment of any loans or advances made to such Subsidiary by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, or the sale or transfer by the Subsidiary of any assets to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.
(c) The Borrower has furnished to the Administrative Agent a correct and complete copy of each agreement or instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in each case in an amount greater than $10,000,000, including all amendments, modifications, and supplements that have been made with respect thereto, in each case as of the Closing Date.
ARTICLE V
The Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Lender has a Commitment in effect hereunder or the principal of and interest on any Loan or any fee or any LC Disbursement remains unpaid or any Letter of Credit remains outstanding:
(a) as soon as reasonably available and in any event within 100 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a copy of the annual audited financial statements for such Fiscal Year for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, containing a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows (together with all notes thereto) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and reported on by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing (without a "going concern" or like qualification, exception or explanation and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;
(b) as soon as reasonably available and in any event within 50 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and the then elapsed portion of such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter and the corresponding portion of Borrower's previous Fiscal Year, all certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes;
(d) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in clause (a) above, any comment or management letter or report submitted by the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements, and a certificate of such accounting firm stating whether they obtained any knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);
(f) promptly (and in no event later than 5 Business Days) provide to the Administrative Agent, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any specified periodic and other reports (including without limitation, all reports filed on Forms 8-K, 10-Q, and 10-K), proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be; and
(g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the results of operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
(a) after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower knows thereof, the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower knows thereof, the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary which, if adversely determined (but excluding any action, suit or proceeding where the Borrower's management has determined in good faith after reasonable inquiry that the likelihood of any adverse determination is remote), is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower knows thereof, the
occurrence of any event or any other development by which the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries (i) fails to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain,
maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Law, (ii) becomes subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii)
receives notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability, or
(iv) becomes aware of any basis for any Environmental Liability, and in each of
the preceding clauses, which individually or in the aggregate is reasonably
likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that alone, or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, is reasonably likely to result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000;
(e) the effectiveness of any material amendment, modification or supplement to the Indenture;
(f) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any notice or claim asserting the existence or occurrence of (i) any default, breach, or violation of the terms of the Indenture or any other indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, lease or financing arrangement, or other material agreement or instrument, in any case where the Indebtedness associated with any such agreement or instrument exceeds $10,000,000, or (ii) any event or condition that would require or permit the holder of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount greater than $10,000,000 to exercise its rights to require the repayment, redemption or repurchase, or other acquisition of such Indebtedness by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the scheduled maturity thereof; and
(g) any other development that results in, or is reasonably likely to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
business hours and as often as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request and with no prior notice.
(b) If any Foreign Subsidiary is acquired or formed after the Closing Date, the Borrower will, within ten (10) Business Days after such Foreign Subsidiary is acquired or formed, notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and, unless otherwise agreed by the Required Lenders, the Borrower shall, or shall cause its U.S. Subsidiary owning such Person, to pledge sixty-five percent (65%) of each class of voting shares or comparable equity interest and one hundred percent (100%) of each class of nonvoting shares or comparable equity interest (or if such pledge of 100% thereof would have an adverse income tax consequence to the Borrower, sixty five percent (65%) of each class of nonvoting shares or comparable equity interest) owned by the Borrower or such U.S. Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent as security for the Obligations pursuant to a pledge agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, and to deliver the original stock certificates evidencing such shares or comparable equity interest to the Administrative Agent, together with
appropriate transfer powers executed in blank and Uniform Commercial Code financing statements.
(a) The Borrower will, and will cause each Guarantor to, execute any and all further documents, agreements, instruments, Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of any such financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, landlord consents and other documents) that may be required under any applicable law, or which the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to further evidence, perfect, and protect the priority of the Collateral Agent's first priority lien on, security title to, and security interest in all portions of the Collateral, all at the expense of the Borrower.
(b) The Borrower will, and will cause each Guarantor to, comply with the requirements of the Post-Closing Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Lender has a Commitment hereunder, or the principal of or interest on any Loan remains unpaid, or any fee or any LC Disbursement remains unpaid, or any Letter of Credit remains outstanding:
greater than 2.00:1.00 (all such amounts to be calculated for the Fiscal Quarter then ending and the immediately preceding three (3) Fiscal Quarters).
ARTICLE VII
The Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Lender has a Commitment hereunder, or the principal of or interest on any Loan remains unpaid, or any fee or any LC Disbursement remains unpaid, or any Letter of Credit remains outstanding:
(a) Indebtedness created pursuant to the Loan Documents;
Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date), shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(f) Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary otherwise permitted to be incurred or exist under the terms of this Agreement, and Guarantees by any Subsidiary (other than DGI) of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary that is otherwise permitted to be incurred or exist under the terms of this Agreement;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower arising under the 364-Day Credit Agreement and Guarantees by Subsidiaries of Borrower of such Indebtedness;
(l) the DGI Loans.
(a) Liens created in favor of the Administrative Agent securing the Obligations under this Agreement and the "Obligations" under the 364-Day Credit Agreement;
(b) Permitted Encumbrances;
(g) Liens (not otherwise permitted hereunder) which secure obligations not exceeding (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries other than DGI) $10,000,000 in aggregate amount at any time outstanding; and
(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses reasonably related thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall not permit DGI to engage in any business or activities other than (i) funding and collecting the DGI Loans in accordance with their respective terms, and (ii) purchasing any real and/or personal property having an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $5,000,000, and leasing such property on a net lease basis to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.
permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person (all of the foregoing being collectively called "Investments"), except:
(b) Permitted Investments;
(d) repurchase Senior Notes (to the extent permitted by the Indenture and applicable securities laws) for aggregate consideration not exceeding $50,000,000 in any calendar year, so long as, before and after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Article VI and no other Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time such repurchase is effected;
(h) Investments received in settlement of debt created in the ordinary course of business; and
(i) extension of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Investments in assets held under non-qualified plans and deferred compensation arrangements for certain members of management and other employees as disclosed from time to time in the notes to the Borrower's consolidated financial statements as filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition of, any shares of capital stock, partner or limited liability
company interests, or other ownership interests, or Indebtedness subordinated to
the Obligations of the Borrower, or any options, warrants, or other rights to
purchase such capital stock, partner or limited liability company interests, or
other ownership interests, or such Indebtedness, whether now or hereafter
outstanding (each, a "Restricted Payment"), except for (i) dividends and
distributions payable by the Borrower solely in shares of any class of its
common stock, (ii) Restricted Payments made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or
to another Subsidiary, (iii) cash dividends paid on, and cash redemptions of,
the common stock of the Borrower so long as, before and after giving effect
thereto, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set
forth in Article VI and no other Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing at the time such dividend is paid or redemption is made and
(iv) Restricted Payments made in respect of restricted stock and stock options
granted or to be granted under the employee compensation plans of the Borrower
described in applicable reports or other filings made by the Borrower with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or as otherwise disclosed by the Borrower in
writing to the Lenders.
(a) the sale or other disposition, for fair market value and in the ordinary course of business, of obsolete or worn out property or other property not necessary for operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(b) the sale of inventory and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;
Subsidiaries is or may become obliged to make any payment (i) in connection with the purchase by any third party of any capital stock, partner or limited liability company interests or other ownership interests, or any Indebtedness, of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or (ii) as a result of changes in the market value of any such capital stock, partner or limited liability company interests or other ownership interests, or Indebtedness) is not a Hedging Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate such risks.
ARTICLE VIII
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or of any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment or otherwise; or
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the Schedules attached hereto) and any amendments or modifications hereof or waivers hereunder, or in any certificate, report, financial statement or other document submitted to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by any Loan Party or any representative of any Loan Party pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall prove to be incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made or submitted; or
(e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or
agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those referred to in clauses
(a), (b) and (d) above) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall
remain unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of (i) any officer of the
Borrower becomes aware of such failure, or (ii) notice thereof shall have been
given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(f) the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether as primary obligor or as guarantor or otherwise shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on any Material Indebtedness that is outstanding, when and as the same shall become due and payable (whether at scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument evidencing or governing such Indebtedness; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness; or any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or any offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Indebtedness shall be required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(g) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) commence a voluntary case or other proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver, liquidator or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (i) of this subsection (g), (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver, liquidator or other similar official for the Borrower or any such Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its property, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its debts, or any substantial part of its property, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or (ii) the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver, liquidator or other similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its property, and in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall remain undismissed for a period of 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or
(i) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall become unable to pay, shall admit in writing its inability to pay, or shall fail generally to pay, its debts as they become due; or
(j) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with other ERISA Events that have occurred, is reasonably likely to result in liability to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000; or
(k) any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate (other than the Shareholder Settlements) shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (ii) there shall be a period of more than 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(l) any non-monetary judgment or order shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall be a period of more than 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(m) a Change in Control shall occur or exist; or
(n) any provision of the Guaranty Agreement shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, any Guarantor, or any Guarantor shall so state in writing, or any Guarantor shall seek to terminate its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement; or
(o) the Shareholder Settlements shall exceed $165,000,000 in the aggregate, or the amounts required to be paid pursuant to any settlement arrangement(s), judgment(s), decree(s), or order(s) agreed by or entered against the Borrower in respect of the SEC Investigation shall exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate; or
(p) an "Event of Default" shall occur under any other Loan Document or under the 364-Day Credit Agreement;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower
described in subsections (g) or (h) of this Section) and at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and upon the
written request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take
any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i)
terminate the Commitments, whereupon the Commitment of each Lender shall
terminate immediately; (ii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest on
the Loans, and all other Obligations owing hereunder, to be, whereupon the same
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;
(iii) exercise all remedies contained in any other Loan Document; and (iv)
exercise any other remedies available at law or in equity; and that, if an Event
of Default specified in either subsections (g) or (h) of this Section shall
occur with respect to the Borrower, the Commitments shall automatically
terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued
interest thereon, and all fees and other Obligations 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. Notwithstanding anything
in this
ARTICLE IX
(a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably appoints SunTrust Bank as the Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that each reference in this Article IX to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to include the Collateral Agent) and authorizes it to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with all such actions and powers that are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder or under the other Loan Documents by or through any one or more sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent or attorney-in-fact may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions set forth in this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent or attorney-in-fact and the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent, any such sub-agent and any such attorney-in-fact 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.
(b) The Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith until such time and except for so long as the Administrative Agent may agree at the request of the Required Lenders to act for the Issuing Bank with respect thereto; provided, that the Issuing Bank shall have all the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in this Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements pertaining to the Letters of Credit as fully as though the term "Administrative Agent" as used in this Article IX included the Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided in this Agreement with respect to the Issuing Bank.
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each of the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank 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 has deemed appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking of any action under or based on this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender represents to each other party hereto that it is a bank, savings and loan association or other similar savings or thrift institution, insurance company, investment fund or company, or other financial institution or lending company that makes or acquires commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and that it is participating hereunder as a Lender for its own account (but subject to its rights to direct the disposition of its assets, including, without limitation, assignments and sales of participation interest in the Loans and its Commitment as contemplated hereunder), and for such commercial purposes, and that it has the knowledge and experience to be and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of being a Lender hereunder.
(a) The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent, subject to the approval by the Borrower provided that no Default or Event of Default shall exist at such time. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed, and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of 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 organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or a bank which maintains an office in the United States, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000.
ARTICLE X
(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications to any party herein to be effective shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
To the Borrower: Dollar General Corporation 100 Mission Ridge Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072 Attention: Wade Smith Telecopy Number: (615) 855-4973 74 |
To the Administrative Agent SunTrust Bank or Swingline Lender: 303 Peachtree Street, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Attention: Agency Services Telecopy Number: (404) 724-3879 With copies to: SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. 303 Peachtree Street, N. E., 24th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Attention: Jeff Titus Telecopy Number: (404) 827-6514 SunTrust Bank 201 Fourth Avenue North 3rd Floor Nashville, Tennessee 37219 Attention: Scott Corley Telecopy Number: (615) 748-5269 To the Issuing Bank: SunTrust Bank 25 Park Place Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Attention: Mr. Michael Sullivan Telecopy Number: (404) 588-8129 To any other Lender: the address set forth in the Administrative Questionnaire |
(b) Any agreement of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders herein to receive certain notices by telephone or facsimile is solely for the convenience and at the request of the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely in good faith on the authority of any Person purporting to be a Person authorized by the Borrower to give such notice and the Administrative Agent and Lenders shall not have any liability to the Borrower or other Person on account of any action taken or not taken by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in good faith reliance upon such telephonic or facsimile notice. The obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans, LC Disbursements, and all other Obligations hereunder shall not be affected in any way or to any extent by any failure of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to receive written confirmation of any telephonic or facsimile notice.
(a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or any other Loan Document, and no course of dealing between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or any Lender, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power hereunder or thereunder. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by subsection (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing (each, an "Indemnitee") against, and hold each of them harmless from, any and all costs, losses, liabilities, claims, damages and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, which may be incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or any actual or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided, that the Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify any Indemnitee for any of the foregoing arising out of such Indemnitee's gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment.
(c) The Borrower shall pay, and hold the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and each of the Lenders harmless from and against, any and all present and future stamp, documentary, and other similar taxes with respect to this Agreement and any other Loan Documents, any collateral described therein, or any payments due thereunder, and save the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and each Lender harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or omission to pay such taxes.
(e) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to actual or direct damages) arising out of, in connection with or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated therein, any Loan or any Letter of Credit or the use of proceeds thereof.
(f) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no assignment by any Lender to an Approved Fund shall relieve the assigning Lender of any of its obligations to fund Loans or make payments in respect of any Letters of Credit under this Agreement if, for any reason, such Approved Fund fails to fund any such Loans or make any such payments, and the assigning Lender (and not the Approved Fund) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents, waivers, amendments, and other actions required or requested under the terms of this Agreement with respect to its Approved Fund.
(a) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed in accordance with and be governed by the law (without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof) of the State of Georgia.
(b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Georgia, and of any state court of the State of Georgia located in Fulton County and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Georgia state court or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. (c) The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding described in subsection (b) of this Section and brought in any court referred to in subsection (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to the service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.1. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
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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.
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
By /s/ Wade Smith ---------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
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SUNTRUST BANK
as Administrative Agent, as Issuing Bank,
as Swingline Lender, and as a Lender
By /s/ Scott Corley ----------------------------------------------- Name: Scott Corley Title: Director |
Commitment: $68,666,667 Letter of Credit Subcommitment: $30,000,000 Swingline Subcommitment: $10,000,000 |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
as Syndication Agent and as a Lender
By /s/ Vitaly G. Butenko ----------------------------------------------- Name: Vitaly G. Butenko Title: Associate By /s/ Jay Chall ------------------------------------------------ Name: Jay Chall Title: Director |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By /s/ Brian H. Gallagher ------------------------------------------------ Name: Brian H. Gallagher Title: Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By /s/ Mary K. Young ------------------------------------------------ Name: Mary K. Young Title: Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
AMSOUTH BANK,
as a Lender
By /s/ Monty R. Trimble ------------------------------------------------ Name: Monty R. Trimble Title: Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender
By /s/ Dan M. Killian ------------------------------------------------ Name: Dan M. Killian Title: Managing Director |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By /s/ Mark Mital ------------------------------------------------ Name: Mark Mital Title: Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
UNION PLANTERS BANK, N.A.
as a Lender
By /s/ Kathleen L. Nelson ------------------------------------------------ Name: Kathleen L. Nelson Title: Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
BRANCH BANKING & TRUST CO.,
as a Lender
By /s/ R. Andrew Beam ------------------------------------------------ Name: R. Andrew Beam Title: Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
FIFTH THIRD BANK,
as a Lender
By /s/ Megan S. Heisel ------------------------------------------------ Name: Megan S. Heisel Title: Assistant Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
NATIONAL CITY BANK,
as a Lender
By /s/ Michael J. Durbin ------------------------------------------------ Name: Michael J. Durbin Title: Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CAPITAL
CORPORATION, as a Lender
By /s/ Steve Goetschius ------------------------------------------------ Name: Steve Goetschius Title: Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
CHANG HWA COMMERCIAL BANK,
LTD., LOS ANGELES BRANCH,
as a Lender
By /s/ James Lin ------------------------------------------------ Name: James lin Title: SVP & General Manager |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
BANK OF OKLAHOMA N.A.,
as a Lender
By /s/ Pamela J. Amburgy ------------------------------------------------ Name: Pamela J. Amburgy Title: Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT]
SCHEDULE 1.1-A
APPLICABLE MARGINS AND APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES
Level Debt Rating Applicable Margin Applicable Percentage ----- ----------- ----------------- --------------------- LIBOR Base Rate ----- --------- I greater than or eaual to BBB+/Baa1 0.750% 0.000% 0.150% II BBB/Baa2 0.850% 0.000% 0.200% III BBB-/Baa3 1.250% 0.000% 0.250% IV BB+/Ba1 1.750% 0.500% 0.250% V BB/Ba2 2.000% 0.875% 0.375% VI less than BB/Ba2 2.250% 1.250% 0.500% Schedule 1.1-A |
SCHEDULE 1.1-B
MORTGAGED NON-RETAIL PROPERTIES
PROPERTY CITY STATE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Distribution Center Alachua FL 2) Distribution Center Zanesville OH 3) Headquarters Goodlettsville TN |
Schedule 1.1-B
SCHEDULE 1.1-C
MORTGAGED RETAIL PROPERTIES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ST SITE # STORE # ADDRESS CITY COUNTY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL HC-00082 1111 1421 Golden Springs Rd Anniston Calhoun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL HC-00065 2822 609 East Church Street Atmore Escambia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL HC-00075 0703 800 McMeans Ave. Bay Minette Baldwin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL HC-00080 3788 1632 Hwy 80 East Demopolis Marengo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL HC-00062 2366 1400 Temple Ave W. Fayette Fayette -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL HC-00113 7101 1729 Decatur Hwy Fultondale Jefferson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL HC-00067 3291 82 West Gordo Pickens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL HC-00086 7175 4979 Hwy 17 Helena Shelby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL HC-00053 0710 1627 Lott Road Eight Mile Mobile -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL HC-00061 1642 415 Old Highway 31 Warrior Jefferson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AR CN-00084 2020 2203 N. Reynolds Road Bryant Saline -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AR CN-00085 7026 14 Prospect Court Cabot Lanoke -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AR CN-00100 2730 1305 Dave Ward Drive Conway Faulkner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AR CN-00076 1254 609 J.P. Wright Loop Road Jacksonville Pulaski -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00090 1635 14201 Martin Luther King Blvd. Alachua Alachua -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00100 1332 856 South Broad Street Brooksville Hernando -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00109 1651 125 West Belt Avenue Bushnell Sumter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00096 1337 1302 N. Young Blvd. Chiefland Levy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00127 7232 225 Raspberry Rd. Crestview Okaloosa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00112 4052 16075 US Highway 331-S Freeport Walton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00086 7049 1498 S. Highway 29 Gonzales (Cantonment) Escambia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00124 7141 2207 S. Highway 77 Lynn Haven Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00084 7228 4439 Highway 90 Pace Santa Rosa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00088 2877 3070 W. Michigan Avenue Pensacola Escambia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00097 7400 301 Beverly Parkway Pensacola Escambia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00098 0772 4818 Mobile Highway Pensacola Escambia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FL UR-00121 4127 4023 Pine Forest Rd. Pensacola Escambia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00026 3117 1011 South Pierce Street Alma Bacon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00067 1265 1640 Glen Carrie Road Hull Madison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00113 1206 1460 Atlanta Highway NW Auburn Barrow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00064 0706 314 S. Church Street Blakely Early -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00032 4800 108 Burson Street Bowdon Carroll -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00058 2618 3050 Mount Zion Road Bremen Carroll -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00073 1272 1003 N. Park St. Carrollton Carroll -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00036 4773 U.S. Highway 129-S Cleveland White -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00007 0997 3219 Maysville Rd. Commerce Jackson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00024 2386 101 W. 14th Avenue Cordele Crisp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00028 4808 5321 Highway 20 Covington Newton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00122 7057 7118 Highway 278 NE Covington Newton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00104 1025 6010 Bethelview Rd. Cumming Forsyth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00105 1266 121 North Corner Parkway Cumming Forsyth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00059 3703 295 Blakely Street Cuthbert Randolph -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00061 0571 Morrison Moore Parkway Dahlonega Lumpkin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00068 0630 1293 Merchants Drive Dallas Paulding |
Schedule 1.1-C
MORTGAGE RETAIL PROPERTIES -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00042 0046 2280 Chatsworth Highway Dalton Whitfield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00091 0872 Cleveland Highway Dalton Whitfield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00055 0851 409 E. 3rd Street Donalsonville Seminole -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00027 4789 1730 South Peterson Avenue Douglas Coffee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00115 3399 2190 Midway Rd. Douglasville Douglas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00016 2099 118 Hillcrest Parkway Dublin Laurens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00017 4655 531 Central Drive East Dublin Laurens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00093 1257 4388 Washington Rd. Evans Columbia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00020 4775 2500 Limestone Parkway Gainesville Hall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00065 0780 188 West Clinton Street Gray Jones -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00005 4572 1019 Memorial Drive Griffin Spaulding -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00108 1325 Rte. 92 Griffin Spaulding -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00054 4954 5130 Wrightsboro Rd. Groveton Columbia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00021 0076 1323 E. Franklin Street Hartwell Hart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00089 0996 890 West Church St. Jasper Pickens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00025 0301 995 East Cherry Street Jesup Wayne -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00013 4837 214 Commerce Avenue LaGrange Troup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00014 4656 1811 West Pointe Road LaGrange Troup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00003 4792 5544 Thomaston Road Macon Bibb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00120 7133 3501 Hartley Bridge Rd. Macon Bibb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00006 0519 1521 Eatonton Road Madison Morgan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00002 0126 1104 Warm Springs Highway Manchester Meriwether -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00079 1094 210 Baston Road Martinez Columbia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00019 4882 1440 South Cedar Street McDonough Henry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00072 1089 1550 N. Columbia Street Milledgeville Baldwin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00035 2331 1908 1st Avenue S.E. Moultrie Colquitt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00008 4778 245 Temple Avenue Newnan Coweta -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00077 0738 234 West Railroad Street Pelham Mitchell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00126 7172 6391 Hiram Douglas Highway Powder Springs Paulding -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00010 1904 1225 East Jackson Street Thomasville Thomas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00023 2521 US Highway 27 Trion Chattoga -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00001 4963 106 Feagin Mill Road Warner Robbins Houston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00009 4857 1515 Richard B. Russell Pkwy. Warner Robbins Houston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00033 4807 751 Highway 96 Warner Robbins (Bonaire) Houston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00076 2059 2451 Watson Blvd. Warner Robbins Houston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00040 4856 1902 South Georgia Parkway Waycross Ware -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GA UR-00075 0800 11067 Millarden Road Woodbury Meriwether -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00093 2228 900 Princeton Drive Albia Monroe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00132 7234 701 - 8th Street SW Altoona Polk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00162 7310 901 S. Ankeny Boulevard Ankeny Polk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00092 0111 1805 E. 7th Street Atlantic Cass -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00128 2578 3025 West Avenue Burlington Des Moines -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00116 7053 1006 N. 18th Street Centerville Appanoose -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00161 2305 200 E. Glenn Miller Drive Clarinda Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00118 7138 535 16th Avenue SE Dyersville Dubuque -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
MORTGAGE RETAIL PROPERTIES -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00156 7054 3206 Main Street Emmetsburg Palo Alto -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00106 1458 3715 Lafayette Road Evansdale Black Hawk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00158 7142 2304 N. Burlington Fairfield Jefferson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00119 7109 114 West Street Grinnell Poweshiek -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00121 2329 1304 1st Street West Independence Buchanon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00097 3540 1420 North Lincoln Street Knoxville Marion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00176 7226 1135 East Post Road Marion Linn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00103 4206 2413 South Center Street Marshalltown Marshall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00109 2019 408 South 9th Street Marshalltown Marshall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00117 2010 710 N. Grand Avenue Mt. Pleasant Henry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00127 7027 2000 Cedar Plaza Drive Muscatine Muscatine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00104 1536 1705 South B Avenue Nevada Story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00126 7179 721 N. Quincy Avenue Ottumwa Wapello -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00134 2342 1010 26th Street Perry Dallas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00120 4513 4840 Maple Drive Pleasant Hill Polk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA HC-00133 7136 66 East Tower Park Drive Waterloo Black Hawk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IL CN-00134 7180 2160 West Ramada Lane Carbondale Jackson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IL CN-00130 7181 1940 18th Street Charleston Coles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IL CN-00141 7223 17 West Plumner Boulevard Chatham Sangamon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IL CN-00105 2066 3797 US Route 36-E Decatur Macon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IL CN-00111 1452 1200 - 17th Street Fulton Whiteside -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IL CN-00082 1387 713 Madison Street Lebanon St. Clair -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IL CN-00120 7137 1640 N. Main Street Princeton Bureau -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN PR-00016 0939 11 Saratoga Drive Batesville Franklin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN PR-00005 1268 12050 West Washington Street Cumberland Marion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN PR-00006 2144 1800 Medical Arts Drive Huntingburg Dubois -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN PR-00003 4509 4117 North Mannheim Road Jasper Dubois -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN PR-00009 1146 913 Commerce Place Ligionier Noble -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN PR-00007 1140 3121 S.R. 24 Logansport Cass -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN PR-00013 7035 932 South Merrifield Avenue Mishawaka St. Joseph -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN PR-00012 0155 906 Broad Street New Castle Henry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN PR-00011 2361 999 West Main Street Peru Miami -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN PR-00002 1269 1299 South Adams Versailles Ripley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00139 4470 1805 South Range Avenue Colby Thomas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00108 1049 20 Market Street Council Grove Morris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00115 4427 1208 East 27th Hays Ellis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00122 2537 901 South First Street Hiawatha Brown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00059 1009 200 Arizona Avenue Holton Jackson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00090 2579 211 South Franklin Junction City Geary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00100 7224 403 North Main Street Lansing Leavenworth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00096 7056 2321 Turtle Creek Blvd. Manhattan Riley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00147 7171 1310 East 1st Street Pratt Pratt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00063 1171 1001 S.W. Fairlawn Topeka Shawnee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00094 1457 1410 West Hwy. 24 Wamego Pottawatomie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KS HC-00060 0859 221 West 47th South Wichita Sedgwick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KY HC-00047 1029 7704 S. Highway 27 Burnside Pulaski -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
MORTGAGE RETAIL PROPERTIES -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KY HC-00044 0316 2203 East Main Street Cumberland Harlan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KY HC-00043 2654 Hwy 131 West Elkhorn Pike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KY HC-00114 0338 1645 Ashland Rd. Greenup Greenup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KY HC-00150 7110 1201 Cherrywood Drive LaGrange Oldham -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KY HC-00101 1275 8491 Pembroke Rd. Oak Grove Christian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KY HC-00084 1057 1006 Center Drive Richmond Madison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KY HC-00071 1088 21 Mount Tabor Court Shelbyville Shelby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KY HC-00089 1459 639 Highland Avenue Vine Grove Hardin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00058 2771 13965 Coursey Blvd. Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00040 0759 175 Arlington Street Bayou Vista St. Mary Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00036 0448 254 Rees Street Breaux Bridge St. Martin Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00063 7022 11215 Joor Road Central East Baton Rouge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00037 2884 3039 Hwy 1-South Donaldsonville Ascension Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00016 0621 2216 E.E. Wallace Blvd. N. Ferriday Corcordia Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00056 1544 300 Joe Hoy Drive Franklin St. Mary Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00071 7177 41065 Highway 42 Galvez Ascension Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00054 3839 1207 University Avenue Hammond Tangipahoa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00039 1045 5744 West Main Street Houma Terrebonne Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00061 7023 226 S. Hollywood Blvd. Houma Terrebonne Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00017 2492 109 Jasper Street Rayville Richland Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA BM-00053 2740 2115 Gause Blvd. East Slidell St. Tammany Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA MB-00035 0071 213 North Cities Service Hwy Sulphur Calcasieu Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA MB-00032 0777 347 W. Main Street Ville Platte Evangeline Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA MB-00051 0562 1200 Thomas Road West Monroe Ouchita Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA MB-00049 0917 5938 Hwy 167 Winnfield Winn Parish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MO CN-00060 7058 2148 NW7 Highway Blue Springs Jackson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MO CN-00114 4338 3020 Paris Road Columbia Boone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MO CN-00063 1433 2114 Scotthill Woods Rd. Jefferson City Cole -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MO CN-00102 1768 1350 N. Bryon Dr. Nixa Christian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MO CN-00115 0404 1202-A Highway 28 Owensville Gasconade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MO CN-00061 7102 2535 W. Kearney Street Springfield Greene -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00066 7104 267 Highway 15 North Ackerman Choctaw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00045 1289 524 Highway 6 East Batesville Panola -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00008 4928 2768 Highway 15 Court Street Bay Springs Jasper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00007 1565 125 Swinging Bridge Drive Byram Hinds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00018 4884 808 South State Street Clarksdale Coahoma -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00004 4711 206 Alabama Street Columbus Lowndes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00010 1046 108 Deason Street Ellisville Hinds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00033 0875 117 Progress Drive Flora Madison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00021 0218 2250 South Commerce Street Grenada Grenada -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00046 1717 5021 Highway 42 Hattiesburg Forrest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00048 1039 1909 Hardy Street Hattiesburg Forrest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00029 0629 28065 Highway 28 Hazlehurst Copiah -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00001 2372 611 Highway 82 West Indianola Sunflower -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00003 1296 3322 Terry Road Jackson Hinds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00041 0942 16180 Highway 603 Kiln Hancock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
MORTGAGE RETAIL PROPERTIES -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00034 1388 55 Veterans Memorial Boulevard Kosciusko Attala -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00013 0878 384 Winter Street Lucedale George -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00011 4742 6650 North Hill Street Meridian Lauderdale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00020 4900 10956 Nichols Boulevard Olive Branch Desoto -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00042 0926 1405 South Main Street Poplarville Pearl River -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00009 4802 1012 Market Street Port Gibson Claiborne -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00030 0888 267 Magnolia Drive Raleigh Smith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00015 0667 410 East Lee Street Sardis Panola -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS MB-00044 1169 8274 Airways Boulevard Southhaven Desoto -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00064 7025 1300 Stark Road Starksville Oktibbeha -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00028 1178 3309 McCullough Boulevard Tupelo Lee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00006 4710 11980 Highway 57 Van Cleave Jackson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00002 0678 100 Highway 27 Vicksburg Warren -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00012 0894 1006 Mississippi Drive Waynesboro Wayne -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS BM-00057 0688 104 South Applegate Street Winona Montgomery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00028 4849 1810 Live Oak Street Beaufort Carteret -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00087 1440 131 N. NC 41 Act. Hwy Beulaville Duplin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00001 4651 519 Market Place Biscoe Montgomery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00078 1236 1007 Monroe Street Carthage Moore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00022 4942 1008 N. Brown Street Chadbourn Columbus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00051 0346 122 Hwy 29 South China Grove Rowan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00002 4650 210 Market Street Cramerton Gaston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00053 0425 302 East Atkins Street Dobson Surry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00026 4744 120 Brookfall Dairy Rd Elkin Surry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00052 4943 711 South McDaniel Street Enfield Halifax -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00057 0168 105 East Marlboro Rd. Farmville Pitt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00136 7144 507 East Wellons Street Four Oaks Johnston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00009 4723 3864 West Franklin Blvd. Gastonia Gaston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00059 0285 1410 West Grantham St. Goldsboro Wayne -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00048 4905 101 Granite Quarry Street Salisbury Rowan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00041 4886 479 Hwy 70 West Havelock Craven -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00027 2782 1942 Spartanburg Hwy Hendersonville Henderson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00030 4827 407 E Washington Street LaGrange Lenoir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00081 1442 180 W. Cornelius Hernett Blvd. Lillington Harnett -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00138 7225 103 Wade Ave. Louisburg Franklin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00011 4770 W. Martin L. King Dr. Maxton Scotland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00018 4777 914 West Main Street Murfreesboro Hertford -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00068 0430 1445 Andrews Rd. Murphy Cherokee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00025 4791 800 E Washington St Nashville Nash -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00016 4868 871 Granberry Street Newland Avery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00023 4818 359 Main St Newton Grove Sampson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00010 4674 496 South Main Street Norwood Stanly -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00003 4771 341 Aquadale Rd Oakboro Stanly -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00013 4829 917 West 3rd Street Pembroke Robeson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00047 4899 315 East Hamlet Street Pinetops Edgecombe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00045 0880 704 East Street Pittsboro Chatham -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
MORTGAGE RETAIL PROPERTIES -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00075 2449 724 U.S. Hwy 64 East Plymouth Washington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00020 4790 105 Fayetteville Rd Raeford Hoke -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00014 4769 905 East 4th Ave Red Springs Robeson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00056 2906 139 North Hwy 49 Richfield Stanly -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00131 7098 2104 Fayetteville Rd. Rockingham Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00058 0801 411-K South Main St. Rolesville Wake -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00015 4873 608 East NC Hwy 24 Roseboro Sampson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00089 1235 4205 NC Hwy 211 West End Moore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00029 4945 4301 Church Street Sharpsburg Nash -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00012 4774 584 West Clark Street St. Pauls Robeson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00039 0869 1413 West Corbett Ave. Swansboro Onslow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00044 4906 1207 East Fifth St. Tabor City Columbus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00005 4819 717 Albemarle Rd Troy Montgomery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00090 3216 8681 North Hwy 10 Vale Lincoln -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00034 4977 421 South Brooks Street Wake Forest Wake -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00080 7059 1035 NC Hwy 65 West Walnut Cove Stokes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00054 0203 1431 John Small Ave. Washington Beaufort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00017 4890 31 Beaver Creek School Rd West Jefferson Ashe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00074 1016 2119 Forest Hills Rd., West Wilson Wilson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NC CN-00092 7033 221 West Hwy. 74 Wingate Union -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NE HC-00135 3025 2120 North 6th Street Beatrice Gage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00055 1542 825 E. Main Street Ashland Ashland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00064 7103 3520 N. Ridge Road E Ashtabula Ashtabula -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00001 4694 888 West Main Street Bellevue Sandusky -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-000066 7028 1905 Havemann Rd. Celina Mercer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00008 4776 1400 N. Bridge Street Chillicothe Ross -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00070 7134 251 Elida Road Delphos Allen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00077 7107 2205 Tiffin Avenue Findlay Hancock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00059 1932 478 Jackson Pike Gallipolis Gallia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00009 0120 100 Commerce Place Geneva Ashtabula -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00046 0994 22081 State Route 51 West Genoa Ottawa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00035 4987 2393 Dayton Pike Germantown Montgomery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00043 0604 108 W. Washington Street Jamestown Greene -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00079 7227 7000 Rose Drive Lisbon Columbiana -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00063 7030 1212 W. Main Street Louisville Stark -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00004 0324 1509 Ashland Road Mansfield Richland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00005 4740 320 Mill Creek Drive Marysville Union -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00057 2015 495 S. Washington Street New Bremen Auglaize -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00012 0169 753 Carroll Street New Lexington Perry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00020 0390 101 W. State Street Newcomerstown Tuscarawas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00006 4741 359 Milan Avenue Norwalk Huron -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00003 4673 1660 West Fourth Street Ontario Richland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00067 7029 1444 N. Perry Street Ottawa Putnam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00034 1241 5055 College Corner Pike Oxford Butler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00050 0539 75 Oak Meadow Drive Pataskala Licking -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00019 2779 840 East Perry Street Paulding Paulding -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
MORTGAGE RETAIL PROPERTIES -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00007 4779 2824 East Harbo Road Port Clinton Ottawa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00011 2260 3508 West Main Street Ravenna Portage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00061 7099 844 Indiana Avenue Saint Mary's Auglaize -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00054 1450 955 N. State Street Trenton Butler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00053 1955 785 W. Market Street Troy Miami -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00033 0360 1260 East Wyandot Ave. Upper Sandusky Wyandot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00056 2047 1821 Columbus Avenue Washington Courthouse Fayette -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00010 4739 201 W. Walton Street Willard Huron -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH ZR-00040 1043 359 Lewisville Rd Woodsfield Monroe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK HC-00036 4984 217 N.E. Tenth Blanchard McClain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK HC-00064 0294 201 S. 9th Street Duncan Stephens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK HC-00038 0208 14143 Elm Street Glenpool Tulsa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK CH-00040 0633 211 N. 5th Street Henryetta Okmulgee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK HC-00039 7051 1305 South Main Kingfisher Kingfisher -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK HC-00049 0122 844 NW 32nd Street New Castle McClain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK HC-00037 0132 210 North Harrison Street Shawnee Pottawatomie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00015 4865 105 Wilson Road Bentleyville Washington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00036 1445 Rt. 209-S, Chestnuthill Township Broadheadsville Monroe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00048 7139 115 Roberts Road Grindstone Fayette -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00021 4986 4052 Philadelphia Avenue Chambersburg Franklin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00022 0316 944 Lincoln Way West Chambersburg Franklin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00042 0270 1700 Peach Street Erie Erie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00024 4940 1403 W. Main Street Grove City Mercer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00028 1151 State Route 590 Hamlin Wayne -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00045 2940 701 W. Centre Street Mahanoy City Schuylkill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00044 1271 7097 Mason Dixon Hwy Meyersdale Somerset -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00023 2203 553 West Main Street Mount Joy Lancaster -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00047 7032 535 Pocono Blvd. Mt. Pocono Monroe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00018 4903 2205 W. State Street New Castle Lawrence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00065 7108 10670 W. Main Road Northeast Erie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00039 1059 383 Meridian Avenue Scranton Lackawanna -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00029 1625 State Route 924 Shenandoah Schuylkill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00026 0149 486 East King Street Shippensburg Cumberland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00051 1449 5034 Hann Drive Mechanicsburg Cumberland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00025 0145 State Route 6 Towanda Bradford -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00049 7024 440 Main Street Walnutport Northhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PA ZR-00030 2993 1034 E. Main Street Bradford McKeen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00080 2640 10306 Dunbarton Blvd. Barnwell Barnwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00063 3253 543 Langster Hwy Chester Chester -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00103 1165 1020 West Blvd. Chesterfield Chesterfield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00052 4914 590 E. Barnch Denmark Bamberg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00114 1448 550 East Main Street Duncan Spartanburg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00062 0736 1326 Redbank Road Goose Creek Berkeley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00081 3044 1713 Elm Street West Hampton Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00048 8376 1752 River Road John's Island Charleston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00053 4983 15 Roseborough Road Lugoff Kershaw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
MORTGAGE RETAIL PROPERTIES -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00118 1142 500 W. Boyce Street Manning Clarendon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00102 1203 2433 East Hwy 76 Marion Marion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00056 3629 7530 Kirkpatrick Lane North Charleston Charleston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00071 0317 195 Market Plaza Drive N. Augusta Aiken -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00049 3218 1365 Remount Road Hanahan Charleston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC CN-00008 4772 209 South Van Lingle Mungo Blvd. Pageland Chesterfield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00051 0163 1005 Mechanic Street Pendleton Anderson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00094 3635 211 Main Street Ridgeland Jasper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00044 4866 9120 Old #6 Hwy Santee Orangeburg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00029 4799 5722 Memorial Blvd. St. George Dorchester -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00039 4913 1650 N. Main Street Summerville Berkeley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC UR-00043 4862 597 Bells Hwy. Walterboro Colleton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00046 0881 200 Brush Creek Road Alexandria Dekalb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00087 1252 2410 Madison St. Clarksville Montgomery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN CP-00019 4781 2430 Blackburn Rd SE Cleveland Bradley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00045 2004 8 Main Street East Gordonsville Smith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00088 1439 124 Hwy 321 Hampton Carter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00085 1443 5934 Hwy 58 Harrison Hamilton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00167 1769 104 Laker Lane Lake City Anderson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN BM-00024 0166 5083 Raleigh-LaGrange Rd Memphis Shelby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN BM-00025 4482 7110 East Shelby Drive Memphis Shelby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00078 0870 915 W. Main Street Monteagle Grundy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00054 0207 2984 S. Church Street Murfreesboro Rutherford -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00056 1021 2011 SE Broad Street Murfreesboro Rutherford -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00051 0204 227 Carson Lane Murfreesboro Rutherford -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN DG-00001 0150 1370 Robinson Road Old Hickory Davidson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN CP-00021 0740 1106 Mineral Wells Avenue Paris Henry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00076 2310 414 Hwy 52 West Portland Sumner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00072 1540 7601 Norman Jack Lane Knoxville Knox -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TN HC-00074 1082 772 Mountain Creek Road Signal Mountain Hamilton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00129 7176 1200 E. Pioneer Parkway Arlington Tarrant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00141 7145 651 E. Main Street Bellville Austin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00077 1222 501 E. 6th Street Belton Bell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00028 0828 Hwy 62 Main Street Buna Jasper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00029 4804 303 N.W. Loop Carthage Panola -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00010 4904 1602 W. Henderson Cleburne Johnson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00016 7034 Farm to Market St Corpus Christi Nueces -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00005 4782 200 N. Roberts Crowley Tarrant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00079 0417 2127 Sadau Ct. Denton Denton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00153 7050 1609 E. McKinney St. Denton Denton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00180 1577 1317 E. Main Street Eastland Eastland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00031 4901 300 W. Commerce Fairfield Freestone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00006 4738 1601 S. Morgan Street Granbury Hood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00008 0600 604 E. Pioneer Parkway Grand Prairie Dallas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00026 4803 980 W. Main Street Gun Barrell Henderson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00022 4757 Hwy 87 N Hemphill Sabine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
MORTGAGE RETAIL PROPERTIES -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00034 0632 120 Hwy 64-W Henderson Rusk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00069 0525 234 S. Waco Hillsboro Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00198 7405 Rt. 2 Box 370 Huntington Angelina -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00091 7170 400 S. Nursery Rd. Irving Dallas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00007 4975 321 Broadway Joshua Johnson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00050 0802 2221 S. Washington St. Kaufman Kaufman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00024 0833 312 N. Margaret St. Kirbyville Jasper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00001 4692 403 S. Denton Dr. Lake Dallas Denton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00003 4606 416 Hwy 720 West Little Elm Denton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00004 0995 1707 Deans Way Lufkin Angelina -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00052 0259 1016 S. 3rd St Mabank Henderson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00048 0515 407 W. Royall Malakoff Henderson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00018 2663 502 E. Brood St Mineloa Wood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00023 0653 927 N. University Dr. Nacogdoches Nacogdoches -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00042 4956 2003 South St. Nacogdoches Nacogdoches -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00041 0555 460 S. Hwy 377 Pilot Point Denton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00143 7135 702 East 120 Pottsboro Grayson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00020 4743 243 E. Ovilla Rd. Red Oak Ellis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00123 4540 5610 Rowlett Rd. Rowlett Dallas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00151 7105 6502 S. Hwy 78 Sachse Dallas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00033 4955 1006 N. Fifth Sanger Denton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00025 0839 955 Hwy 327E Silsbee Hardin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00002 4684 6546 Watanga Watanga Tarrant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX HC-00144 7055 809 W. Montgomery St Willis Montgomery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00030 0687 801 S. Main Street Winnsboro Wood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TX CP-00017 4780 421 Hwy 78N Wylie Collin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00103 1386 90 Scruggs Rd. Moneta Franklin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00098 7060 411 Wytle Creek Rd. Poquoson York -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00133 7106 302 South Main Street Stuart Patrick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00129 0474 8494 Country Place Cheriton North Hampton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00118 7031 1018 3rd Avenue Dungannon Scott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00096 1747 88 Main Street Lovingston Nelson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00091 1543 17413 Warwick Blvd. Newport News * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00077 1360 Rt. 3, Box 5435 Dillwyn Buckingham -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00067 0879 36108 Goodwin Drive Locust Grove Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00065 0481 21319 Bennett Street Parksley Accomack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00050 0375 927 North Main Street Chase City Mecklenburg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00049 2285 15810 King's Highway Montross Westmoreland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00043 0339 2146 East Midland Trail Buena Vista Rockbridge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00040 0583 1220 Tyler Avenue Radford Montgomery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00037 0366 West Virginia Avenue Crew Nottoway -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00033 0484 1011 South Main Street Blackstone Nottoway -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00021 2581 1200 U.S. Highway 211 West Luray Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA CN-00019 0439 2900 King William Avenue West Point King William -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WVA CN-00117 4445 7131 Harper Road Glen Daniel Raleigh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WVA CN-00079 0383 741 #D North Main Street Moorfield Hardy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WVA CN-00064 1008 219 Seneca Trail Fairlea Greenbriar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
* Please note that everything is filed in the City of Newport News
As disclosed in Section 4.8(b), the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries have failed to file certain information with certain governmental and state authorities. As a result of this failure to provide information, the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries may not be in good standing in the states listed on this Schedule 4.1.
Borrower/Subsidiary State Reason -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DG Logistics, LLC TN Unfiled franchise tax returns Dolgencorp of TX TX Unfiled franchise tax returns Dollar General Financial, Inc. TN Unfiled franchise tax returns Dolgencorp, Inc. TN Unfiled franchise tax returns Nations Title Company, Inc. TN Unfiled franchise tax returns |
SCHEDULE 4.5 |
Schedule 4.5
SCHEDULE 4.10
Dollar General Corporation Retiree Medical Plan - Medical and Rx coverage for officers of the corporation. The eligibility requirement is age 45 or 5 years of service. Coverage terminates when retiree becomes Medicare eligible; death of employee; employee has access to other group coverage through an employer.
SCHEDULE 4.16
JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION/ OWNERSHIP OF CAPITAL NO. ENTITY ORGANIZATION STOCK/PARTNERS/MEMBERS TYPE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Dolgencorp, Inc. Kentucky Dollar General Corporation Corporation 2 Dolgencorp of Texas, Inc. Kentucky Dolgencorp, Inc. Corporation 3 Dade Lease Management, Inc. Delaware Dollar General Corporation Corporation 4 The Greater Cumberland Insurance Company Vermont Dollar General Financial, Inc, Corporation 5 Dollar General Financial, Inc. Tennessee Dollar General Corporation Corporation 6 Dollar General Intellectual Vermont Dade Lease Management, Inc. - Property, L.P. General Partner Limited partnership The Greater Cumberland Insurance Company - Limited Partner 7 Dollar General Partners Kentucky Dolgencorp, Inc. - General Partner General partnership Dade Lease Management, Inc. - General Partner Dollar General Financial, Inc. - General Partner 8 Dolgencorp of New York, Inc. Kentucky Dolgencorp, Inc. Corporation 9 DG Logistics, LLC Tennessee Dolgencorp, Inc. Limited liability company 10 Dollar General Stores, Ltd. Kentucky Dolgencorp, Inc. - General Partner Limited partnership Dade Lease Management, Inc. - Limited Partner 11 Nations Title Company, Inc. Tennessee Dollar General Financial, Inc. Corporation 12 Dollar General Properties LLC Delaware Dolgencorp, Inc. Limited liability company 13 Dollar General Properties of Kentucky LLC Delaware Dollar General Partners Limited liability company 14 Dollar General Investment, Inc. Delaware Dollar General Corporation Corporation |
Schedule 4.16
SCHEDULE 7.1
AMOUNT NO. EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS AS OF MAY 3, 2002 $ IN THOUSANDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Indenture dated as of June 21, 2000 between Dollar General Corporation as Issuer, $200,000 the Guarantors and First Union National Bank as Trustee, governing the Borrower's 8 5/8% Notes due June 15, 2010 2 Lease and Agreement dated as of April 30, 1997 between Sun-Dollar, L.P. as Landlord $53,121 and Dollar General Corporation as Tenant (South Boston, VA distribution center); (Capital Lease Obligation) 3 Lease dated as of January 19, 1999 between DG Ardmore, LLC as Landlord and $42,365 Dollar General Corporation as Tenant (Ardmore, OK distribution center) (Capital Lease Obligation) 4 Lease Agreement dated as of June 1, 2000 between FU/DG Fulton, LLC as Lessor and $14,873 Dollar General Corporation as Lessee (Fulton, MO distribution center) (Capital Lease Obligation) 5 Lease Agreement dated as of June 1, 2000 between FU/DG Indianola, LLC as Lessor $10,321 and Dollar General Corporation as Lessee (Indianola, MS distribution center) (Capital Lease Obligation) 6 Equipment Lease dated as of July 28, 1999 between First Union Commercial $8,216 Corporation as Lessor and Dollar General Corporation as Lessee (Capital Lease Obligation for airplane) 7 Term Lease Master Agreement dated as of November 14, 1994 between IBM Credit $28,486 Corporation as Lessor and Dollar General Corp as Lessee (Capital Lease Obligation) 8 Standby letter of credit, Bank of America as Issuer, Dollar General Corporation $1,959 as Applicant and National Union Fire Insurance as Beneficiary - (face amount) 9 Standby letter of credit, Bank of America as Issuer, Dollar General Corporation $135 as Applicant and Ace American Insurance Group as Beneficiary - (face amount) 10 Standby letter of credit line, Farmers National Bank as lender and Dollar General $98 Corporation as borrower ($250 line of credit; $98 face amount) 11 Interest Rate Swap Transaction dated as of July 20, 1999 between Dollar General $922 Corporation and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, expiring September 1, 2002 ($100,000 notional amount; $922 termination cost) 12 Promissory Notes to Robert J. Wood and John C. Wellons dated as of October 7, 1977 $39 (Outstanding principal amount) 13 Intercompany indebtedness |
Schedule 7.1
SCHEDULE 7.2
EXISTING LIENS
8 Cash collateral under the Cash Collateral Agreement between Dolgencorp, Inc. and D.L. Peterson Trust in the amount of $1,551 as of May 31, 2002
9 Security interests granted in goods that are the subjects of drafts drawn under the trade letters of credit issued pursuant to the FUNB Group Irrevocable Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement Terms and Conditions
10 Security interests granted in goods that are the subjects of drafts drawn under the trade letters of credit issued pursuant to the Continuing Documentary Credit Agreement between Dolgencorp, Inc. and Continental Bank N.A.
11 The Greater Cumberland Insurance Company cash collateral in the amount of $250 as May 31, 2002
12 Collateral for workers' compensation claims - Texas Workers' Compensation Commission in the amount of $3,800 as of May 31, 2002
Schedule 7.2
SCHEDULE 7.4
EXISTING INVESTMENTS
Schedule 7.4
EXHIBIT A-1
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, a
Tennessee corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to the order of
[NAME OF LENDER] (the "Lender"), for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office, at the office of SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent (the
"Administrative Agent"), at 303 Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, on
the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, the principal sum of [amount of such
Lender's Revolving Commitment] or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the
Credit Agreement described below, in lawful money of the United States of
America in immediately available funds, and to pay interest from the date hereof
on the principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding, in like funds, at
said office, at the rate or rates per annum and payable on such dates as
provided in the Credit Agreement. In addition, the Borrower further promises to
pay all costs of collection, including the reasonable attorneys' fees of the
Lender, if any amounts evidenced by this Note are collected by or through an
attorney-at-law or in bankruptcy or other judicial proceedings.
The Borrower promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at a rate or rates provided in the Credit Agreement.
All borrowings evidenced by this Note and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and the date thereof shall be endorsed by the holder hereof on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, or otherwise recorded by such holder in its internal records; provided, that the failure of the holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such notation shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make the payments of principal and interest in accordance with the terms of this Note and the Credit Agreement.
This Note is one of the Revolving Credit Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002, among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, the Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and Key Bank National Association and Firstar Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; the capitalized terms that are defined in the Credit Agreement being used in this Note with the respective meanings assigned to such capitalized terms in the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement contains, among other things,
provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
THIS NOTE HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND DELIVERED BY THE BORROWER IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Title:
LOANS AND PAYMENTS ------------------ -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- Unpaid Name of Person Date Amount and Payments of Principal Making Type of Loan Principal Balance of Notation Note -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- |
EXHIBIT A-2
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, a Tennessee corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to the order of SUNTRUST BANK (the "Lender"), for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, at the office of SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent"), at 303 Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, on the Swingline Commitment Termination Date, the principal sum of TEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement described below, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, and to pay interest from the date hereof on the principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding, in like funds, at said office, at the rate or rates per annum and payable on such dates as provided in the Credit Agreement. In addition, the Borrower further promises to pay all costs of collection, including the reasonable attorneys' fees of the Lender, if any amounts evidenced by this Note are collected by or through an attorney-at-law or in bankruptcy or other judicial proceedings.
The Borrower promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at a rate or rates provided in the Credit Agreement.
All borrowings evidenced by this Note and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and the date thereof shall be endorsed by the holder hereof on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, or otherwise recorded by such holder in its internal records; provided, that the failure of the holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such notation shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make the payments of principal and interest in accordance with the terms of this Note and the Credit Agreement.
This Note is the Swingline Note referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002, among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, the Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and Key Bank National Association and Firstar Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; the capitalized terms that are defined in the Credit Agreement being used in this Note with the respective meanings assigned to such capitalized terms in the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement contains, among other things, provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for prepayment of the principal
hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
THIS NOTE HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND DELIVERED BY THE BORROWER IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Title:
LOANS AND PAYMENTS ------------------ -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- Unpaid Principal Name of Person Date Amount and Payments of Balance of Making ---- Type of Loan Principal Note Notation ------------ --------- ---- -------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- |
[3-Year Revolving
Credit Agreement]
EXHIBIT B
2. The Assignor (a) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or with respect to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that the Assignor has not created any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim; (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or any obligor or the performance or observance by the Borrower or any obligor of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (c) attaches any Notes held by it evidencing the Assigned Facilities and [(i)] requests that the Administrative Agent, upon request by the Assignee, exchange the attached Notes, if any, for a new Note or Notes payable to the Assignee [and (ii) if the Assignor has retained any interest in an Assigned Facility, requests that the Administrative Agent exchange the attached Notes, if any, for a new Note or Notes payable to the Assignor, in each case] in amounts which reflect the assignment being made hereby (and after giving effect to any other assignments which have become effective on the Effective Date).
3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document which such Assignee has requested, together with copies of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.4 thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor, the Administrative Agent or any other 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 Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender including, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, its obligations pursuant to Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement.
5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) [to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued subsequent to the Effective Date] [to the Assignee whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Effective Date or accrue subsequent to the Effective Date. The Assignor and the Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments by the Administrative Agent for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves.]
6. From and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the other Loan Documents and shall be bound by the provisions thereof and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance and the Credit Agreement, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
7. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia.
8. 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.
Schedule 1 to Assignment and Acceptance
Commitment Percentage Credit Facility Assigned Principal Amount Assigned Assigned ------ -------- -------- --------- ------ -------- -------- Revolving Credit Facility (with proportionate share of Letter of Credit Subfacility) $ % ------------ ------- [Name of Assignee] [Name of Assignor] By: By: ---------------------- -------------------------------- Title Title Accepted: Consented to (if required pursuant to the Credit Agreement): SUNTRUST BANK, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION as Administrative Agent By: By: ---------------------- -------------------------------- Title Title |
THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this "Guarantee") made and delivered as of June ___, 2002, by each of the Subsidiaries of Dollar General Corporation, a Tennessee corporation, identified on the signature pages of this Guarantee (each a "Guarantor" and collectively the "Guarantors") in favor of (i) each of the Lenders from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement described below (each a "Lender" and collectively the "Lenders"), and (ii) SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacities as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank, and Collateral Agent under the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents referred to in the Credit Agreement (in such capacities, the "Administrative Agent", "Issuing Bank" and "Collateral Agent" respectively; the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and Collateral Agent collectively referred to herein as the "Guaranteed Parties").
WHEREAS, Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and Firstar Bank and Key Bank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, are parties to a certain 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June ___, 2002 (as the same may be amended, restated, and supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; capitalized terms used in this Guarantee that are defined in the Credit Agreement being used herein with the respective meanings given to such capitalized terms in the Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Lenders' obligation to make Loans to Borrower, and to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as provided in the Credit Agreement that each Guarantor, as a subsidiary of Borrower, unconditionally guarantee the payment of the Loans, and the payment of all obligations of Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Bank in respect of LC Disbursements made under the Letters of Credit, and all other Oblig ations of Borrower as provided in the Loan Documents (the Loans, Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations, and such other Obligations being herein collectively referred to as the "Guaranteed Obligations"; the term "Guaranteed Obligations" to include, without limitation (i) all principal and interest due with respect to all Loans outstanding under the terms of the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, interest accruing or that would have accrued after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding (whether or not such claim for interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and all obligations and liabilities of Borrower arising pursuant to any interest rate protection or swap agreements entered into with one or more of the Lenders, (ii) all fees, expenses, amounts payable by Borrower for reimbursement or indemnification under the terms of the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document, and all amounts advanced by any of the Guaranteed Parties to protect or preserve the value of any security for the Loans and other Guaranteed Obligations, and (iii) all renewals,
extensions, modifications, and refinancings (in whole or in part) of any of the amounts referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above);
WHEREAS, the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit will result in direct and substantial benefits to each Guarantor.
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce the Guaranteed Parties to make the Loans and otherwise to extend and continue to extend credit to Borrower hereafter, and in consideration of $10.00 and other good and valuable consideration received by Guarantor, each Guarantor hereby declares and agrees:
1. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Guaranteed Parties, and any transferee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, jointly and severally, the full and prompt payment of all Guaranteed Obligations and all costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred or sustained by the Guaranteed Parties in enforcing the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder. If any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations is not paid when due, each Guarantor hereby agrees to and will immediately pay same, without resort by the Guaranteed Parties to any other person or party. The obligation of each Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties hereunder is primary, absolute and unconditional, except as may be specifically set forth herein. Any and all payments by each Guarantor hereunder shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction for, any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, or withholding so that, in each case, each Guaranteed Party will receive, after giving effect to any Taxes (other than taxes applicable to the Guaranteed Party of the types described in the definition of "Excluded Taxes" as set forth in the Credit Agreement), the full amount that it would otherwise be entitled to receive with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations (but without duplication of amounts for Taxes already included in the Guaranteed Obligations). Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this is a guarantee of payment when due, and not of collection.
2. This Guarantee is continuing in nature and shall be effective with respect to the full amount outstanding under all Guaranteed Obligations, now existing or hereafter made or extended, and notwithstanding (i) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution, liquidation or like proceeding relating to any Guarantor or Borrower, or any action taken with respect to this Guarantee by any trustee or receiver, or by any court, in any such proceeding, (ii) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or (iii) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Guarantor. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the number and amounts of outstanding Guaranteed Obligations may fluctuate from time to time hereafter, and that Borrower may make payments to the Guaranteed Parties from time to time hereafter. Each Guarantor expressly agrees that this Guarantee shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding such fluctuations and payments, and whether or not any Guaranteed Obligations are outstanding at any particular time, until such time as all Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full and any commitment of the Guaranteed Parties under the Credit Agreement has been terminated.
3. Each Guarantor hereby waives notice of the Guaranteed Parties'
acceptance of this Guarantee and the creation, extension or renewal of any Loans
or other Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that,
at any time or times, without notice to or further approval from Guarantor, and
without in any way affecting the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder, the
Guaranteed Parties may, with or without consideration (i) release, compromise
with, or agree not to sue, in whole or in part, Borrower or any other obligor,
guarantor, endorser or surety on any Loans or any other Guaranteed Obligations,
(ii) renew, extend, accelerate, or increase or decrease the principal amount of
any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, either in whole or in part, (iii)
amend, waive, or otherwise modify any of the terms of any Loans or other
Guaranteed Obligations or of any mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or
other undertaking of Borrower or any other obligor, endorser, guarantor or
surety in connection with any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, and (iv)
apply any payment received from Borrower or from any other obligor, guarantor,
endorser or surety on the Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations to any of the
liabilities of Borrower or of such other obligor, guarantor, endorser, or surety
which the Guaranteed Parties may choose.
4. Each Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that the Guaranteed Parties may at any time or times, either with or without consideration, surrender, release or receive any property or other collateral of any kind or nature whatsoever held by it or for its account securing any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, or substitute any collateral so held by the Guaranteed Parties for other collateral of like or different kind, without notice to or further consent from such Guarantor, and such surrender, receipt, release or substitution shall not in any way affect the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder. The Guaranteed Parties shall have full authority to adjust, compromise, and receive less than the amount due upon any such collateral, and may enter into any accord and satisfaction agreement with respect to the same as the Guaranteed Parties may deem advisable without affecting the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder. The Guaranteed Parties shall be under no duty to undertake to collect upon such collateral or any part thereof, and no Guarantor's obligations hereunder shall be affected by the Guaranteed Parties' alleged negligence or mistake in judgment in handling, disposing of, obtaining, or failing to collect upon or perfect a security interest in, any such collateral.
5. Each Guarantor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest, and notice of dishonor of any of the liabilities guaranteed hereby. The Guaranteed Parties shall have no duty or obligation (i) to proceed or exhaust any remedy against Borrower, any other obligor, guarantor, endorser, or surety on any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, or any other security held by the Guaranteed Parties for any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, or (ii) to give any notice whatsoever to Borrower, any Guarantor, or any other obligor, guarantor, endorser, or surety on any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, in any case before bringing suit, exercising rights to any such security or instituting proceedings of any kind against any Guarantor, Borrower, or any of them, and each Guarantor hereby waives any requirement for such actions by the Guaranteed Parties. Upon default by Borrower and the Guaranteed Parties' demand to any Guarantor hereunder, such Guarantor shall be held and bound to the Guaranteed Parties directly as principal debtor in respect of the payment of the amounts hereby guaranteed, such liability of such Guarantor being joint and several with Borrower, each other Guarantor, and
all other obligors, guarantors, endorsers and sureties on the Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations.
6. Each Guarantor hereby waives to the fullest extent possible as against Borrower and its assets, any and all rights, whether at law, in equity, by agreement or otherwise, to subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement, contribution, payment or any other claim, cause of action, right or remedy that would otherwise arise out of any payment by such Guarantor hereunder, notwithstanding the manner or nature of such payment including but not limited to (a) direct payment by such Guarantor, (b) set-off by the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender against any liability or deposit owed by such entity to such Guarantor, (c) recovery by the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender against such Guarantor or any property of such Guarantor, as the result of any judgment, judgment lien, or legal process, (d) the application of the proceeds of any disposition of all or any part of the collateral to the repayment or all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or (e) the conveyance of all or any part of any Collateral to the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or the Lenders in satisfaction of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, until the indefeasible payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. The waivers set forth above are intended by each Guarantor and the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and the Lenders to be for the benefit of Borrower and such waivers shall be enforceable by Borrower as an absolute defense to any action by such Guarantor against Borrower or its assets which action arises out of any payment by any Guarantor hereunder.
7. As an independent covenant, each Guarantor hereby expressly covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties that all obligations and liabilities of Borrower and any other Subsidiaries of Borrower to any Guarantor of whatsoever description, including without limitation, all intercompany receivables of such Guarantor from Borrower and any such other Subsidiaries (collectively, the "Junior Claims") shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all obligations of Borrower and any such other Subsidiaries to the Guaranteed Parties under the terms of the Credit Agreement, this Guarantee, and the other Loan Documents (collectively, the "Senior Claims"). If an Event of Default shall occur, then, unless and until such Event of Default shall have been cured, waived, or shall have otherwise ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property, securities, by set-off or otherwise) shall be made by Borrower and any such other Subsidiaries to any Guarantor on account of or in any manner in respect of any Junior Claim except such payments and distributions the proceeds of which shall be applied to the payment of Senior Claims.
In the event of a Proceeding (as hereinafter defined), all Senior Claims shall first be paid in full before any direct or indirect payment or distribution (in cash, property, securities, by set-off or otherwise) shall be made to any Guarantor on account of or in any manner in respect of any Junior Claim except such payments and distributions the proceeds of which shall be applied to the payment of Senior Claims. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, "Proceeding" means Borrower or any Guarantor shall commence a voluntary case concerning itself under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy laws; or any involuntary case is commenced against Borrower or any Guarantor; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy laws) is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or any substantial part of the property of Borrower or any Guarantor, or Borrower or any Guarantor commences any other proceedings under any
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtor, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, whether commenced against Borrower or any Guarantor, or Borrower or any Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or Borrower or any Guarantor suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property; or Borrower or any Guarantor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; or Borrower or any Guarantor shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition or adjustment of its debts; or Borrower or any Guarantor shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any organizational action shall be taken by Borrower or any Guarantor for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
In the event any direct or indirect payment or distribution is made to a Guarantor in contravention of this Section 7, such payment or distribution shall be deemed received in trust for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties and shall be immediately paid over to the Administrative Agent for application against the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement
Each Guarantor agrees to execute such additional documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the subordination provided for in this Section 7.
8. (a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(g) or (h) of the Credit Agreement with respect to the Borrower, all Guaranteed Obligations shall automatically become immediately due and payable by the Guarantors, without notice or other action on the part of the Guaranteed Parties, and regardless of whether payment of the Guaranteed Obligations by Borrower has then been accelerated. In addition, if any event of the types described in Section 8.1(g) or (h) of the Credit Agreement should occur with respect to any Guarantor, and the Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrower have or thereafter become due and payable, then the Guaranteed Obligations shall automatically become immediately due and payable by such Guarantor, without further notice or other action on the part of the Guaranteed Parties.
(b) Upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of Borrower, the Guaranteed Parties' rights hereunder shall not be affected or impaired by their omission to prove all or any portion of its claim, and the Guaranteed Parties may in its discretion value or refrain from valuing any security held by it without in any way releasing, reducing or otherwise affecting any Guarantor's obligations hereunder. Each Guarantor agrees that this Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of the liabilities hereby guaranteed are rescinded or must otherwise be returned or restored by the Guaranteed Parties upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of Borrower or any other obligor, guarantor, endorser or surety on any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, all as though such payment had not been made.
9. This Guarantee is in addition to, and is not intended to supersede or be a substitute for any other guarantee, suretyship agreement, or instrument which the Guaranteed Parties may hold in connection with any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations and each Guarantor's obligations hereunder shall be deemed to be joint and several with the obligations of each other Guarantor.
10. This Guarantee contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and no provision hereof may be waived or modified except by a writing executed by each Guarantor and the Guaranteed Parties. There is no understanding that any person other than the Guarantors shall execute this or any similar Guarantee. No Guarantor's execution of this Guarantee was based upon any facts or materials provided by the Guaranteed Parties, nor was any Guarantor induced to execute this Guarantee by any representation, statement or information made or furnished by the Guaranteed Parties. Each Guarantor further acknowledges and agrees that such Guarantor assumes sole responsibility for independently obtaining any information or reports deemed necessary by such Guarantor in reaching any decision to execute this Guarantee.
11. The failure or forbearance of the Guaranteed Parties on any occasion to exercise any rights or remedies hereunder or otherwise granted to it by law or another agreement shall not affect the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder and shall not constitute a waiver of such right or remedy or preclude the later or further exercise thereof. Time is of the essence of this Guarantee and each Guarantor's obligations hereunder.
12. Any notice or demand which the Guaranteed Party's may be required to give to any Guarantor may be sent or made, at any Guaranteed Parties' option, to or on such Guarantor in the same manner and with the same effect as provided with respect to notices pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement, when delivered, mailed or sent by telecopy to the address or telecopier number indicated for such Guarantor below.
13. This Guarantee shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of each Guarantor and the Guaranteed Parties.
14. If any provision of this Guarantee or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall, to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Guarantee or the application of such provision to the other persons or circumstances, other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each provision of this Guarantee shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
15. In addition to and not in limitation of all rights of set-off that the Guaranteed Parties may have under applicable law, the Guaranteed Parties shall, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and whether or not the Guaranteed Parties have made any demand or the Guaranteed Obligations are matured, have the right to appropriate and apply to the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations all deposits of any Guarantor (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) then or thereafter held by, and other indebtedness or property then or thereafter owing to any Guarantor by, any of the Guaranteed Parties whether or not related to this Guarantee or any transaction hereunder.
16. (a) It is the intent of each Guarantor and the Guaranteed Parties that each Guarantor's maximum obligations hereunder shall be:
(i) in a case or proceeding commenced by or against such Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code on or within one year from the date on which any of the Guaranteed Obligations are incurred, the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor under (A) Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or (B) any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in such case or proceeding by virtue of Section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code; or
(ii) in a case or proceeding commenced by or against such Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code subsequent to one year from the date on which any of the Guaranteed Obligations are incurred, the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of the Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor under any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in any such case or proceeding by virtue of Section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code; or
(iii) in a case or proceeding commenced by or against such Guarantor under any law, statute or regulation other than the Bankruptcy Code (including, without limitation, any other bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar debtor relief laws), the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor under such law, statute or regulation including, without limitation, any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in any such case or proceeding.
(The substantive laws under which the possible avoidance or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties) shall be determined in any such case or proceeding shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Avoidance Provisions").
(b) To the end set forth in Section 16(a), but only to the extent that the Guaranteed Obligations would otherwise be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions if such Guarantor is not deemed to have received valuable consideration, fair value or reasonably equivalent value for the Guaranteed Obligations, or if the Guaranteed Obligations would render the Guarantor insolvent, or leave the Guarantor with an unreasonably small capital to conduct its business, or cause the Guarantor to have incurred debts (or to have intended to have incurred debts) beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, in each case as of the time any of the Guaranteed Obligations are deemed to have been incurred under the Avoidance Provisions and after giving effect to contribution as among Guarantors, the maximum Guaranteed Obligations for which such Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall be reduced to
that amount which, after giving effect thereto, would not cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties), as so reduced, to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions. This Section 16(b) is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Guaranteed Parties hereunder to the maximum extent that would not cause the Guaranteed Obligations of any Guarantor to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, and neither such Guarantor nor any other Person shall have any right or claim under this Section 16 as against the Guaranteed Parties that would not otherwise be available to such Person under the Avoidance Provisions.
(c) None of the provisions of this Section 16 are intended in any manner to alter the obligations of any holder of subordinated Indebtedness or the rights of the holders of "senior indebtedness" as provided by the terms of the subordinated Indebtedness. Accordingly, it is the intent of each of the Guarantors that, in the event that any payment or distribution is made with respect to the subordinated Indebtedness prior to the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations by virtue of the provisions of this Section 16, in any case or proceeding of the kinds described in clauses (i)-(iii) of Section 16(a), the holders of the subordinated Indebtedness shall be obligated to pay or deliver such payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties. Furthermore, in respect of the Avoidance Provisions, it is the intent of each Guarantor that the subrogation rights of the holders of subordinated Indebtedness with respect to the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty, be subject in all respects to the provisions of Section 16(b).
17. (a) THIS GUARANTEE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH GUARANTOR HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF) OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
COMPLETED THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER MAILING THEREOF TO SAID AGENT. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS SERVED ON SUCH AGENT WILL BE PROMPTLY FORWARDED BY SUCH AGENT AND BY THE SERVER OF PROCESS BY MAIL TO THE RESPECTIVE GUARANTOR AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN, BUT THE FAILURE OF SUCH GUARANTOR TO RECEIVE SUCH COPY SHALL NOT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AFFECT IN ANY WAY THE SERVICE OF SUCH PROCESS. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE GUARANTEED PARTIES TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(c) TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTEE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY MATTER ARISING IN CONNECTION HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
19. This Guarantee 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.
[3-year Revolving Credit Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
DOLLAR GENERAL FINANCIAL, INC.
(a Tennessee corporation)
Title:
DADE LEASE MANAGEMENT, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
Title:
DOLGENCORP, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
Title:
DOLGENCORP OF NEW YORK, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
Title:
DOLGENCORP OF TEXAS, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
Title:
DG LOGISTICS, LLC
(a Tennessee limited liability
company)
Title:
DOLLAR GENERAL STORES, LTD.
(a Kentucky corporation)
Title:
DOLLAR GENERAL PARTNERS
(a Kentucky general partnership)
Title:
THE GREATER CUMBERLAND INSURANCE
COMPANY (a Vermont corporation)
Title:
NATIONS TITLE COMPANY, INC.
(a Tennessee corporation)
Title:
DOLLAR GENERAL INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY, L.P. (a Vermont limited
partnership)
Title:
DOLLAR GENERAL INVESTMENTS, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
Title:
DGC PROPERTIES LLC
(a Delaware limited liability
company)
Title:
DGC PROPERTIES OF KENTUCKY LLC
(a Delaware limited liability
company)
Title:
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 7 ABOVE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO:
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Title:
[3-year Revolving Credit Agreement]
ANNEX I
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
C. Certain Subsidiaries of Borrower have entered into the Guaranty Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and other extensions of credit to Borrower under the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries of Borrower are required to enter into the Guaranty Agreement and become a Guarantor thereunder. The undersigned (the "Additional Guarantor") is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement and Guaranty Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and other extensions of credit to Borrower and as consideration for Loans and other extensions of credit previously made.
Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and the Additional Guarantor agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) By its signature below, the Additional Guarantor becomes a Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor therein, and the Additional Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guaranty Agreement applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder, and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made with respect to each Guarantor thereunder and under the Credit Agreement are true and correct in respect of the Additional Guarantor on and as of the date hereof. Each reference to a "Guarantor" in the Guaranty Agreement shall be deemed to include the Additional Guarantor. The Guaranty Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, the Additional Guarantor hereby jointly and severally (with respect to the obligations of the Guarantors under the Guaranty Agreement) irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all principal of, and interest on, each Loan made to Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, each obligation of Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Bank in respect of all LC Disbursements, and the full and punctual payment when due of all fees, expenses, indemnity and reimbursement payments, and other Obligations payable by Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, interest accruing or that would have accrued after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding, whether or not any claim for interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and all obligations of Borrower arising pursuant to any interest rate protection or swap agreements entered into with one or more of the Lenders. Upon failure by Borrower to pay punctually when due any such amount, the Additional Guarantor agrees that it shall forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement or the relevant Loan Documents, as the case may be. The Additional Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this is a guarantee of payment when due, and not of collection, and that the obligations of the Additional Guarantor hereunder may be enforced up to the full amount hereof without proceeding against Borrower, any security held by or on behalf of the Lenders, or against any other Guarantor or any other party that may have liability on all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 2. The Additional Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or moratorium or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single agreement. This Supplement shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the Additional Guarantor and the Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page to this
Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Georgia, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.
SECTION 6. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guaranty Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision hereof in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction.) The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in the Guaranty Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the Additional Guarantor shall be given to it at the address of Borrower as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Additional Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guaranty Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[Name of Additional Guarantor]
Title:
SUNTRUST BANK,
As Administrative Agent
THIS CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as of June 21, 2002, by and among DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, a Tennessee corporation (the "Principal"), each of the Subsidiaries of Principal identified on the signature pages of this Agreement (each a "Guarantor" and collectively the "Guarantors"), and SUNTRUST BANK, a Georgia banking corporation, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Principal, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association and KeyBank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, are parties to a certain 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002 (as the same may hereafter from time to time be amended, modified, and restated, the "Credit Agreement"; capitalized terms used herein that are defined in such Credit Agreement are used herein with the respective meanings provided for such terms in the Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantors have executed and delivered a Guaranty Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002, in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Collateral Agent, and the Lenders (as the same may hereafter from time to time be amended, modified, and restated, the "Guaranty Agreement");
WHEREAS, it is a further requirement and condition of the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors execute and deliver an agreement in the form hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants hereinafter contained, and to induce the Guarantors to enter into the Guaranty Agreement, each Guarantor and the Administrative Agent agree as follows:
exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy by the Administrative Agent, the Principal or any Guarantor preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right power or remedy. All remedies hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law. None of the Administrative Agent, the Principal or the Guarantors shall be deemed to have waived any rights hereunder unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by such parties.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to a written agreement entered into among the Principal, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent.
(b) In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized offices as of the date first appearing above.
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
(a Tennessee corporation)
DOLLAR GENERAL FINANCIAL, INC.
(a Tennessee corporation)
By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DADE LEASE MANAGEMENT, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DOLGENCORP, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DOLGENCORP OF NEW YORK, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DOLGENCORP OF TEXAS, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DG LOGISTICS, LLC
(a Tennessee limited liability company)
By: Dolgencorp., Inc., Sole Member By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DOLLAR GENERAL STORES, LTD.
(a Kentucky general partnership)
By: Dolgencorp., Inc., General Partner By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DOLLAR GENERAL INVESTMENT, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DGC PROPERTIES LLC
(a Delaware limited liability company)
By: Dolgencorp., Inc., Sole Member By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DOLLAR GENERAL PARTNERS
(a Kentucky general partnership)
By: Dolgencorp., Inc., General Partner By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer By: Dade Lease Management, Inc., General Partner By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer By: Dollar General Financial, Inc., General Partner By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
NATIONS TITLE COMPANY, INC.
(a Tennessee corporation)
By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DOLLAR GENERAL INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY, L.P.
(a Vermont limited partnership)
By: Dade Lease Management, Inc., General Partner By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
THE GREATER CUMBERLAND INSURANCE
COMPANY (a Vermont corporation)
By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
DGC PROPERTIES OF KENTUCKY LLC
(a Delaware limited liability company)
By: Dollar General Partners, a Kentucky partnership, Sole Member By: Dolgencorp., Inc., General Partner By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer By: Dolgencorp., Inc., General Partner By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer By: Dollar General Financial, Inc., General Partner By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Administrative Agent
By: ----------------------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
ANNEX I
THIS SUPPLEMENT TO CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this "Supplement") dated as of ________________________, made by and between __________________, a _________ (the "New Guarantor"), and the Administrative Agent described in the Credit Agreement referred to below.
A. Reference is made to (a) the 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002 (as amended, supplemented and restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among Dollar General Corporation (the "Principal"), SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, the banks and other lending institutions from time to time that are parties thereto (the "Lenders"), Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association and KeyBank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, (b) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002, among the Guarantors that are parties thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Collateral Agent, and the Lenders (as amended, supplemented and restated from time to time, the "Guaranty Agreement"), and (c) the Contribution Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002, among the Principal, the Guarantors, and the Administrative Agent (as amended, supplemented and restated from time to time, the "Contribution Agreement").
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Contribution Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as the case may be.
C. The Principal and the Guarantors have entered into the Contribution Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans, issue Letters of Credit, and make other extensions of credit to the Principal. Pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries of the Principal are required to enter into the Guaranty Agreement as a Guarantor. Section 12 of the Contribution Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries of the Principal may become Guarantors under the Contribution Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary of the Principal (the "New Guarantor") is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Contribution Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans, issue additional Letters of Credit, and make other additional extensions of credit to the Principal and as consideration for Loans, Letters of Credit, and other extensions of credit previously made and issued.
Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and the New Guarantor agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 12 of the Contribution Agreement, the New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Contribution Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor, and the New Guarantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Contribution Agreement
applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder. Each reference to a "Guarantor" in the Contribution Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Guarantor. The Contribution Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Contribution Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
SECTION 6. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, neither party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Contribution Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 7 of the Contribution Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Guarantor shall be given to it at the address of the Principal as provided in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to Contribution Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[Name of New Guarantor]
Title:
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Administrative Agent
Title:
EXHIBIT 2.3
FORM OF NOTICE OF REVOLVING BORROWING
[Date]
SunTrust Bank,
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Attention:
Reference is made to the 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002 (as amended and in effect on the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement"), among the undersigned, as Borrower, the Lenders named therein, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and Firstar Bank and Key Bank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Notice of Revolving Borrowing, and the Borrower hereby requests a Revolving Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Revolving Borrowing requested hereby:
(E) Location and number of Borrower's account to which proceeds of Revolving Borrowing are to be disbursed:
The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Title:
EXHIBIT 2.5
FORM OF NOTICE OF SWINGLINE BORROWING
[Date]
SunTrust Bank,
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Attention:
Reference is made to the 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002 (as amended and in effect on the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement"), among the undersigned, as Borrower, the Lenders named therein, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and Firstar Bank and Key Bank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Notice of Swingline Borrowing, and the Borrower hereby requests a Swingline Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Swingline Borrowing requested hereby:
(D) Location and number of Borrower's account to which proceeds of Swingline Borrowing are to be disbursed:
The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Title:
EXHIBIT 2.7
FORM OF NOTICE OF CONTINUATION/CONVERSION
[Date]
SunTrust Bank,
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Attention:
Reference is made to the 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002 (as amended and in effect on the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement"), among the undersigned, as Borrower, the Lenders named therein, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and Firstar Bank and Key Bank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Notice of Continuation/Conversion and the Borrower hereby requests the conversion or continuation of a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Borrowing to be converted or continued as requested hereby:
(A) Borrowing to which this request applies: (amount) ------------------------ , 200 (Interest Period End Date) -------------------- -- |
(B) Principal amount(s) of Borrowing to be converted/continued1:
(C) Effective date of election (must be a Business Day):
1Not less than $10,000,000 or a larger multiple of $500,000 if a Eurodollar Borrowing, and not be less than $1,000,000 or a larger multiple of $100,000 if a Base Rate Borrowing.
(D) Interest rates basis for each resulting Borrowing2:
(E) Interest period for each resulting Borrowing3:
Very truly yours,
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Title:
EXHIBIT 2.23
FORM OF NOTICE OF REQUESTED LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUANCE
[Date]
SunTrust Bank, as
Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Attention:
Reference is made to the 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002 (as amended and in effect on the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement"), among the undersigned, as Borrower, the Lenders named therein, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and Firstar Bank and Key Bank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes an LC Notice, and the Borrower hereby requests issuance of a Letter of Credit as provided in the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Letter of Credit requested hereby:
(A) Requested date of issuance: , 200 ---------------------------- (B) Expiration date of Letter of Credit1: , 200 ------------------ (C) Amount of Letter of Credit2: $ --------------------------------- (D) Name and address of beneficiary: ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------- |
1Not later than the earlier of (x) one year from date of issuance or renewal or
extension, as the case may be, and (y) five (5) Business Days prior to the
Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
2Not less than $1,000,000
(E) Requested form of Letter of Credit is attached to this Notice.
The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Title:
EXHIBIT 10.2
EXECUTION
COUNTERPART
364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of June 21, 2002
among
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
as Borrower
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
as Syndication Agent
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Co-Documentation Agents
and
SUNTRUST BANK
as Administrative Agent
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY CAPITAL MARKETS,
a division of SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., as Sole Lead Arranger
TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON...............................................................i ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION...................................................1 ------------------------- Section 1.1. Definitions...................................................1 Section 1.2. Classifications of Loans and Borrowings......................21 Section 1.3. Accounting Terms and Determination...........................21 Section 1.4. Terms Generally..............................................22 ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENTS........................................22 ----------------------------------- Section 2.1. General Description of Facilities............................22 Section 2.2. Loans........................................................22 Section 2.3. Procedure for Borrowings.....................................23 Section 2.4. Funding of Borrowings........................................23 Section 2.5. Interest Elections...........................................24 Section 2.6. Optional Reduction and Termination of Commitments............25 Section 2.7. Repayment of Loans...........................................25 Section 2.8. Evidence of Indebtedness.....................................25 Section 2.9. Optional Prepayments.........................................26 Section 2.10. Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions..............26 Section 2.11. Interest on Loans............................................28 Section 2.12. Fees.........................................................29 Section 2.13. Computation of Interest and Fees.............................29 Section 2.14. Inability to Determine Interest Rates........................29 Section 2.15. Illegality...................................................30 Section 2.16. Increased Costs..............................................30 Section 2.17. Funding Indemnity............................................31 Section 2.18. Taxes........................................................32 Section 2.19. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs..........................................34 Section 2.20. Mitigation of Obligations....................................35 Section 2.20. Mitigation of Obligations. TC................................36 ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS.............................................36 ----------------------------- Section 3.1. Conditions To Effectiveness..................................36 Section 3.2. Each Credit Event............................................39 Section 3.3. Delivery of Documents........................................40 |
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES............................................40 ------------------------------ Section 4.1. Existence; Power.............................................40 Section 4.2. Organizational Power; Authorization..........................40 Section 4.3. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.........................40 Section 4.4. Financial Statements.........................................41 Section 4.5. Litigation and Environmental Matters.........................41 Section 4.6. Compliance with Laws.........................................41 Section 4.7. Investment Company Act, Etc..................................42 Section 4.8. Taxes........................................................42 Section 4.9. Margin Regulations...........................................42 Section 4.10. ERISA........................................................43 Section 4.11. Ownership of Property........................................44 Section 4.12. Insurance....................................................44 Section 4.13. Disclosure...................................................44 Section 4.14. Labor Relations..............................................45 Section 4.15. Status of Certain Agreements and Other Matters...............45 Section 4.16. Subsidiaries.................................................46 ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS......................................................46 --------------------- Section 5.1. Financial Statements and Other Information...................46 Section 5.2. Notices of Material Events...................................48 Section 5.3. Existence; Conduct of Business...............................49 Section 5.4. Compliance with Laws, Etc....................................49 Section 5.5. Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations.......................49 Section 5.6. Books and Records............................................49 Section 5.7. Visitation, Inspection, Etc..................................50 Section 5.8. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.........................50 Section 5.9. Use of Proceeds..............................................50 Section 5.10. Additional Subsidiaries......................................50 Section 5.11. Further Assurances...........................................51 ARTICLE VI FINANCIAL COVENANTS........................................................51 ------------------- Section 6.1. Funded Debt to EBITDAR Ratio.................................52 Section 6.2. EBITR to Interest and Rents Ratio............................52 Section 6.3. Asset Coverage Ratio.........................................52 Section 6.4. Consolidated Net Worth.......................................52 Section 6.5. Capital Expenditures.........................................52 ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS.........................................................53 ------------------ Section 7.1. Indebtedness.................................................53 Section 7.2. Liens........................................................54 Section 7.3. Fundamental Changes..........................................55 Section 7.4. Investments, Loans, Etc......................................56 Section 7.5. Restricted Payments..........................................57 Section 7.6. Sale of Assets...............................................57 Section 7.7. Transactions with Affiliates.................................58 Section 7.8. Restrictive Agreements.......................................58 Section 7.9. Sale and Leaseback Transactions..............................58 Section 7.11. Hedging Transactions.........................................59 Section 7.12. Actions Relating to Indenture and Senior Notes...............59 Section 7.13. Accounting Changes...........................................59 |
ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT........................................................60 ----------------- Section 8.1. Events of Default............................................60 ARTICLE IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.................................................63 ------------------------ Section 9.1. Appointment of Administrative Agent..........................63 Section 9.2. Nature of Duties of Administrative Agent.....................63 Section 9.3. Lack of Reliance on the Administrative Agent.................64 Section 9.4. Certain Rights of the Administrative Agent...................64 Section 9.5. Reliance by Administrative Agent.............................64 Section 9.6. The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity..........65 Section 9.7. Successor Administrative Agent...............................65 ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS............................................................66 ------------- Section 10.1. Notices......................................................66 Section 10.2. Waiver; Amendments...........................................67 Section 10.3. Expenses; Indemnification....................................68 Section 10.4. Successors and Assigns.......................................69 Section 10.5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process...72 Section 10.6. Waiver Of Jury Trial.........................................72 Section 10.7. Right of Setoff..............................................73 Section 10.8. Counterparts; Integration....................................73 Section 10.9. Survival.....................................................73 Section 10.10. Severability.................................................73 Section 10.11. Confidentiality..............................................74 Section 10.12. Interest Rate Limitation.....................................74 EXHIBITS -------- Exhibit A-1 Form of Revolving Credit Note Exhibit B Form of Assignment and Acceptance Exhibit C Form of Guaranty Agreement Exhibit D Form of Contribution Agreement Exhibit 2.3 Form of Notice of Borrowing Exhibit 2.5 Form of Notice of Continuation/Conversion |
Schedule 1.1-A Applicable Margins and Applicable Percentages Schedule 1.1-B Mortgaged Non-Retail Properties Schedule 1.1-C Mortgaged Retail Properties Schedule 4.1 Subsidiaries Not Qualified or in Good Standing Schedule 4.5 Litigation and Environmental Matters Schedule 4.10 ERISA Exceptions Schedule 4.16 Subsidiaries Schedule 7.1 Existing Indebtedness Schedule 7.2 Existing Liens Schedule 7.4 Existing Investments |
THIS 364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of June 21, 2002, by and among DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, a
Tennessee corporation (the "Borrower"), the several banks and other financial
institutions from time to time party hereto (the "Lenders"), and SUNTRUST BANK,
in its capacities as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent") and
Collateral Agent (the "Collateral Agent") for the Lenders, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST
BOSTON, as Syndication Agent for the Lenders (the "Syndication Agent"), and
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Co-Documentation Agents for the Lenders (the "Co-Documentation Agents").
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders establish a $150,000,000 revolving credit facility in favor of the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders severally, to the extent of their respective Commitments as defined herein, are willing to establish the requested revolving credit facility in favor of the Borrower;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.1. Definitions In addition to the other terms defined herein, the following terms used herein shall have the meanings herein specified (to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
"Acquisition" shall mean the acquisition by any of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of any of the following: (i) the controlling interest in any Person, (ii) the capital stock or other equity securities or ownership interests in any Subsidiary not already owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) all or substantially all of the assets of any Person or a division, line of business, or business segment of any Person.
"Adjusted LIBO Rate" shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) LIBOR for such Interest Period by (ii) a percentage equal to 1.00 minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
"Administrative Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the opening paragraph hereof.
"Administrative Questionnaire" shall mean, with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent duly completed by such Lender.
"Affiliate" shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, "Control" shall mean the power, directly or indirectly, either to (i) vote 10% or more of securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of a Person or (ii) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms "Controlling", "Controlled by", and "under common Control with" have meanings correlative thereto.
"Aggregate Commitment Amount" shall mean the amount of the Aggregate Commitments in effect from time to time. On the Closing Date, the Aggregate Commitment Amount equals $150,000,000.
"Aggregate Commitments" shall mean at any time, collectively, all Commitments of all Lenders in effect at such time.
"Agreement" shall mean this 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, and supplemented from time to time.
"Applicable Lending Office" shall mean, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the "Lending Office" of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) designated for such Type of Loan in the Administrative Questionnaire submitted by such Lender or such other office of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the office through which its Loans of such Type are to be made and maintained.
"Applicable Margin" shall mean, with respect to all Loans outstanding on any date, the percentage per annum determined by reference to the applicable Debt Rating in effect on such date with respect to Eurodollar Loans as set forth on the Pricing Grid. Notwithstanding the above, if (i) the Moody's Rating and the S&P Rating shall fall within different Levels of the Pricing Grid, the lower of the two different Levels will apply, or (ii) either S&P or Moody's shall cease to have its applicable Debt Rating in effect, then the remaining Debt Rating shall apply, or (iii) both S&P and Moody's shall cease to have an applicable Debt Rating in effect, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend the Pricing Grid (which amendment shall require the consent of each of the Lenders) to reflect the unavailability of the Debt Ratings from such rating agencies, provided, however that, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the applicable Debt Rating for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin shall be Level VI.. A change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Debt Rating shall be effective on the day on which either Moody's or S&P changes its Debt Rating and shall continue until the day prior to the day that a further change by either Moody's or S&P becomes effective.
"Applicable Percentage" shall mean, with respect to the Facility Fee, as of
any date, the percentage per annum determined by reference to the applicable
Debt Rating as set forth on the Pricing Grid. Notwithstanding the above, if (i)
the Moody's Rating and the S&P Rating shall fall within different Levels of the
Pricing Grid, the lower of the two different Levels will apply, or (ii) either
S&P or Moody's shall cease to have its applicable Debt Rating in effect, then
the remaining Debt Rating shall apply, or (iii) both S&P and Moody's shall cease
to have an applicable Debt Rating in effect, then the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend the Pricing Grid
(which amendment shall require the consent of each of the Lenders) to reflect
the unavailability of the Debt Ratings from such rating agencies; provided,
however, that, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the applicable
Debt Rating for purposes of determining the Applicable Percentage shall be Level
VI.. A change in the Applicable Percentage resulting from a change in the Debt
Rating shall be effective on the day on which either Moody's or S&P changes its
Debt Rating and shall continue until the day prior to the day that a further
change by either Moody's or S&P becomes effective.
"Apportioned Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Net Proceeds, an amount equal to the pro rata share of such Net Proceeds based on the Aggregate Commitment Amount then in effect under this Agreement and the "Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount" then in effect under the 3-Year Credit Agreement.
"Approved Fund" means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business, that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender, and that in any case has been approved by the Administrative Agent hereunder.
"Asset Coverage Ratio" shall mean, as of any date, the ratio of (i) Eligible Inventory as of such date to (ii) Consolidated Funded Debt as of such date.
"Assignment and Acceptance" shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.4(b)) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
"Availability Period" shall mean the period from the Closing Date to the Commitment Termination Date.
"Base Rate" shall mean the higher of (i) the per annum rate which the Administrative Agent publicly announces from time to time to be its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time, and (ii) the Federal Funds Rate, as in effect from time to time, plus one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum. The Administrative Agent's prime lending rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate charged to customers. The Administrative Agent may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Administrative Agent's prime lending rate. Each change in the Administrative Agent's prime lending rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
"Borrower" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
"Borrowing" shall mean a borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
"Business Day" shall mean (i) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Atlanta, Georgia are authorized or required by law to close, and (ii) if such day relates to a Borrowing of, a payment or prepayment of principal or interest on, a conversion of or into, or an Interest Period for, a Eurodollar Loan or a notice with respect to any of the foregoing, any day on which dealings in Dollars are carried on in the London interbank market.
"Capital Expenditures" shall mean, for any period and without duplication,
(i) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital
expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are (or would be) set
forth on a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period
prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person shall mean all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease (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" shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower to any Person or "group" (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in effect on the date hereof), (ii) 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) acting in concert acquiring beneficial ownership of 30% or more of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the Borrower; (iii) during any period of 12 consecutive calendar months, Continuing Directors shall cease to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower, or (iv) any event or condition shall occur or exist which, pursuant to the terms of any change of control provision, requires or permits the holder(s) of Indebtedness of any Loan Party which individually or in the aggregate is equal to or exceeds $10,000,000 to require that such Indebtedness be redeemed, repurchased, defeased, prepaid or repaid, in whole or in part, or the maturity of such Indebtedness to be accelerated in any respect.
"Change in Law" shall mean (i) the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (ii) any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or application thereof, by any Governmental
Authority after the date of this Agreement, or (iii) compliance by any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) (or for purposes of Section 2.16(b), by such Lender's holding company, if applicable) 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.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time.
"Collateral" shall mean, collectively, the Mortgaged Properties and all other collateral described from time to time in the Security Documents.
"Collateral Agent" shall mean SunTrust Bank, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders under the Security Documents.
"Collateral Documents" shall mean, collectively, the Mortgages, the
Environmental Indemnity Agreement, the UCC Financing Statements, the owners'
affidavits in respect of the Mortgaged Properties, and all other instruments,
agreements and documents executed and delivered by any of the Borrower and the
Guarantors pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement, or the Mortgages in
respect of the Collateral, whether pursuant to Section 3.1, Section 5.10,
Section 5.11 or otherwise.
"Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the amount set forth with respect to such Lender on its signature page to this Agreement, or in the case of a Person becoming a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount of the assigned "Commitment" as provided in the Assignment and Acceptance executed by such Person as an assignee, in each case as the same may be increased or decreased pursuant to the terms hereof.
"Commitment Termination Date" shall mean the earliest of (i) June 20, 2003,
(ii) the date on which the Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 2.6
and (iii) the date on which all amounts outstanding under this Agreement have
been declared or have automatically become due and payable (whether by
acceleration or otherwise).
"Consolidated Adjusted Funded Debt shall mean, as of any date of determination for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (i) Consolidated Funded Debt as of such date and, (ii) without duplication, (A) the present value (determined based on a discount rate of ten percent (10%) in accordance with discounted present value analytical technology) as of such date, of all remaining payments due under leases and financing obligations (excluding capital leases already included in the calculation of Consolidated Funded Debt), whether for retail stores, distribution centers, administrative office space, furniture, fixtures, equipment, or other tangible assets, and (B) all other Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated EBITDAR" shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, an amount equal to the sum of (i) Consolidated EBITR for such period, and (ii) to the
extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, depreciation and amortization for such period, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated EBITR" shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, an amount equal to the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (ii) to the extent deducted in determining the Consolidated Net Income for such period (x) Consolidated Interest Expense, (y) income tax expense, and (z) Consolidated Rent Expense, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Funded Debt" shall mean, as of any date of determination, all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (other than in respect of commercial letters of credit and Indebtedness of the types described in clauses (x) and (xi) of the definition of the term Indebtedness), including without limitation, all Obligations and all "Obligations" as such term is defined in the 3-Year Credit Agreement.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" shall mean, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for any period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP, the sum of (i) total interest expense (net of interest income),
including without limitation, the interest component of any payments in respect
of capital leases capitalized or expensed during such period (whether or not
actually paid during such period, and any program costs incurred in respect of
any accounts receivable securitization or other financing arrangement), plus
(ii) the net amount payable (or minus the net amount receivable) with respect to
Hedging Obligations during such period (whether or not actually paid or received
during such period).
"Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, for any period, the net income or loss of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (i) the income of any Person (other than the Borrower) in which any other Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary) owns an equity interest in excess of 10%, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries during such period, (ii) any extraordinary items of gain or loss, and (iii) the income or loss of any Person or business accrued prior to the date such Person or business is included in the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean, as of any date of determination, the shareholders' equity of the Borrower, as set forth or reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any redeemable preferred stock.
"Consolidated Rent Expense" shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate amount of all rental payments (including both minimum and contingent rents) during such period in respect of all lease agreements and financing obligations (excluding any amounts in respect of capital leases or financing obligations included in the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense for such period), whether for retail stores,
distribution centers, administrative office space, furniture, fixtures, equipment, or other tangible assets.
"Contractual Obligation" of any Person shall mean any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking under which such Person is obligated or by which it or any of the property in which it has an interest is bound.
"Contribution Agreement" shall mean that certain Contribution Agreement dated as of the date of this Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Guarantors, and the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit D, as the same may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.
"Continuing Directors" shall mean, with respect to any period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months, any member of the board of directors of the Borrower who (a) was a member of such board of directors on the first day of such period or (b) was nominated for election or elected to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination or election.
"DGI" shall mean Dollar General Investment, Inc., a Delaware corporation that is a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
"DGI Loans" shall mean, collectively, the intercompany loans made by DGI to the Mortgagors (other than the Borrower) from the proceeds of the initial Loans under the Related Revolving Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $320,000,000 for the purpose of providing funds for refinancing and replacing the outstanding Indebtedness under the Existing Synthetic Leases encumbering the Mortgaged Properties, which intercompany loans (i) provide by their terms that (x) no principal payments on such intercompany loans are to be made during any time that any Obligations remain outstanding, or any Commitments remain in effect, under either of the Related Revolving Credit Facilities without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, (y) the principal amounts of such intercompany loans shall be deemed paid and satisfied, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, in an amount equal to any payments of principal amounts of the Obligations outstanding under either of the Related Revolving Credit Facilities made by the respective Mortgagors pursuant to the requirements of any Guarantees given by such Mortgagors in respect of such Obligations, and (z) payment of such intercompany loans are subordinated to the prior payment in full of all Obligations of the Mortgagors under their respective Guarantees given in respect of the Obligations under the Related Revolving Credit Facilities, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (ii) shall otherwise be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
"Debt Rating" shall mean the Moody's Rating and the S&P's Rating, as the case may be.
"Default" shall mean any condition or event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Dollar(s)" and the sign "$" shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
"Eligible Assignee" means (i) a Lender; (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender; (iii) an Approved Fund; and (iv) any other Person (other than a natural Person) approved by the Administrative Agent and unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If the consent of the Borrower to an assignment to an Eligible Assignee is required hereunder, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given its consent five Business Days after the date notice thereof has actually been delivered by the assigning Lender (through the Administrative Agent) to the Borrower, unless such consent is expressly refused by the Borrower prior to such fifth Business Day.
"Eligible Inventory" shall mean inventory of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries valued at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined using the retail last-in, first-out method, all as properly reflected on the Borrower's consolidated balance sheet and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Environmental Indemnity Agreement" shall mean the Hazardous Materials Indemnity Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002 executed by the Borrower and certain of the Guarantors in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, as the same may be amended, restated and supplemented from time to time.
"Environmental Laws" shall mean all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by or with 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" shall mean any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation and remediation, costs of administrative oversight, fines, natural resource damages, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (i) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (iii) any actual or alleged exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (iv) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (v) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated), which, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for the 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" shall mean (i) 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); (ii) 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; (iii)
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; (iv) 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;
(v) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan
administrator appointed by the PBGC of any notice relating to an intention to
terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (vi)
the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (vii) 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 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 refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
"Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" shall mean the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental, special or other marginal reserves) expressed as a decimal (rounded upwards to the next 1/100th of 1%) in effect on any day to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate pursuant to regulations issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "eurocurrency liabilities" under Regulation D). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D. The Eurodollar Reserve Percentage shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
"Excluded Taxes" shall mean with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (i) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by any United States local, state or federal governmental authority, 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, or any nation within
"Existing Synthetic Leases" shall mean, collectively, (i) the Lease Agreement, dated as of September 2, 1997, between the Borrower and Atlantic Financial Group, Ltd., a Texas limited liability partnership ("AFG"), and the Master Lease Agreement, dated as of September 2, 1997, among the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries, SunTrust Bank, (formerly known as SunTrust Bank, Atlanta) and AFG, and (ii) the Lease Agreement, dated as of June 11, 1999, between the Borrower and AFG, and the Master Lease Agreement, dated as of June 11, 1999, between the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries, SunTrust Bank, (formerly known as SunTrust Bank), Atlanta and AFG.
"Federal Funds Rate" shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next succeeding Business Day or if such rate is not so published for any Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1% of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.
"Fee Letter" shall mean that certain fee letter, dated as of March 11, 2002, executed by SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. and SunTrust Bank and accepted by the Borrower.
"Fiscal Quarter" shall mean a fiscal quarter of the Borrower.
"Fiscal Year" shall mean a fiscal year of the Borrower.
"Foreign Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a U.S. Subsidiary.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
"Guarantee" of or by any Person (the "guarantor") shall mean any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly and including any obligation, direct or indirect, of the guarantor (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued in support of such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for collection or deposits in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which Guarantee is made or, if not so stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith. The term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Guarantors" shall mean each U.S. Subsidiary of the Borrower now existing or hereafter acquired.
"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.
"Hedging Obligations" of any Person shall mean any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired under (i) any and all Hedging Transactions, (ii) any and all cancellations, unwinds, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging Transactions, and
(iii) any and all renewals, extensions and modifications of any Hedging Transactions and any and all substitutions and replacements for any Hedging Transactions.
"Hedging Transaction" of any Person shall mean any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into by such Person that is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collateral transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial measures.
"Indemnified Taxes" shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
"Indenture" shall mean, collectively, that certain Indenture, dated as of June 21, 2001, by and among the Borrower, as issuer, the Guarantors, as Guarantors, and First Union National Bank, as trustee, either as originally executed or as the same may from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, renewed or extended as permitted herein.
"Information Memorandum" shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum dated May 2002 relating to the Borrower and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(i) the initial Interest Period for such Borrowing shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of another Type), and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;
(ii) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(iii) any Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar month; and
(iv) no Interest Period may extend beyond the Commitment Termination Date.
"Lenders" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the opening paragraph of this Agreement.
"Level" shall mean the respective category assigned to each applicable Debt Rating of S&P and Moody's as set forth on the Pricing Grid, being Levels I through VI.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, encumbrance, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, or other arrangement having the practical effect of the foregoing or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
"Loan Documents" shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes (if any), the Security Documents, the Post-Closing Agreement, all Notices of Borrowing, all Notices of Conversion/Continuation, and any and all other instruments, agreements, documents and writings executed in connection with any of the foregoing.
"Loan Parties" shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
"Loans" shall mean, collectively, the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower under the Commitments, which may either be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean, with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singularly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences whether or not related, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, (i) the results of operations, financial condition or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their respective obligations under the Loan Documents, (iii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, or (iv) the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.
"Material Indebtedness" shall mean Indebtedness (other than the Loans) of any one or more of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of any Hedging Obligation at any time shall be the Net Mark-to-Market Exposure of such Hedging Obligation at such time.
"Moody's" shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc and its successors.
"Moody's Rating" shall mean, at any time, the rating assigned by Moody's to the Borrower's senior unsecured long-term, non-credit enhanced debt at such time or, if such rating is not then available, Moody's long-term unsecured debt issuer rating of the Borrower then in effect.
"Mortgaged Properties" shall mean, collectively, the Mortgaged Retail Properties and the Mortgaged Non-Retail Properties.
"Mortgages" shall mean, collectively, the first-priority mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt and related security agreements and assignments of leases and rents in
respect of the Mortgaged Properties given by certain of the Loan Parties in favor of the Collateral Agent to secure the Secured Obligations.
"Mortgagors" shall mean, collectively, each of the Loan Parties that owns (or, in the case of the Headquarters Property, leases from the Development Authority) one or more of the Mortgaged Properties.
"Multiemployer Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Net Mark-to-Market Exposure" of any Person shall mean, as of any date of determination with respect to any Hedging Obligation, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from such Hedging Obligation. "Unrealized losses" shall mean the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing the Hedging Transaction giving rise to such Hedging Obligation as of the date of determination (assuming the Hedging Transaction was to be terminated as of that date), and "unrealized profits" means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Hedging Transaction as of the date of determination (assuming such Hedging Transaction were to be terminated as of such date of determination).
"Non-U.S. Lender" shall mean any Lender that is not a United States person under Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code.
"Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities" of any Person shall mean (i) any obligations created through asset securitization financing programs arranged for such Person, (ii) any liabilities of such Person under any sale and leaseback transactions which do not create a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, (iii) any Synthetic Lease Obligations, and (iv) any obligations 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 sheet of such Person, in each case in an amount that would result if such transaction had been treated as a borrowing provided that any such obligation described in the preceding clause (ii) or this clause (iv) shall not include any liability pursuant to an obligation classified as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP.
"Operating Lease Obligations" of any Person shall mean all obligations of such Person to pay rent and other amounts under any lease (or other arrangements conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as operating leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP.
"OSHA" shall mean the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"Other Taxes" shall mean 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, any Note, or any other Loan Document.
"Payment Office" shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent located at 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308, or such other location as to which the Administrative Agent shall have given written notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders.
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA, and any successor entity performing similar functions.
"Permitted Encumbrances" shall mean
(i) Liens imposed by law for taxes or special assessments not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other Liens imposed by law created in the ordinary course of business for amounts not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements;
(iv) 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;
(v) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default or Liens created by or existing from any litigation or legal proceeding that are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP; and
(vi) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
"Permitted Investments" shall mean:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(ii) commercial paper having the highest rating, at the time of acquisition thereof, of S&P or Moody's and in either case maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(iii) certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days of 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 or any state thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(iv) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (i) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (iii) above; and
(v) mutual funds investing solely in any one or more of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
"Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other entity, or any Governmental Authority.
"Plan" shall mean 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.
"Post-Closing Agreement" shall mean the Agreement Regarding Post-Closing Matters dated as of June 21, 2002, among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, restated and supplemented from time to time.
"Prepayment Event" shall mean (a) any sale, transfer or other disposition of
a Mortgaged Property (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction),
(b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of
eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding (or settlement in
respect thereof) of, any Mortgaged Property (but only to the extent that the Net
Proceeds therefrom have not been applied to repair, restore or replace such
property within 180 days of the later of the date of such casualty or the
receipt of such Net Proceeds after such event), (c) any issuance by the Borrower
or any Subsidiary of the Borrower of any equity or debt securities, and (d) any
making of principal payments to DGI in respect of the DGI Loans.
sum of such Commitments of all Lenders (or if such Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have been declared to be due and payable, all Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders).
"Regulation D" shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any successor regulations.
"Related Revolving Credit Facilities" shall mean, collectively, the revolving credit facilities made available to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement and the 3-Year Credit Agreement.
"Related Parties" shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person's Affiliates.
"Release" means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or within any building, structure, facility or fixture.
"Required Lenders" shall mean, at any time, Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding Commitments at such time or, if no Commitments are then outstanding, then Lenders having more than 50% of the Revolving Credit Exposures of all Lenders.
"Requirement of Law" for any Person shall mean the articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws, partnership agreement, certificate of limited partnership, articles of organization, limited liability company operating and/or management agreement, or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulations, or determination of a 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.
"Responsible Officer" shall mean any of the president, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or a vice president of the Borrower or such other representative of the Borrower as may be designated in writing by any one of the foregoing with the consent of the Administrative Agent; and, with respect to the financial covenants only, the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Borrower.
"Revolving Credit Exposure" shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Loans.
"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's and its successors.
"S&P Rating" shall mean, at any time, the rating assigned by S&P to the Borrower's senior unsecured long-term, non-credit enhanced debt at such time or, if such rating is not then available, S&P's issuer credit rating of the Borrower then in effect.
"SEC Investigation" shall mean the investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into the circumstances giving rise to the Borrower's restatement of its audited financial statements for its Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 and its unaudited financial statements and information released prior to April 30, 2001, for its Fiscal Year 2000, and all related governmental investigations and regulatory actions and proceedings.
"Secured Obligations" shall mean, collectively, the Obligations as provided in this Agreement, the "Obligations" as defined in the 3-Year Credit Agreement, and all other amounts described in the Collateral Documents as being secured thereby.
"Security Documents" shall mean, collectively, the Guaranty Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, and the Collateral Documents.
"Senior Notes" shall mean, collectively, the Borrower's 8 5/8% Notes due June 15, 2010, in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Shareholder Settlements" shall mean the aggregate amounts required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to any settlement arrangement(s), judgment(s), decree(s), and/or order(s) agreed by or entered against the Borrower in respect of shareholder litigation and related proceedings arising out of the Borrower's restatement of its audited financial statements for its Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 and its unaudited financial statements and information released prior to April 30, 2001, for its Fiscal Year 2000.
"Subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any Person (the "parent"), any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent's consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity (i) 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 (ii) 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. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to "Subsidiary" hereunder shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Synthetic Lease" means a lease transaction under which (i) the lease will be treated as an "operating lease" by the lessee pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, as amended and (ii) the lessee will be entitled to various tax and other benefits ordinarily available to owners (as opposed to lessees) of like property.
"Synthetic Lease Obligations" shall mean, with respect to any Person, the sum of (i) all remaining rental obligations of such Person as lessee under Synthetic Leases that are
attributable to principal and, without duplication, (ii) all rental and purchase price payment obligations of such Person under such Synthetic Leases assuming such Person exercises the option to purchase the lease property at the end of the lease term.
"Taxes" shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
"3-Year Credit Agreement" shall mean that certain 3-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June , 2002, by and among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, as the same may be amended, restated, and supplemented from time to time.
"Type", when used in reference to a 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 Base Rate.
"UCC Financing Statements" shall mean, collectively, the financing statements (including those describing fixtures on the Mortgaged Properties) to be filed in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the requirements of the Uniform Commercial Code of the various states where necessary or advisable under applicable law in order to perfect a lien on and security interest in such Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, together with all amendments thereto and assignments thereof.
"U.S. Subsidiary" shall mean a Subsidiary that is a United States person under Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code.
"Withdrawal Liability" shall mean 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.
such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENTS
new Interest Period of one (1) month at a time when there exists a Default (but not an Event of Default), or (y) consisting solely of a conversion of an existing Eurodollar Borrowing to a Base Rate Borrowing).
(a) Each Lender will make available each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer in immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m.(Atlanta, Georgia time) to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts that it receives, in like funds by the close of business on such proposed date, to an account maintained by the Borrower with the Administrative Agent or at the Borrower's option, by effecting a wire transfer of such amounts to an account designated in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to 5:00 p.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the date of a Borrowing in which such Lender is participating that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender's share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance on such assumption, may make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest at the Federal Funds Rate for up to two (2) days and thereafter at the rate specified for such Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative
Agent's demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent together with interest at the rate specified for such Borrowing. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing hereunder or to prejudice any rights which the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
(c) All Borrowings shall be made by the Lenders on the basis of their respective Pro Rata Shares. No Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligations hereunder, and each Lender shall be obligated to make its Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to make its Loans hereunder.
(a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing, and in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Notice of Borrowing. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing into a different Type or to continue such Borrowing, and in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(c) If, on the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of any Eurodollar Borrowing, the Borrower shall have failed to deliver a Notice of Conversion / Continuation, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing to a Base Rate Borrowing. No Borrowing may be converted into, or continued as, a Eurodollar Borrowing if an Event of Default exists, unless the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall have otherwise consented in writing. The Borrower will pay any amounts due under Section 2.17 if Eurodollar Loans are converted on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period for such Loans.
(d) Upon receipt of any Notice of Conversion/Continuation, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender's portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(a) Unless previously terminated, all Commitments shall terminate on the Commitment Termination Date.
hereunder from the Borrower in respect of the Loans and each Lender's share thereof. The entries made in such records shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded subject to manifest error; provided, that the failure or delay of any Lender or the Administrative Agent in maintaining or making entries into any such record or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans (both principal and unpaid accrued interest) of such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) At the request of any Lender at any time, the Borrower agrees that it will execute and deliver to such Lender a Note payable to the order of such Lender evidencing such Lender's Loans.
(b) Subject to Section 2.10(f), in the event and on each occasion that any
Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
respect of any Prepayment Event of any type described in clause (a) or clause
(b) of the definition of the term "Prepayment Event", the Borrower shall, within
five Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received, prepay Loans in an
aggregate amount equal to the Apportioned Amount of such
(b) While an Event of Default exists or after acceleration, unless otherwise agreed by the Required Lenders, the Borrower shall pay interest ("Default Interest") with respect to all Eurodollar Loans at the rate otherwise applicable hereunder for such Eurodollar Loans for the then-current Interest Period, plus an additional 2% per annum until the last day of such Interest Period, and thereafter, and with respect to all Base Rate Loans and all other Obligations hereunder (other than Loans), at the rate otherwise applicable hereunder for Base Rate Loans, plus an additional 2% per annum.
(c) Interest on the principal amount of all Loans shall accrue from and including the date such Loans are made to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof. Interest on all outstanding Base Rate Loans shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the Commitment Termination Date. Interest on all outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be payable on the last day of each Interest Period
applicable thereto, and, in the case of any Eurodollar Loans having an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each day which occurs every three months, after the initial date of such Interest Period, and on the Commitment Termination Date. Interest on any Loan which is converted into a Loan of another Type or which is repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such conversion or on the date of any such repayment or prepayment (on the amount repaid or prepaid) thereof. All Default Interest shall be payable on demand.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans hereunder and shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of such rate in writing (or by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing). Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee (the "Facility Fee") which shall accrue at the Applicable Percentage (determined daily in accordance with the Pricing Grid) on the daily amount of the total Commitment (whether used or unused) of such Lender during the Availability Period; provided, that if any Revolving Credit Exposure remains outstanding after the Commitment Termination Date, then the Facility Fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of such Revolving Credit Exposure from and after the Commitment Termination Date to the date that all Revolving Credit Exposure has been paid in full.
(c) Accrued fees shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on June 30, 2002 and on the Commitment Termination Date (and if later, the date the Loans shall be repaid in their entirety); provided, that any Facility Fees accruing after the Commitment Termination Date shall be payable on demand.
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be made in good faith and, absent manifest error, shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant interbank market, adequate means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender, as the case may be) of making, funding or maintaining their (or its, as the case may be) Eurodollar Loans for such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give written notice (or telephonic notice, promptly confirmed in writing) and a summary of the basis for such determination to the Borrower and to the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. Until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Loans or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) all such affected Eurodollar Loans shall be converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto unless the Borrower prepays such Loans in accordance with this Agreement. Unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least one Business Day before the date of any Eurodollar Borrowing for which a Notice of Borrowing has previously been given that it elects not to borrow on such date, then such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing.
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Adjusted LIBO
Rate hereunder against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender; or
(ii) impose on any Lender or the eurodollar interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or any Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender;
and the result of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining a Eurodollar Loan or to reduce the amount received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then the Borrower shall promptly pay, upon written notice from and demand by such Lender on the Borrower (with a copy of such notice and demand to the Administrative Agent), to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, within five Business Days after the date of such notice and demand, additional amount or amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that on or after the date of this
Agreement any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the
effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's capital (or on the
capital of such Lender's holding company) as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender's holding
company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lender's policies or the policies of such Lender's holding
company with respect to capital adequacy) then, from time to time, within five
(5) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of written demand by such Lender
(with a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to
such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender or such
Lender's holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Lender's holding company, as the case may be, specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, prepared in good faith and accompanied by a statement describing in reasonable detail the basis for and calculation of such increased cost, shall be delivered to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) at the time of such Lender's demand therefor and shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) The Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within ten (10) Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any Governmental Authority paid where due by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment, or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Non-U.S. Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction
of withholding tax under the Code or any treaty to which the United States is a
party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times
prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will
permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Non-U.S. Lender agrees
that it will deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or in the
case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall
have been purchased), as appropriate, two (2) duly completed copies of (i)
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 ECI, or any successor form thereto, certifying
that the payments received from the Borrower hereunder are effectively connected
with such Non-U.S. Lender's conduct of a trade or business in the United States,
(ii) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN, or any successor form thereto,
certifying that such Non-U.S. Lender is entitled to benefits under an income tax
treaty to which the United States is a party which reduces the rate of
withholding tax on payments of interest, (iii) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8
BEN, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, together
with a certificate (A) establishing that the payment to the Non-U.S. Lender
qualifies as "portfolio interest" exempt from U.S. withholding tax under Code
section 871(h) or 881(c), and (B) stating that (1) the Non-U.S. Lender is not a
bank for purposes of Code section 881(c)(3)(A), or the obligation of the
Borrower hereunder is not, with respect to such Non-U.S. Lender, a loan
agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within
the meaning of that section, (2) the Non-U.S. Lender is not a 10% shareholder of
the Borrower within the meaning of Code section 871(h)(3) or 881(c)(3)(B), and
(3) the Non-U.S. Lender is not a controlled foreign corporation that is related
to the Borrower within the meaning of Code section 881(c)(3)(C), or (iv) such
other Internal Revenue Service forms as may be applicable to the Non-U.S.
Lender, including Forms W-8 IMY or W-8 EXP. Each such Non-U.S. Lender shall
deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such forms on or before the
date that it becomes a party to this Agreement (or in the case of a Participant,
on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). In
addition, each such Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the
obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S.
Lender. Each such Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent at any time that it determines that it is no longer in a
position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any
other form of certification adopted by the Internal Revenue Service for such
purpose).
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount or amounts due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with then-current banking industry practices on interbank compensation.
ARTICLE III
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date, including reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder, under any other Loan Document and under any agreement with the Administrative Agent or SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Capital Markets, a division of SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., as Sole Lead Arranger. The Administrative Agent shall provide the Borrower with an estimate of all such fees incurred through the Closing Date and other amounts due and payable at closing no later than 2 Business Days prior to the Closing Date; provided however that the failure of any additional reasonable fees or other reasonable amounts to be included in such estimate shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligations to pay all such amounts after the Closing Date upon presentation of applicable statements or invoices therefor.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following (except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in the Post-Closing Agreement):
(i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed by or on behalf of each party hereto or written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement;
(ii) a duly executed Note payable to each Lender requesting such Note;
(iii) the duly executed Guaranty Agreement and Contribution Agreement;
(iv) evidence that the Borrower's Existing Credit Agreement and Existing Synthetic Leases and related financing agreements and collateral instruments are being terminated and released, that all interest, fees, principal, rents, and other amounts owing under the Existing Synthetic Leases and related financing agreements through the Closing Date will be paid in full from the initial Loans, and that title to all real and personal property subject to the Existing Synthetic Leases has been conveyed to the Mortgagors executing and delivering the respective Mortgages to the Collateral Agent, all such conveyances and releases to be in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that
arrangements have been made for the recording of such conveyances and releases and payment of all filing and recording fees, costs, and expenses, including all transfer taxes and other amounts payable in respect thereof;
(v) the duly executed Collateral Documents, together with evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that arrangements have been made for the recording of such Collateral Documents as applicable and payment of all filing and recording fees, costs, and expenses, including all mortgage, documentary stamp, intangibles and other taxes and amounts in respect thereof;
(vi) with respect to each of the Mortgaged Non-Retail Properties, a current ALTA ACSM as-built survey of such property which includes the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements adopted by ALTA and ACSM in 1999, prepared by a land surveyor registered and licensed in the State where the applicable Mortgaged Non-Retail Property is located, together with the certificate of such land surveyor, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and with respect to each of the Mortgaged Retail Properties, the existing boundary survey of such property;
(vii) fully paid ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent (in each case including such endorsements and affirmative coverages as the Administrative Agent shall specify) in respect of each of the Mortgaged Properties, issued by a title insurance company reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and insuring the Collateral Agent's lien on and security title to the Mortgaged Property as a valid first priority lien and security title therein, subject only to such encumbrances and exceptions as may be approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the mortgagee's title insurance policy may be delivered after the Closing Date if on the Closing Date the title insurance company delivers to the Administrative Agent currently effective duly executed "marked up" title insurance commitments and irrevocably commits in writing to issue the mortgagee's title insurance policies in the form of the "marked up" title insurance commitments promptly after the Closing Date;
(viii) copies of the zoning letters and/or certificates of occupancy issued in respect of each of the Mortgaged Properties;
(ix) with respect to each of the Mortgaged Properties, copies of the Phase I and, if applicable, Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Report obtained at the time such property was acquired for lease to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Existing Synthetic Leases, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(x) certificates of insurance, all in form and detail acceptable to the Administrative Agent, describing the types and amounts of insurance (property and liability) covering the properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and in each case with respect to insurance relating to the Mortgaged Properties, naming the Collateral Agent as mortgagee/loss payee or additional insured, as the case may be, together with a lender's loss payable endorsement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(xi) the duly executed agreement of the Development Authority consenting to the Mortgage on the leasehold title and interest in the Headquarters Property and joining in the grant of such Mortgage for purposes of subordinating and subjecting the Development Authority's title therein to the Mortgage;
(xii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party, attaching and certifying copies of its bylaws and of the resolutions of its board of directors, or other comparable governing documents and authorizations, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and certifying the name, title and true signature of each officer of such Loan Party executing the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(xiii) certified copies of the articles of incorporation or other organizational documents of each Loan Party, together with certificates of good standing or existence, as may be available from the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of such Loan Party and each other jurisdiction where such Loan Party is required to be qualified to do business as a foreign corporation;
(xiv) the favorable written opinions of (i) Paul, Frank & Collins,
(ii) Bass, Berry & Sims, (iii) Frost Brown Todd, and (iv) Debevoise &
Plimpton, each as counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and each of the Lenders, and
covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents and
the transactions contemplated therein as the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders shall reasonably request;
(xv) the favorable written opinions of local counsel for the Lenders engaged by the Administrative Agent in each of the jurisdictions where the Mortgaged Properties are located, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders, and covering such matters relating to the Collateral Documents and other matters relating to the Mortgaged Properties and the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall reasonably request;
(xviii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower's actual Consolidated EBITDAR for the Fiscal Year ending February 1, 2002, as reflected in Borrower's audited year-end financial statements, was not less than $669,000,000;
(xix) a certified copy of the Indenture and all modifications and amendments thereto;
(xx) a duly executed Notice of Borrowing;
(xxi) a duly executed funds disbursement agreement;
(xxii) certified copies of all consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations and filings and orders required or advisable to be made or obtained under any Requirement of Law, or by any Contractual Obligation of each Loan Party, in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity and enforceability of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings and orders shall be in full force and effect and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired;
(xxiii) copies of the consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the 2000 and 2001 Fiscal Years, including balance sheets, income and cash flow statements audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP and such other financial information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and
(xxiv) the duly executed Post-Closing Agreement.
(c) The Borrower and all other parties thereto shall have executed and delivered the 3-Year Credit Agreement, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, and the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall have received certified copies thereof, together with evidence that all conditions precedent to the effectiveness thereof have been satisfied and all transactions contemplated by the 3-Year Credit Agreement have been consummated.
(a) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing no Default or Event of Default shall exist; and
(b) all representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, before and after giving effect thereto;
(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, certificates, information or legal opinions as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE IV
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender as follows:
(iv) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except Liens (if any) created under the Loan Documents.
(b) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become the subject of any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability, which in the case of any Mortgaged Non-Retail Property is reasonably likely to materially impair the value of such property, or in the case of any Mortgaged Retail Properties is reasonably likely to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
compliance, either individually or in the aggregate, is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not filed their federal, state and local income, franchise and excise tax returns for the Fiscal Year ended February 2, 2001. Based on their preliminary analysis of their tax liability for such year, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries reasonably believe that no material amounts will be owed with the filing of those returns, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have paid all estimated taxes for such year. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have properly extended the time for filing and have made or will make arrangements for filing in a timely manner, their federal, state and local income, franchise and excise tax returns for the Fiscal Year ended February 1, 2002 and have paid all estimated taxes for such year.
. Section 4.9. Margin Regulations. None of the proceeds of any of the Loans will be used for "purchasing" or "carrying" any "margin stock" with the respective meanings of each of such terms under Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be in effect from time to time and any successor regulation, or for any purpose that would result in a violation of the provisions of Regulation U. If requested by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, the Borrower will furnish the requesting party a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of Regulation U.
(a) None of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA Affiliates maintains or contributes to, or has during the past five (5) years maintained or contributed to, any Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA;
(e) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial
statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
(b) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed, or otherwise has the right, to use, all patents, trademarks, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, franchises, licenses, and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has identified in a certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date (i) all agreements, instruments, and corporate or other restrictions to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject where the breach of any such agreements, instruments, and corporate or other restrictions is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject when performed by their respective
terms are reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) and
all other matters known to any of them, that, individually or in the aggregate,
is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
information furnished by the Borrower for inclusion in the Information
Memorandum nor any of the reports (including without limitation all reports that
the Borrower is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission),
financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on
behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection
with the negotiation or syndication of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(including without limitation, all information furnished or made available in
respect of the Shareholder Settlements and the SEC Investigation) or otherwise
delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by any other
information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, taken as a
whole, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
It is understood that no representation or warranty is made concerning any
forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements as to
anticipated future performance or conditions contained in any such financial
statements, certificates or documents except that as of the date such forecasts,
estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements were generated, (i)
such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements
were based on the good faith assumptions of the management of the Borrower and
(ii) such assumptions were believed by such management to be reasonable. Such
forecasts, estimates, pro forma information and statements, and the assumptions
on which they were based, may or may not prove to be correct.
(b) None of the Subsidiaries is party to or subject to any agreement or arrangement restricting or limiting the payment of any dividends or other distributions by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, the repayment of any loans or advances made to such Subsidiary by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, or the sale or transfer by the Subsidiary of any assets to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.
(c) The Borrower has furnished to the Administrative Agent a correct and complete copy of each agreement or instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in each case in an amount greater than $10,000,000, including all amendments, modifications, and supplements that have been made with respect thereto, in each case as of the Closing Date.
ARTICLE V
The Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Lender has a Commitment in effect hereunder or the principal of and interest on any Loan or any fee remains unpaid:
(a) as soon as reasonably available and in any event within 100 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a copy of the annual audited financial statements for such Fiscal Year for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, containing a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows (together with all notes thereto) of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and reported on by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing (without a "going concern" or like qualification, exception or explanation and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;
(b) as soon as reasonably available and in any event within 50 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and the then elapsed portion of such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter and the corresponding portion of Borrower's previous Fiscal Year, all certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes;
(d) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in clause (a) above, any comment or management letter or report submitted by the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements, and a certificate of such accounting firm stating whether they obtained any knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);
(f) promptly (and in no event later than 5 Business Days) provide to the Administrative Agent upon the written request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any specified periodic and other reports (including without limitation, all reports filed on Forms 8-K, 10-Q, and 10-K), proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be; and
(g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the results of operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
(a) after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower knows thereof, the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower knows thereof, the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary which, if adversely determined (but excluding any action, suit or proceeding where the Borrower's management has determined in good faith after reasonable inquiry that the likelihood of any adverse determination is remote), is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower knows thereof, the
occurrence of any event or any other development by which the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries (i) fails to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain,
maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Law, (ii) becomes subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii)
receives notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability, or
(iv) becomes aware of any basis for any Environmental Liability, and in each of
the preceding clauses, which individually or in the aggregate is reasonably
likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that alone, or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, is reasonably likely to result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000;
(e) the effectiveness of any material amendment, modification or supplement to the Indenture;
(f) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any notice or claim asserting the existence or occurrence of (i) any default, breach, or violation of the terms of the Indenture or any other indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, lease or financing arrangement, or other material agreement or instrument, in any case where the Indebtedness
associated with any such agreement or instrument exceeds $10,000,000, or (ii) any event or condition that would require or permit the holder of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount greater than $10,000,000 to exercise its rights to require the repayment, redemption or repurchase, or other acquisition of such Indebtedness by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the scheduled maturity thereof; and
(g) any other development that results in, or is reasonably likely to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
transactions in relation to its business and activities to the extent necessary to prepare the consolidated financial statements of Borrower in conformity with GAAP.
deliver simultaneously therewith similar documents applicable to such Subsidiary required under Section 3.1 as requested by the Administrative Agent.
(b) If any Foreign Subsidiary is acquired or formed after the Closing Date, the Borrower will, within ten (10) Business Days after such Foreign Subsidiary is acquired or formed, notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and, unless otherwise agreed by the Required Lenders, the Borrower shall, or shall cause its U.S. Subsidiary owning such Person, to pledge sixty-five percent (65%) of each class of voting shares or comparable equity interest and one hundred percent (100%) of each class of nonvoting shares or comparable equity interest (or if such pledge of 100% thereof would have an adverse income tax consequence to the Borrower, sixty five percent (65%) of each class of nonvoting shares or comparable equity interest) owned by the Borrower or such U.S. Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent as security for the Obligations pursuant to a pledge agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, and to deliver the original stock certificates evidencing such shares or comparable equity interest to the Administrative Agent, together with appropriate transfer powers executed in blank and Uniform Commercial Code financing statements.
(b) The Borrower will, and will cause each Guarantor to, comply with the requirements of the Post-Closing Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Lender has a Commitment hereunder, or the principal of or interest on any Loan remains unpaid, or any fee remains unpaid:
ARTICLE VII
The Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Lender has a Commitment hereunder, or the principal of or interest on any Loan remains unpaid, or any fee remains unpaid:
(a) Indebtedness created pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(d) Indebtedness of a Person which becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof, provided that (i) such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person became a Subsidiary and was not created in anticipation thereof and (ii) immediately after giving effect to the acquisition of such Person by the Borrower no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(f) Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary otherwise permitted to be incurred or exist under the terms of this Agreement, and Guarantees by any Subsidiary (other than DGI) of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary that is otherwise permitted to be incurred or exist under the terms of this Agreement;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower arising under the 3-Year Credit Agreement and Guarantees by Subsidiaries of Borrower of such Indebtedness;
(k) Unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower not otherwise permitted by this
Section 7.1, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to
exceed $35,000,000; and
(l) the DGI Loans.
(a) Liens created in favor of the Administrative Agent securing the Obligations under this Agreement and the "Obligations" under the 3-Year Credit Agreement;
(b) Permitted Encumbrances;
the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and (iii) such Liens do not secure obligations in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and
(g) Liens (not otherwise permitted hereunder) which secure obligations not exceeding (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries other than DGI) $10,000,000 in aggregate amount at any time outstanding; and
(h) Liens on the property or assets of a Mortgagor, other than any portion of the Collateral, to secure the DGI Loans permitted by Section 7.1(l).
of assets described in clause (i) or (ii) above involving DGI shall be limited to a merger with the Borrower where the Borrower is the surviving Person, or a sale, transfer or other disposition of assets from DGI to the Borrower, as the case may be.
(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses reasonably related thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall not permit DGI to engage in any business or activities other than (i) funding and collecting the DGI Loans in accordance with their respective terms, and (ii) purchasing any real and/or personal property having an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $5,000,000, and leasing such property on a net lease basis to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.
(a) Investments (other than Permitted Investments) existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.4 (including Investments in Subsidiaries);
(b) Permitted Investments;
(d) repurchase Senior Notes (to the extent permitted by the Indenture and applicable securities laws) for aggregate consideration not exceeding $50,000,000 in any calendar year, so long as, before and after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Article VI and no other Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time such repurchase is effected;
(i) extension of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Investments in assets held under non-qualified plans and deferred compensation arrangements for certain members of management and other employees as disclosed from time to time in the notes to the Borrower's consolidated financial statements as filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
(k) Investments not otherwise permitted by the preceding clauses of this
Section 7.4 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time
outstanding.
(a) the sale or other disposition, for fair market value and in the ordinary course of business, of obsolete or worn out property or other property not necessary for operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(b) the sale of inventory and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;
(c) the sale or transfer of properties in accordance with Section 7.9; and
(d) the sale or other disposition of other assets in an aggregate amount from the Closing Date to the Commitment Termination Date not to exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Year of the Borrower; provided that if at the end of any Fiscal Year, 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower for such Fiscal Year is less than 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower for any preceding Fiscal Year and the Borrower's sales and dispositions of assets made from the Closing Date to such date exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower for such Fiscal Year but do not exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower for such preceding Fiscal Year, the Borrower shall not be in violation of this Section 7.6(d).
use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the properties sold or transferred.
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the Schedules attached hereto) and any amendments or modifications hereof or waivers hereunder, or in any certificate, report, financial statement or other document submitted to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by any Loan Party or any representative of any Loan Party pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall prove to be incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made or submitted; or
(e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or
agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those referred to in clauses
(a), (b) and (d) above) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall
remain unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of (i) any officer of the
Borrower becomes aware of such failure, or (ii) notice thereof shall have been
given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(f) the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether as primary obligor or as guarantor or otherwise shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on any Material Indebtedness that is outstanding, when and as the same shall become due and payable (whether at scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument evidencing or governing such Indebtedness; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness; or any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or any offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Indebtedness shall be required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(g) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) commence a voluntary case or other proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver, liquidator or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (i) of this subsection (g), (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver, liquidator or other similar official for the Borrower or any such Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its property, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its debts, or any substantial part of its property, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or (ii) the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver, liquidator or other similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its property, and in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall remain undismissed for a period of 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or
(i) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall become unable to pay, shall admit in writing its inability to pay, or shall fail generally to pay, its debts as they become due; or
(j) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with other ERISA Events that have occurred, is reasonably likely to result in liability to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000; or
(k) any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate (other than the Shareholder Settlements) shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (ii) there shall be a period of more than 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(l) any non-monetary judgment or order shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall be a period of more than 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(m) a Change in Control shall occur or exist; or
(n) any provision of the Guaranty Agreement shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, any Guarantor, or any Guarantor shall so state in writing, or any Guarantor shall seek to terminate its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement; or
(o) the Shareholder Settlements shall exceed $165,000,000 in the aggregate, or the amounts required to be paid pursuant to any settlement arrangement(s), judgment(s), decree(s), or order(s) agreed by or entered against the Borrower in respect of the SEC Investigation shall exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate; or
(p) an "Event of Default" shall occur under any other Loan Document or under the 3-Year Credit Agreement;
and the remainder, if any, shall be paid to the Borrower or such other persons as may be entitled thereto by law, after deducting therefrom the cost of ascertaining their identity; provided that, all such payments received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall be applied on a pro rata basis between the Related Revolving Credit Facilities.
ARTICLE IX
of Default unless and until written notice thereof (which notice shall expressly state that it is a notice of Default or Event of Default arising under this Agreement), is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or any Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (C) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements, or other terms and conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (D) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (E) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article III or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
Administrative Agent may also 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 (including counsel for the Borrower), independent public 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 such counsel, accountants or experts.
respect of any actions taken or not taken by any of them while it was serving as the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE X
To the Borrower: Dollar General Corporation 100 Mission Ridge Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072 Attention: Wade Smith Telecopy Number: (615) 855-4973 To the Administrative Agent: SunTrust Bank 303 Peachtree Street, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Attention: Agency Services Telecopy Number: (404)-724-3879 With copies to: SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. 303 Peachtree Street, N. E., 24th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Attention: Jeff Titus Telecopy Number: (404) 827-6514 SunTrust Bank 201 Fourth Avenue North 3rd Floor Nashville, Tennessee 37219 Attention: Scott Corley Telecopy Number: (615) 748-5269 To any other Lender: the address set forth in the Administrative Questionnaire |
Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and other communications shall, when transmitted by overnight delivery, or faxed, be effective when delivered for overnight (next-day) delivery, or
(b) Any agreement of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders herein to receive certain notices by telephone or facsimile is solely for the convenience and at the request of the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely in good faith on the authority of any Person purporting to be a Person authorized by the Borrower to give such notice and the Administrative Agent and Lenders shall not have any liability to the Borrower or other Person on account of any action taken or not taken by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in good faith reliance upon such telephonic or facsimile notice. The obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans and all other Obligations hereunder shall not be affected in any way or to any extent by any failure of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to receive written confirmation of any telephonic or facsimile notice.
scheduled payment of any principal of, or interest on, any Loan or interest thereon or any fees hereunder or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such scheduled payment, or postpone the scheduled date for the termination or reduction of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.19 (b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the consent of each Lender, (vi) release any Guarantor or limit the liability of any such Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement, without the written consent of each Lender, or (vii) release all or any substantial portion of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender; provided further, that no such amendment or waiver shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights, duties or obligations of the Administrative Agent without the prior written consent of such Person.
arising out of such Indemnitee's gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment.
(c) The Borrower shall pay, and hold the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders harmless from and against, any and all present and future stamp, documentary, and other similar taxes with respect to this Agreement and any other Loan Documents, any collateral described therein, or any payments due thereunder, and save the Administrative Agent and each Lender harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or omission to pay such taxes.
(e) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to actual or direct damages) arising out of, in connection with or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated therein, any Loan or the use of proceeds thereof.
(f) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no assignment by any Lender to an Approved Fund shall relieve the assigning Lender of any of its obligations to fund Loans under this Agreement if, for any reason, such Approved Fund fails to fund any such Loans or make any such payments, and the assigning Lender (and not the Approved Fund) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents, waivers, amendments, and other actions required or requested under the terms of this Agreement with respect to its Approved Fund.
(b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Georgia, and of any state court of the State of Georgia located in Fulton County and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Georgia state court or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding described in subsection (b) of this Section and brought in any court referred to in subsection (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability without affecting the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or thereof; and the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
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.
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
By /s/ Wade Smith ---------------------- Name: Wade Smith Title: Treasurer |
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Administrative Agent
and as a Lender
By /s/ Scott Corley ------------------------------ Name: Scott Corley Title: Director |
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
as Syndication Agent and as a Lender
By /s/ Vitaly G. Buterko ------------------------------ Name: Vitaly G. Buterko Title: Associate By /s/ Jay Chall ------------------------------ Name: Jay Chall Title: Director |
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By /s/ Brian H. Gallagher ------------------------------ Name: Brian H. Gallagher Title: Vice President |
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By /s/ Mary K. Young ------------------------------ Name: Mary K. Young Title: Vice President |
AMSOUTH BANK,
as a Lender
By /s/ Monty R. Trimble ------------------------------ Name: Monty R. Trimble Title: Senior Vice President |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender
By /s/ Dan M. Killian ------------------------------ Name: Dan M. Killian Title: Manager Director |
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By /s/ Mark Mital ------------------------------ Name: Mark Mital Title: Vice President |
UNION PLANTERS BANK, N.A.
as a Lender
By /s/ Kathleen I. Nelson ------------------------------ Name: Kathleen I. Nelson Title: Senior Vice President |
BRANCH BANKING & TRUST CO.,
as a Lender
By /s/ R. Andrew Beam ------------------------------ Name: R. Andrew Beam Title: Senior Vice President |
FIFTH THIRD BANK,
as a Lender
By /s/ Megan S. Heisel ------------------------------ Name: Megan S. Heisel Title: Assistant Vice President |
NATIONAL CITY BANK,
as a Lender
By /s/ Michael J. Durbin ------------------------------ Name: Michael J. Durbin Title: Vice President |
TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CAPITAL
CORPORATION, as a Lender
By /s/ Steve Goetschius ------------------------------ Name: Steve Goetschius Title: Senior Vice President |
CHANG HWA COMMERCIAL BANK,
LTD., LOS ANGELES BRANCH, as a Lender
By /s/ James Lin ------------------------------ Name: James Lin Title: SVP & General Manager |
BANK OF OKLAHOMA N.A.,
as a Lender
By /s/ Pamela J. Amburgy ------------------------------ Name: Pamela J. Amburgy Title: Vice President |
SCHEDULE 1.1-A
APPLICABLE MARGINS AND APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES --------------------------------------------- Level Debt Rating Applicable Margin Applicable Percentage ----- ----------- ----------------- --------------------- LIBOR Base Rate ----- --------- I greater BBB+/Baa1 0.800% 0.000% 0.100% II BBB/Baa2 0.900% 0.000% 0.150% III BBB-/Baa3 1.300% 0.000% 0.200% IV BB+/Ba1 1.800% 0.500% 0.200% V BB/Ba2 2.050% 0.875% 0.325% VI greater than BB/Ba2 2.300% 1.250% 0.450% |
SCHEDULE 1.1-A
SCHEDULE 1.1-B
PROPERTY CITY STATE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Distribution Center Alachua FL 2) Distribution Center Zanesville OH 3) Headquarters Goodlettsville TN |
SCHEDULE 1.1-B
SCHEDULE 1.1-C MORTGAGED RETAIL PROPERTIES --------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ST SITE # STORE # ADDRESS CITY COUNTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL HC-00082 1111 1421 Golden Springs Rd Anniston Calhoun ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL HC-00065 2822 609 East Church Street Atmore Escambia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL HC-00075 0703 800 McMeans Ave. Bay Minette Baldwin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL HC-00080 3788 1632 Hwy 80 East Demopolis Marengo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL HC-00062 2366 1400 Temple Ave W. Fayette Fayette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL HC-00113 7101 1729 Decatur Hwy Fultondale Jefferson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL HC-00067 3291 82 West Gordo Pickens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL HC-00086 7175 4979 Hwy 17 Helena Shelby ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL HC-00053 0710 1627 Lott Road Eight Mile Mobile ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL HC-00061 1642 415 Old Highway 31 Warrior Jefferson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AR CN-00084 2020 2203 N. Reynolds Road Bryant Saline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AR CN-00085 7026 14 Prospect Court Cabot Lanoke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AR CN-00100 2730 1305 Dave Ward Drive Conway Faulkner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AR CN-00076 1254 609 J.P. Wright Loop Road Jacksonville Pulaski ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00090 1635 14201 Martin Luther King Blvd. Alachua Alachua ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00100 1332 856 South Broad Street Brooksville Hernando ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00109 1651 125 West Belt Avenue Bushnell Sumter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00096 1337 1302 N. Young Blvd. Chiefland Levy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00127 7232 225 Raspberry Rd. Crestview Okaloosa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00112 4052 16075 US Highway 331-S Freeport Walton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00086 7049 1498 S. Highway 29 Gonzales (Cantonment) Escambia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00124 7141 2207 S. Highway 77 Lynn Haven Bay ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00084 7228 4439 Highway 90 Pace Santa Rosa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00088 2877 3070 W. Michigan Avenue Pensacola Escambia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00097 7400 301 Beverly Parkway Pensacola Escambia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00098 0772 4818 Mobile Highway Pensacola Escambia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FL UR-00121 4127 4023 Pine Forest Rd. Pensacola Escambia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00026 3117 1011 South Pierce Street Alma Bacon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00067 1265 1640 Glen Carrie Road Hull Madison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00113 1206 1460 Atlanta Highway NW Auburn Barrow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00064 0706 314 S. Church Street Blakely Early ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00032 4800 108 Burson Street Bowdon Carroll ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00058 2618 3050 Mount Zion Road Bremen Carroll ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00073 1272 1003 N. Park St. Carrollton Carroll ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00036 4773 U.S. Highway 129-S Cleveland White ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00007 0997 3219 Maysville Rd. Commerce Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00024 2386 101 W. 14th Avenue Cordele Crisp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00028 4808 5321 Highway 20 Covington Newton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00122 7057 7118 Highway 278 NE Covington Newton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00104 1025 6010 Bethelview Rd. Cumming Forsyth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00105 1266 121 North Corner Parkway Cumming Forsyth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00059 3703 295 Blakely Street Cuthbert Randolph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00061 0571 Morrison Moore Parkway Dahlonega Lumpkin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00068 0630 1293 Merchants Drive Dallas Paulding ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00042 0046 2280 Chatsworth Highway Dalton Whitfield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00091 0872 Cleveland Highway Dalton Whitfield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00055 0851 409 E. 3rd Street Donalsonville Seminole ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00027 4789 1730 South Peterson Avenue Douglas Coffee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00115 3399 2190 Midway Rd. Douglasville Douglas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00016 2099 118 Hillcrest Parkway Dublin Laurens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00017 4655 531 Central Drive East Dublin Laurens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00093 1257 4388 Washington Rd. Evans Columbia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00020 4775 2500 Limestone Parkway Gainesville Hall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00065 0780 188 West Clinton Street Gray Jones ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00005 4572 1019 Memorial Drive Griffin Spaulding ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00108 1325 Rte. 92 Griffin Spaulding ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00054 4954 5130 Wrightsboro Rd. Groveton Columbia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00021 0076 1323 E. Franklin Street Hartwell Hart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00089 0996 890 West Church St. Jasper Pickens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00025 0301 995 East Cherry Street Jesup Wayne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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SCHEDULE 1.1-C MORTGAGED RETAIL PROPERTIES --------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00013 4837 214 Commerce Avenue LaGrange Troup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00014 4656 1811 West Pointe Road LaGrange Troup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00003 4792 5544 Thomaston Road Macon Bibb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00120 7133 3501 Hartley Bridge Rd. Macon Bibb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00006 0519 1521 Eatonton Road Madison Morgan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00002 0126 1104 Warm Springs Highway Manchester Meriwether ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00079 1094 210 Baston Road Martinez Columbia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00019 4882 1440 South Cedar Street McDonough Henry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00072 1089 1550 N. Columbia Street Milledgeville Baldwin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00035 2331 1908 1st Avenue S.E. Moultrie Colquitt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00008 4778 245 Temple Avenue Newnan Coweta ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00077 0738 234 West Railroad Street Pelham Mitchell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00126 7172 6391 Hiram Douglas Highway Powder Springs Paulding ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00010 1904 1225 East Jackson Street Thomasville Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00023 2521 US Highway 27 Trion Chattoga ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00001 4963 106 Feagin Mill Road Warner Robbins Houston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00009 4857 1515 Richard B. Russell Pkwy. Warner Robbins Houston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00033 4807 751 Highway 96 Warner Robbins (Bonaire) Houston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00076 2059 2451 Watson Blvd. Warner Robbins Houston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00040 4856 1902 South Georgia Parkway Waycross Ware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GA UR-00075 0800 11067 Millarden Road Woodbury Meriwether ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00093 2228 900 Princeton Drive Albia Monroe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00132 7234 701 - 8th Street SW Altoona Polk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00162 7310 901 S. Ankeny Boulevard Ankeny Polk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00092 0111 1805 E. 7th Street Atlantic Cass ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00128 2578 3025 West Avenue Burlington Des Moines ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00116 7053 1006 N. 18th Street Centerville Appanoose ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00161 2305 200 E. Glenn Miller Drive Clarinda Page ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00118 7138 535 16th Avenue SE Dyersville Dubuque ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00156 7054 3206 Main Street Emmetsburg Palo Alto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00106 1458 3715 Lafayette Road Evansdale Black Hawk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00158 7142 2304 N. Burlington Fairfield Jefferson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00119 7109 114 West Street Grinnell Poweshiek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00121 2329 1304 1st Street West Independence Buchanon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00097 3540 1420 North Lincoln Street Knoxville Marion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00176 7226 1135 East Post Road Marion Linn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00103 4206 2413 South Center Street Marshalltown Marshall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00109 2019 408 South 9th Street Marshalltown Marshall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00117 2010 710 N. Grand Avenue Mt. Pleasant Henry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00127 7027 2000 Cedar Plaza Drive Muscatine Muscatine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00104 1536 1705 South B Avenue Nevada Story ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00126 7179 721 N. Quincy Avenue Ottumwa Wapello ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00134 2342 1010 26th Street Perry Dallas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00120 4513 4840 Maple Drive Pleasant Hill Polk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IA HC-00133 7136 66 East Tower Park Drive Waterloo Black Hawk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IL CN-00134 7180 2160 West Ramada Lane Carbondale Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IL CN-00130 7181 1940 18th Street Charleston Coles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IL CN-00141 7223 17 West Plumner Boulevard Chatham Sangamon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IL CN-00105 2066 3797 US Route 36-E Decatur Macon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IL CN-00111 1452 1200 - 17th Street Fulton Whiteside ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IL CN-00082 1387 713 Madison Street Lebanon St. Clair ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IL CN-00120 7137 1640 N. Main Street Princeton Bureau ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN PR-00016 0939 11 Saratoga Drive Batesville Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN PR-00005 1268 12050 West Washington Street Cumberland Marion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN PR-00006 2144 1800 Medical Arts Drive Huntingburg Dubois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN PR-00003 4509 4117 North Mannheim Road Jasper Dubois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN PR-00009 1146 913 Commerce Place Ligionier Noble ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN PR-00007 1140 3121 S.R. 24 Logansport Cass ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN PR-00013 7035 932 South Merrifield Avenue Mishawaka St. Joseph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN PR-00012 0155 906 Broad Street New Castle Henry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN PR-00011 2361 999 West Main Street Peru Miami ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN PR-00002 1269 1299 South Adams Versailles Ripley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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SCHEDULE 1.1-C MORTGAGED RETAIL PROPERTIES --------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00139 4470 1805 South Range Avenue Colby Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00108 1049 20 Market Street Council Grove Morris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00115 4427 1208 East 27th Hays Ellis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00122 2537 901 South First Street Hiawatha Brown ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00059 1009 200 Arizona Avenue Holton Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00090 2579 211 South Franklin Junction City Geary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00100 7224 403 North Main Street Lansing Leavenworth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00096 7056 2321 Turtle Creek Blvd. Manhattan Riley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00147 7171 1310 East 1st Street Pratt Pratt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00063 1171 1001 S.W. Fairlawn Topeka Shawnee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00094 1457 1410 West Hwy. 24 Wamego Pottawatomie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KS HC-00060 0859 221 West 47th South Wichita Sedgwick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KY HC-00047 1029 7704 S. Highway 27 Burnside Pulaski ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KY HC-00044 0316 2203 East Main Street Cumberland Harlan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KY HC-00043 2654 Hwy 131 West Elkhorn Pike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KY HC-00114 0338 1645 Ashland Rd. Greenup Greenup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KY HC-00150 7110 1201 Cherrywood Drive LaGrange Oldham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KY HC-00101 1275 8491 Pembroke Rd. Oak Grove Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KY HC-00084 1057 1006 Center Drive Richmond Madison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KY HC-00071 1088 21 Mount Tabor Court Shelbyville Shelby ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KY HC-00089 1459 639 Highland Avenue Vine Grove Hardin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00058 2771 13965 Coursey Blvd. Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00040 0759 175 Arlington Street Bayou Vista St. Mary Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00036 0448 254 Rees Street Breaux Bridge St. Martin Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00063 7022 11215 Joor Road Central East Baton Rouge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00037 2884 3039 Hwy 1-South Donaldsonville Ascension Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00016 0621 2216 E.E. Wallace Blvd. N. Ferriday Corcordia Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00056 1544 300 Joe Hoy Drive Franklin St. Mary Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00071 7177 41065 Highway 42 Galvez Ascension Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00054 3839 1207 University Avenue Hammond Tangipahoa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00039 1045 5744 West Main Street Houma Terrebonne Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00061 7023 226 S. Hollywood Blvd. Houma Terrebonne Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00017 2492 109 Jasper Street Rayville Richland Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA BM-00053 2740 2115 Gause Blvd. East Slidell St. Tammany Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA MB-00035 0071 213 North Cities Service Hwy Sulphur Calcasieu Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA MB-00032 0777 347 W. Main Street Ville Platte Evangeline Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA MB-00051 0562 1200 Thomas Road West Monroe Ouchita Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LA MB-00049 0917 5938 Hwy 167 Winnfield Winn Parish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MO CN-00060 7058 2148 NW7 Highway Blue Springs Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MO CN-00114 4338 3020 Paris Road Columbia Boone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MO CN-00063 1433 2114 Scotthill Woods Rd. Jefferson City Cole ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MO CN-00102 1768 1350 N. Bryon Dr. Nixa Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MO CN-00115 0404 1202-A Highway 28 Owensville Gasconade ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MO CN-00061 7102 2535 W. Kearney Street Springfield Greene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00066 7104 267 Highway 15 North Ackerman Choctaw ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00045 1289 524 Highway 6 East Batesville Panola ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00008 4928 2768 Highway 15 Court Street Bay Springs Jasper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00007 1565 125 Swinging Bridge Drive Byram Hinds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00018 4884 808 South State Street Clarksdale Coahoma ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00004 4711 206 Alabama Street Columbus Lowndes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00010 1046 108 Deason Street Ellisville Hinds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00033 0875 117 Progress Drive Flora Madison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00021 0218 2250 South Commerce Street Grenada Grenada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00046 1717 5021 Highway 42 Hattiesburg Forrest ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00048 1039 1909 Hardy Street Hattiesburg Forrest ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00029 0629 28065 Highway 28 Hazlehurst Copiah ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00001 2372 611 Highway 82 West Indianola Sunflower ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00003 1296 3322 Terry Road Jackson Hinds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00041 0942 16180 Highway 603 Kiln Hancock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00034 1388 55 Veterans Memorial Boulevard Kosciusko Attala ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00013 0878 384 Winter Street Lucedale George ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00011 4742 6650 North Hill Street Meridian Lauderdale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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SCHEDULE 1.1-C MORTGAGED RETAIL PROPERTIES --------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00020 4900 10956 Nichols Boulevard Olive Branch Desoto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00042 0926 1405 South Main Street Poplarville Pearl River ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00009 4802 1012 Market Street Port Gibson Claiborne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00030 0888 267 Magnolia Drive Raleigh Smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00015 0667 410 East Lee Street Sardis Panola ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS MB-00044 1169 8274 Airways Boulevard Southhaven Desoto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00064 7025 1300 Stark Road Starksville Oktibbeha ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00028 1178 3309 McCullough Boulevard Tupelo Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00006 4710 11980 Highway 57 Van Cleave Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00002 0678 100 Highway 27 Vicksburg Warren ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00012 0894 1006 Mississippi Drive Waynesboro Wayne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MS BM-00057 0688 104 South Applegate Street Winona Montgomery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00028 4849 1810 Live Oak Street Beaufort Carteret ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00087 1440 131 N. NC 41 Act. Hwy Beulaville Duplin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00001 4651 519 Market Place Biscoe Montgomery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00078 1236 1007 Monroe Street Carthage Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00022 4942 1008 N. Brown Street Chadbourn Columbus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00051 0346 122 Hwy 29 South China Grove Rowan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00002 4650 210 Market Street Cramerton Gaston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00053 0425 302 East Atkins Street Dobson Surry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00026 4744 120 Brookfall Dairy Rd Elkin Surry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00052 4943 711 South McDaniel Street Enfield Halifax ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00057 0168 105 East Marlboro Rd. Farmville Pitt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00136 7144 507 East Wellons Street Four Oaks Johnston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00009 4723 3864 West Franklin Blvd. Gastonia Gaston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00059 0285 1410 West Grantham St. Goldsboro Wayne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00048 4905 101 Granite Quarry Street Salisbury Rowan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00041 4886 479 Hwy 70 West Havelock Craven ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00027 2782 1942 Spartanburg Hwy Hendersonville Henderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00030 4827 407 E Washington Street LaGrange Lenoir ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00081 1442 180 W. Cornelius Hernett Blvd. Lillington Harnett ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00138 7225 103 Wade Ave. Louisburg Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00011 4770 W. Martin L. King Dr. Maxton Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00018 4777 914 West Main Street Murfreesboro Hertford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00068 0430 1445 Andrews Rd. Murphy Cherokee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00025 4791 800 E Washington St Nashville Nash ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00016 4868 871 Granberry Street Newland Avery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00023 4818 359 Main St Newton Grove Sampson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00010 4674 496 South Main Street Norwood Stanly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00003 4771 341 Aquadale Rd Oakboro Stanly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00013 4829 917 West 3rd Street Pembroke Robeson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00047 4899 315 East Hamlet Street Pinetops Edgecombe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00045 0880 704 East Street Pittsboro Chatham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00075 2449 724 U.S. Hwy 64 East Plymouth Washington ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00020 4790 105 Fayetteville Rd Raeford Hoke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00014 4769 905 East 4th Ave Red Springs Robeson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00056 2906 139 North Hwy 49 Richfield Stanly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00131 7098 2104 Fayetteville Rd. Rockingham Richmond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00058 0801 411-K South Main St. Rolesville Wake ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00015 4873 608 East NC Hwy 24 Roseboro Sampson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00089 1235 4205 NC Hwy 211 West End Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00029 4945 4301 Church Street Sharpsburg Nash ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00012 4774 584 West Clark Street St. Pauls Robeson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00039 0869 1413 West Corbett Ave. Swansboro Onslow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00044 4906 1207 East Fifth St. Tabor City Columbus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00005 4819 717 Albemarle Rd Troy Montgomery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00090 3216 8681 North Hwy 10 Vale Lincoln ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00034 4977 421 South Brooks Street Wake Forest Wake ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00080 7059 1035 NC Hwy 65 West Walnut Cove Stokes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00054 0203 1431 John Small Ave. Washington Beaufort ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00017 4890 31 Beaver Creek School Rd West Jefferson Ashe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00074 1016 2119 Forest Hills Rd., West Wilson Wilson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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SCHEDULE 1.1-C MORTGAGED RETAIL PROPERTIES --------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NC CN-00092 7033 221 West Hwy. 74 Wingate Union ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NE HC-00135 3025 2120 North 6th Street Beatrice Gage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00055 1542 825 E. Main Street Ashland Ashland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00064 7103 3520 N. Ridge Road E Ashtabula Ashtabula ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00001 4694 888 West Main Street Bellevue Sandusky ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-000066 7028 1905 Havemann Rd. Celina Mercer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00008 4776 1400 N. Bridge Street Chillicothe Ross ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00070 7134 251 Elida Road Delphos Allen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00077 7107 2205 Tiffin Avenue Findlay Hancock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00059 1932 478 Jackson Pike Gallipolis Gallia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00009 0120 100 Commerce Place Geneva Ashtabula ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00046 0994 22081 State Route 51 West Genoa Ottawa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00035 4987 2393 Dayton Pike Germantown Montgomery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00043 0604 108 W. Washington Street Jamestown Greene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00079 7227 7000 Rose Drive Lisbon Columbiana ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00063 7030 1212 W. Main Street Louisville Stark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00004 0324 1509 Ashland Road Mansfield Richland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00005 4740 320 Mill Creek Drive Marysville Union ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00057 2015 495 S. Washington Street New Bremen Auglaize ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00012 0169 753 Carroll Street New Lexington Perry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00020 0390 101 W. State Street Newcomerstown Tuscarawas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00006 4741 359 Milan Avenue Norwalk Huron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00003 4673 1660 West Fourth Street Ontario Richland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00067 7029 1444 N. Perry Street Ottawa Putnam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00034 1241 5055 College Corner Pike Oxford Butler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00050 0539 75 Oak Meadow Drive Pataskala Licking ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00019 2779 840 East Perry Street Paulding Paulding ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00007 4779 2824 East Harbo Road Port Clinton Ottawa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00011 2260 3508 West Main Street Ravenna Portage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00061 7099 844 Indiana Avenue Saint Mary's Auglaize ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00054 1450 955 N. State Street Trenton Butler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00053 1955 785 W. Market Street Troy Miami ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00033 0360 1260 East Wyandot Ave. Upper Sandusky Wyandot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00056 2047 1821 Columbus Avenue Washington Courthouse Fayette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00010 4739 201 W. Walton Street Willard Huron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OH ZR-00040 1043 359 Lewisville Rd Woodsfield Monroe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OK HC-00036 4984 217 N.E. Tenth Blanchard McClain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OK HC-00064 0294 201 S. 9th Street Duncan Stephens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OK HC-00038 0208 14143 Elm Street Glenpool Tulsa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OK CH-00040 0633 211 N. 5th Street Henryetta Okmulgee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OK HC-00039 7051 1305 South Main Kingfisher Kingfisher ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OK HC-00049 0122 844 NW 32nd Street New Castle McClain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OK HC-00037 0132 210 North Harrison Street Shawnee Pottawatomie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00015 4865 105 Wilson Road Bentleyville Washington ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00036 1445 Rt. 209-S, Chestnuthill Township Broadheadsville Monroe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00048 7139 115 Roberts Road Grindstone Fayette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00021 4986 4052 Philadelphia Avenue Chambersburg Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00022 0316 944 Lincoln Way West Chambersburg Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00042 0270 1700 Peach Street Erie Erie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00024 4940 1403 W. Main Street Grove City Mercer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00028 1151 State Route 590 Hamlin Wayne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00045 2940 701 W. Centre Street Mahanoy City Schuylkill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00044 1271 7097 Mason Dixon Hwy Meyersdale Somerset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00023 2203 553 West Main Street Mount Joy Lancaster ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00047 7032 535 Pocono Blvd. Mt. Pocono Monroe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00018 4903 2205 W. State Street New Castle Lawrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00065 7108 10670 W. Main Road Northeast Erie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00039 1059 383 Meridian Avenue Scranton Lackawanna ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00029 1625 State Route 924 Shenandoah Schuylkill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00026 0149 486 East King Street Shippensburg Cumberland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00051 1449 5034 Hann Drive Mechanicsburg Cumberland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00025 0145 State Route 6 Towanda Bradford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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SCHEDULE 1.1-C MORTGAGED RETAIL PROPERTIES --------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00049 7024 440 Main Street Walnutport Northhampton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PA ZR-00030 2993 1034 E. Main Street Bradford McKeen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00080 2640 10306 Dunbarton Blvd. Barnwell Barnwell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00063 3253 543 Langster Hwy Chester Chester ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00103 1165 1020 West Blvd. Chesterfield Chesterfield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00052 4914 590 E. Barnch Denmark Bamberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00114 1448 550 East Main Street Duncan Spartanburg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00062 0736 1326 Redbank Road Goose Creek Berkeley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00081 3044 1713 Elm Street West Hampton Hampton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00048 8376 1752 River Road John's Island Charleston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00053 4983 15 Roseborough Road Lugoff Kershaw ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00118 1142 500 W. Boyce Street Manning Clarendon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00102 1203 2433 East Hwy 76 Marion Marion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00056 3629 7530 Kirkpatrick Lane North Charleston Charleston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00071 0317 195 Market Plaza Drive N. Augusta Aiken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00049 3218 1365 Remount Road Hanahan Charleston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC CN-00008 4772 209 South Van Lingle Mungo Blvd. Pageland Chesterfield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00051 0163 1005 Mechanic Street Pendleton Anderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00094 3635 211 Main Street Ridgeland Jasper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00044 4866 9120 Old #6 Hwy Santee Orangeburg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00029 4799 5722 Memorial Blvd. St. George Dorchester ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00039 4913 1650 N. Main Street Summerville Berkeley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SC UR-00043 4862 597 Bells Hwy. Walterboro Colleton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00046 0881 200 Brush Creek Road Alexandria Dekalb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00087 1252 2410 Madison St. Clarksville Montgomery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN CP-00019 4781 2430 Blackburn Rd SE Cleveland Bradley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00045 2004 8 Main Street East Gordonsville Smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00088 1439 124 Hwy 321 Hampton Carter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00085 1443 5934 Hwy 58 Harrison Hamilton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00167 1769 104 Laker Lane Lake City Anderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN BM-00024 0166 5083 Raleigh-LaGrange Rd Memphis Shelby ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN BM-00025 4482 7110 East Shelby Drive Memphis Shelby ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00078 0870 915 W. Main Street Monteagle Grundy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00054 0207 2984 S. Church Street Murfreesboro Rutherford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00056 1021 2011 SE Broad Street Murfreesboro Rutherford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00051 0204 227 Carson Lane Murfreesboro Rutherford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN DG-00001 0150 1370 Robinson Road Old Hickory Davidson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN CP-00021 0740 1106 Mineral Wells Avenue Paris Henry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00076 2310 414 Hwy 52 West Portland Sumner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00072 1540 7601 Norman Jack Lane Knoxville Knox ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TN HC-00074 1082 772 Mountain Creek Road Signal Mountain Hamilton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00129 7176 1200 E. Pioneer Parkway Arlington Tarrant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00141 7145 651 E. Main Street Bellville Austin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00077 1222 501 E. 6th Street Belton Bell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00028 0828 Hwy 62 Main Street Buna Jasper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00029 4804 303 N.W. Loop Carthage Panola ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00010 4904 1602 W. Henderson Cleburne Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00016 7034 Farm to Market St Corpus Christi Nueces ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00005 4782 200 N. Roberts Crowley Tarrant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00079 0417 2127 Sadau Ct. Denton Denton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00153 7050 1609 E. McKinney St. Denton Denton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00180 1577 1317 E. Main Street Eastland Eastland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00031 4901 300 W. Commerce Fairfield Freestone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00006 4738 1601 S. Morgan Street Granbury Hood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00008 0600 604 E. Pioneer Parkway Grand Prairie Dallas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00026 4803 980 W. Main Street Gun Barrell Henderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00022 4757 Hwy 87 N Hemphill Sabine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00034 0632 120 Hwy 64-W Henderson Rusk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00069 0525 234 S. Waco Hillsboro Hill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00198 7405 Rt. 2 Box 370 Huntington Angelina ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00091 7170 400 S. Nursery Rd. Irving Dallas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00007 4975 321 Broadway Joshua Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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SCHEDULE 1.1-C MORTGAGED RETAIL PROPERTIES --------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00050 0802 2221 S. Washington St. Kaufman Kaufman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00024 0833 312 N. Margaret St. Kirbyville Jasper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00001 4692 403 S. Denton Dr. Lake Dallas Denton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00003 4606 416 Hwy 720 West Little Elm Denton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00004 0995 1707 Deans Way Lufkin Angelina ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00052 0259 1016 S. 3rd St Mabank Henderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00048 0515 407 W. Royall Malakoff Henderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00018 2663 502 E. Brood St Mineloa Wood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00023 0653 927 N. University Dr. Nacogdoches Nacogdoches ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00042 4956 2003 South St. Nacogdoches Nacogdoches ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00041 0555 460 S. Hwy 377 Pilot Point Denton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00143 7135 702 East 120 Pottsboro Grayson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00020 4743 243 E. Ovilla Rd. Red Oak Ellis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00123 4540 5610 Rowlett Rd. Rowlett Dallas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00151 7105 6502 S. Hwy 78 Sachse Dallas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00033 4955 1006 N. Fifth Sanger Denton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00025 0839 955 Hwy 327E Silsbee Hardin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00002 4684 6546 Watanga Watanga Tarrant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX HC-00144 7055 809 W. Montgomery St Willis Montgomery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00030 0687 801 S. Main Street Winnsboro Wood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX CP-00017 4780 421 Hwy 78N Wylie Collin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00103 1386 90 Scruggs Rd. Moneta Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00098 7060 411 Wytle Creek Rd. Poquoson York ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00133 7106 302 South Main Street Stuart Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00129 0474 8494 Country Place Cheriton North Hampton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00118 7031 1018 3rd Avenue Dungannon Scott ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00096 1747 88 Main Street Lovingston Nelson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00091 1543 17413 Warwick Blvd. Newport News * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00077 1360 Rt. 3, Box 5435 Dillwyn Buckingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00067 0879 36108 Goodwin Drive Locust Grove Orange ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00065 0481 21319 Bennett Street Parksley Accomack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00050 0375 927 North Main Street Chase City Mecklenburg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00049 2285 15810 King's Highway Montross Westmoreland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00043 0339 2146 East Midland Trail Buena Vista Rockbridge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00040 0583 1220 Tyler Avenue Radford Montgomery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00037 0366 West Virginia Avenue Crew Nottoway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00033 0484 1011 South Main Street Blackstone Nottoway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00021 2581 1200 U.S. Highway 211 West Luray Page ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VA CN-00019 0439 2900 King William Avenue West Point King William ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WVA CN-00117 4445 7131 Harper Road Glen Daniel Raleigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WVA CN-00079 0383 741 #D North Main Street Moorfield Hardy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WVA CN-00064 1008 219 Seneca Trail Fairlea Greenbriar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
* Please note that everything is filed in the City of Newport News
SCHEDULE 1.1-C Page 8
SCHEDULE 4.1
As disclosed in Section 4.8(b), the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries have failed to file certain information with certain governmental and state authorities. As a result of this failure to provide information, the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries may not be in good standing in the states listed on this Schedule 4.1.
Borrower/Subsidiary State Reason -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DG Logistics, LLC TN Unfiled franchise tax returns Dolgencorp of TX TX Unfiled franchise tax returns Dollar General Financial, Inc. TN Unfiled franchise tax returns Dolgencorp, Inc. TN Unfiled franchise tax returns Nations Title Company, Inc. TN Unfiled franchise tax returns |
Schedule 4.1
SCHEDULE 4.5
Schedule 4.5
SCHEDULE 4.10
Dollar General Corporation Retiree Medical Plan - Medical and Rx coverage for officers of the corporation. The eligibility requirement is age 45 or 5 years of service. Coverage terminates when retiree becomes Medicare eligible; death of employee; employee has access to other group coverage through an employer.
Schedule 4.10
SCHEDULE 4.16
SUBSIDIARIES ------------ JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION/ NO. ENTITY ORGANIZATION OWNERSHIP OF CAPITAL STOCK/PARTNERS/MEMBERS TYPE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Dolgencorp, Inc. Kentucky Dollar General Corporation Corporation 2 Dolgencorp of Texas, Inc. Kentucky Dolgencorp, Inc. Corporation 3 Dade Lease Management, Inc. Delaware Dollar General Corporation Corporation 4 The Greater Cumberland Insurance Vermont Dollar General Financial, Inc. Corporation Company 5 Dollar General Financial, Inc. Tennessee Dollar General Corporation Corporation 6 Dollar General Intellectual Vermont Dade Lease Management, Inc. - General Partner Limited partnership Property, LP The Greater Cumberland Insurance Company - Limited Partner 7 Dollar General Partners Kentucky Dolgencorp, Inc. - General Partner General partnership Dade Lease Management, Inc. - General Partner Dollar General Financial, Inc. - General Partner 8 Dolgencorp of New York, Inc. Kentucky Dolgencorp, Inc. Corporation 9 DG Logistics, LLC Tennessee Dolgencorp, Inc. Limited liability company 10 Dollar General Stores, Ltd. Kentucky Dolgencorp, Inc. - General Partner Limited partnership Dade Lease Management, Inc. - Limited Partner 11 Nations Title Company, Inc. Tennessee Dollar General Financial, Inc. Corporation 12 Dollar General Properties LLC Delaware Dolgencorp, Inc. Limited liability company 13 Dollar General Properties of Delaware Dollar General Partners Limited liability company Kentucky, LLC 14 Dollar General Investment, Inc. Delaware Dollar General Corporation Corporation |
Schedule 4.16
SCHEDULE 7.1
EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS --------------------- AMOUNT NO. EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS AS OF MAY 3, 2002 $ IN THOUSANDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Indenture dated as of June 21, 2000 between Dollar General Corporation as Issuer, $200,000 the Guarantors and First Union National Bank as Trustee, governing the Borrower's 8 5/8% Notes due June 15, 2010 2 Lease and Agreement dated as of April 30, 1997 between Sun-Dollar, L.P. as Landlord $53,121 and Dollar General Corporation as Tenant (South Boston, VA distribution center); (Capital Lease Obligation) 3 Lease dated as of January 19, 1999 between DG Ardmore, LLC as Landlord and $42,365 Dollar General Corporation as Tenant (Ardmore, OK distribution center) (Capital Lease Obligation) 4 Lease Agreement dated as of June 1, 2000 between FU/DG Fulton, LLC as Lessor and $14,873 Dollar General Corporation as Lessee (Fulton, MO distribution center) (Capital Lease Obligation) 5 Lease Agreement dated as of June 1, 2000 between FU/DG Indianola, LLC as Lessor $10,321 and Dollar General Corporation as Lessee (Indianola, MS distribution center) (Capital Lease Obligation) 6 Equipment Lease dated as of July 28, 1999 between First Union Commercial $8,216 Corporation as Lessor and Dollar General Corporation as Lessee (Capital Lease Obligation for airplane) 7 Term Lease Master Agreement dated as of November 14, 1994 between IBM Credit $28,486 Corporation as Lessor and Dollar General Corp as Lessee (Capital Lease Obligation) 8 Standby letter of credit, Bank of America as Issuer, Dollar General Corporation $1,959 as Applicant and National Union Fire Insurance as Beneficiary - (face amount) 9 Standby letter of credit, Bank of America as Issuer, Dollar General Corporation $135 as Applicant and Ace American Insurance Group as Beneficiary - (face amount) 10 Standby letter of credit line, Farmers National Bank as lender and Dollar General $98 Corporation as borrower ($250 line of credit; $98 face amount) 11 Interest Rate Swap Transaction dated as of July 20, 1999 between Dollar General $922 Corporation and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, expiring September 1, 2002 ($100,000 notional amount; $922 termination cost) 12 Promissory Notes to Robert J. Wood and John C. Wellons dated as of October 7, 1977 $39 (Outstanding principal amount) 13 Intercompany indebtedness |
Schedule 7.1
SCHEDULE 7.2
EXISTING LIENS -------------- NO. EXISTING LIENS ($ IN THOUSANDS) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 - 7 Leases described in items 1 through 7 of Schedule 7.1 8 Cash collateral under the Cash Collateral Agreement between Dolgencorp, Inc. and D.L. Peterson Trust in the amount of $1,551 as of May 31, 2002 9 Security interests granted in goods that are the subjects of drafts drawn under the trade letters of credit issued pursuant to the FUNB Group Irrevocable Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement Terms and Conditions 10 Security interests granted in goods that are the subjects of drafts drawn under the trade letters of credit issued pursuant to the Continuing Documentary Credit Agreement between Dolgencorp, Inc. and Continental Bank N.A. 11 The Greater Cumberland Insurance Company cash collateral in the amount of $250 as May 31, 2002 12 Collateral for workers' compensation claims - Texas Workers' Compensation Commission in the amount of $3,800 as of May 31, 2002 |
Schedule 7.2
SCHEDULE 7.4
Schedule 7.4
[$___________] Atlanta, Georgia June __, 2002
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, a Tennessee corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to the order of [NAME OF LENDER] (the "Lender"), for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, at the office of SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent"), at 303 Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, on the Commitment Termination Date, the principal sum of [amount of such Lender's Commitment] or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement described below, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, and to pay interest from the date hereof on the principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding, in like funds, at said office, at the rate or rates per annum and payable on such dates as provided in the Credit Agreement. In addition, the Borrower further promises to pay all costs of collection, including the reasonable attorneys' fees of the Lender, if any amounts evidenced by this Note are collected by or through an attorney-at-law or in bankruptcy or other judicial proceedings.
The Borrower promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at a rate or rates provided in the Credit Agreement.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002, among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, the Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and KeyBank National Association and U.S. Bank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; the capitalized terms that are defined in the Credit Agreement being used in this Note with the respective meanings assigned to such capitalized terms in the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement contains, among other things, provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the amendment or waiver of
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certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
THIS NOTE HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND DELIVERED BY THE BORROWER IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Title:
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LOANS AND PAYMENTS ------------------ -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- Unpaid Principal Name of Person Amount and Payments of Balance of Making Date Type of Loan Principal Note Notation -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- |
Exhibit A - 3
The Assignor identified on Schedule 1 hereto (the "Assignor") and the Assignee identified on Schedule 1 hereto (the "Assignee") agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee without recourse to the Assignor, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor without recourse to the Assignor, as of the Effective Date (as defined below), the interest described in Schedule 1 hereto (the "Assigned Interest") in and to the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement with respect to those credit facilities contained in the Credit Agreement as are set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (individually, an "Assigned Facility"; collectively, the "Assigned Facilities"), in a principal amount for each Assigned Facility as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
2. The Assignor (a) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or with respect to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that the Assignor has not created any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim; (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or any obligor or the performance or observance by the Borrower or any obligor of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (c) attaches any Notes held by it evidencing the Assigned Facilities and [(i)] requests that the Administrative Agent, upon request by the Assignee, exchange the attached Notes, if any, for a new Note or Notes payable to the Assignee [and (ii) if the Assignor has retained any interest in an Assigned Facility, requests that the Administrative Agent exchange the attached Notes, if any, for a new Note or Notes payable to the Assignor, in each case] in amounts which reflect the assignment being made hereby (and after giving effect to any other assignments which have become effective on the Effective Date).
Exhibit B-1
3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document which such Assignee has requested, together with copies of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.4 thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor, the Administrative Agent or any other 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 Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender including, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, its obligations pursuant to Section 2.18 of the Credit Agreement.
4. The effective date of this Assignment and Acceptance shall be the Effective Date of Assignment described in Schedule 1 hereto (the "Effective Date"). Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance by it and recording by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, effective as of the Effective Date (which shall not, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, be earlier than five Business Days after the date of such acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent). Assignee represents to each other party hereto that it is a bank, savings and loan association or other similar savings or thrift institution, insurance company, investment fund or company, or other financial institution or lending company that makes or acquires commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and that it is participating in the Credit Agreement as a Lender for its own account (but subject to its rights to direct the disposition of its assets, including, without limitation, assignments and sales of participation interest in the Loans and its Commitment as contemplated in the Credit Agreement and for such commercial purposes, and that it has knowledge and experience to be and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of being a Lender under the Credit Agreement.
5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) [to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued subsequent to the Effective Date] [to the Assignee whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Effective Date or accrue subsequent to the Effective Date. The Assignor and the Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments by the Administrative Agent for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves.]
6. From and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the other Loan Documents and shall be bound
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by the provisions thereof and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance and the Credit Agreement, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
7. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia.
8. 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective duly authorized officers on Schedule 1 hereto.
Exhibit B-3
Schedule 1 to Assignment and Acceptance
Name of Assignor: ____________________________________________
Name of Assignee: ____________________________________________
Effective Date of Assignment: ________________________________
Credit Facility Assigned Principal Amount Assigned Commitment Percentage ------------------------ ------------------------- --------------------- Assigned Revolving Credit Facility $________________ ________% [Name of Assignee] [Name of Assignee] By:___________________________________ By:_________________________________ Title Title |
Exhibit B-4
Accepted: Consented to (if required pursuant to the Credit Agreement): SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION By:___________________________________ By:_________________________________ Title Title |
Exhibit B-5
THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this "Guarantee") made and delivered as of June ___, 2002, by each of the Subsidiaries of Dollar General Corporation, a Tennessee corporation, identified on the signature pages of this Guarantee (each a "Guarantor" and collectively the "Guarantors") in favor of (i) each of the Lenders from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement described below (each a "Lender" and collectively the "Lenders"), and (ii) SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacities as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents referred to in the Credit Agreement (in such capacities, the "Administrative Agent" and the "Collateral Agent" respectively; the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent collectively referred to herein as the "Guaranteed Parties").
WHEREAS, Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association and KeyBank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, are parties to a certain 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June ___, 2002 (as the same may be amended, restated, and supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; capitalized terms used in this Guarantee that are defined in the Credit Agreement being used herein with the respective meanings given to such capitalized terms in the Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Lenders' obligation to make Loans to Borrower as provided in the Credit Agreement that each Guarantor, as a subsidiary of Borrower, unconditionally guarantee the payment of the Loans and all other Obligations of Borrower as provided in the Loan Documents (the Loans and such other Obligations being herein collectively referred to as the "Guaranteed Obligations"; the term "Guaranteed Obligations" to include, without limitation (i) all principal and interest due with respect to all Loans outstanding under the terms of the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, interest accruing or that would have accrued after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding (whether or not such claim for interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and all obligations and liabilities of Borrower arising pursuant to any interest rate protection or swap agreements entered into with one or more of the Lenders, (ii) all fees, expenses, amounts payable by Borrower for reimbursement or indemnification under the terms of the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document, and all amounts advanced by any of the Guaranteed Parties to protect or preserve the value of any security for the Loans and other Guaranteed Obligations, and (iii) all renewals, extensions, modifications, and refinancings (in whole or in part) of any of the amounts referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above);
WHEREAS, the making of the Loans will result in direct and substantial benefits to each Guarantor.
Exhibit C-1
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce the Guaranteed Parties to make the Loans and otherwise to extend and continue to extend credit to Borrower hereafter, and in consideration of $10.00 and other good and valuable consideration received by Guarantor, each Guarantor hereby declares and agrees:
1. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Guaranteed Parties, and any transferee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, jointly and severally, the full and prompt payment of all Guaranteed Obligations and all costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred or sustained by the Guaranteed Parties in enforcing the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder. If any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations is not paid when due, each Guarantor hereby agrees to and will immediately pay same, without resort by the Guaranteed Parties to any other person or party. The obligation of each Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties hereunder is primary, absolute and unconditional, except as may be specifically set forth herein. Any and all payments by each Guarantor hereunder shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction for, any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, or withholding so that, in each case, each Guaranteed Party will receive, after giving effect to any Taxes (other than taxes applicable to the Guaranteed Party of the types described in the definition of "Excluded Taxes" as set forth in the Credit Agreement), the full amount that it would otherwise be entitled to receive with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations (but without duplication of amounts for Taxes already included in the Guaranteed Obligations). Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this is a guarantee of payment when due, and not of collection.
2. This Guarantee is continuing in nature and shall be effective with respect to the full amount outstanding under all Guaranteed Obligations, now existing or hereafter made or extended, and notwithstanding (i) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution, liquidation or like proceeding relating to any Guarantor or Borrower, or any action taken with respect to this Guarantee by any trustee or receiver, or by any court, in any such proceeding, (ii) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or (iii) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Guarantor. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the number and amounts of outstanding Guaranteed Obligations may fluctuate from time to time hereafter, and that Borrower may make payments to the Guaranteed Parties from time to time hereafter. Each Guarantor expressly agrees that this Guarantee shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding such fluctuations and payments, and whether or not any Guaranteed Obligations are outstanding at any particular time, until such time as all Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full and any commitment of the Guaranteed Parties under the Credit Agreement has been terminated.
3. Each Guarantor hereby waives notice of the Guaranteed Parties'
acceptance of this Guarantee and the creation, extension or renewal of any Loans
or other Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that,
at any time or times, without notice to or further approval from Guarantor, and
without in any way affecting the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder, the
Guaranteed Parties may, with or without consideration (i) release, compromise
with, or agree not to sue, in whole or in part, Borrower or any other obligor,
guarantor, endorser or surety on any Loans or any other Guaranteed Obligations,
(ii) renew, extend, accelerate, or increase or decrease the principal amount of
any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, either in whole or in part, (iii)
amend, waive,
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or otherwise modify any of the terms of any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations or of any mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or other undertaking of Borrower or any other obligor, endorser, guarantor or surety in connection with any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, and (iv) apply any payment received from Borrower or from any other obligor, guarantor, endorser or surety on the Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations to any of the liabilities of Borrower or of such other obligor, guarantor, endorser, or surety which the Guaranteed Parties may choose.
4. Each Guarantor hereby consents and agrees that the Guaranteed Parties may at any time or times, either with or without consideration, surrender, release or receive any property or other collateral of any kind or nature whatsoever held by it or for its account securing any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, or substitute any collateral so held by the Guaranteed Parties for other collateral of like or different kind, without notice to or further consent from such Guarantor, and such surrender, receipt, release or substitution shall not in any way affect the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder. The Guaranteed Parties shall have full authority to adjust, compromise, and receive less than the amount due upon any such collateral, and may enter into any accord and satisfaction agreement with respect to the same as the Guaranteed Parties may deem advisable without affecting the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder. The Guaranteed Parties shall be under no duty to undertake to collect upon such collateral or any part thereof, and no Guarantor's obligations hereunder shall be affected by the Guaranteed Parties' alleged negligence or mistake in judgment in handling, disposing of, obtaining, or failing to collect upon or perfect a security interest in, any such collateral.
5. Each Guarantor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest, and notice of dishonor of any of the liabilities guaranteed hereby. The Guaranteed Parties shall have no duty or obligation (i) to proceed or exhaust any remedy against Borrower, any other obligor, guarantor, endorser, or surety on any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, or any other security held by the Guaranteed Parties for any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, or (ii) to give any notice whatsoever to Borrower, any Guarantor, or any other obligor, guarantor, endorser, or surety on any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, in any case before bringing suit, exercising rights to any such security or instituting proceedings of any kind against any Guarantor, Borrower, or any of them, and each Guarantor hereby waives any requirement for such actions by the Guaranteed Parties. Upon default by Borrower and the Guaranteed Parties' demand to any Guarantor hereunder, such Guarantor shall be held and bound to the Guaranteed Parties directly as principal debtor in respect of the payment of the amounts hereby guaranteed, such liability of such Guarantor being joint and several with Borrower, each other Guarantor, and all other obligors, guarantors, endorsers and sureties on the Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations.
6. Each Guarantor hereby waives to the fullest extent possible as against Borrower and its assets, any and all rights, whether at law, in equity, by agreement or otherwise, to subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement, contribution, payment or any other claim, cause of action, right or remedy that would otherwise arise out of any payment by such Guarantor hereunder, notwithstanding the manner or nature of such payment including but not limited to (a) direct payment by such Guarantor, (b) set-off by the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any liability or deposit owed by such entity to such Guarantor, (c) recovery by the
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Administrative Agent or any Lender against such Guarantor or any property of
such Guarantor, as the result of any judgment, judgment lien, or legal process,
(d) the application of the proceeds of any disposition of all or any part of the
collateral to the repayment or all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or
(e) the conveyance of all or any part of any Collateral to the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders in satisfaction of all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations, until the indefeasible payment in full of the Guaranteed
Obligations. The waivers set forth above are intended by each Guarantor, the
Administrative Agent, and the Lenders to be for the benefit of Borrower and such
waivers shall be enforceable by Borrower as an absolute defense to any action by
such Guarantor against Borrower or its assets which action arises out of any
payment by any Guarantor hereunder.
7. As an independent covenant, each Guarantor hereby expressly covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties that all obligations and liabilities of Borrower and any other Subsidiaries of Borrower to any Guarantor of whatsoever description, including without limitation, all intercompany receivables of such Guarantor from Borrower and any such other Subsidiaries (collectively, the "Junior Claims") shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all obligations of Borrower and any such other Subsidiaries to the Guaranteed Parties under the terms of the Credit Agreement, this Guarantee, and the other Loan Documents (collectively, the "Senior Claims"). If an Event of Default shall occur, then, unless and until such Event of Default shall have been cured, waived, or shall have otherwise ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property, securities, by set-off or otherwise) shall be made by Borrower and any such other Subsidiaries to any Guarantor on account of or in any manner in respect of any Junior Claim except such payments and distributions the proceeds of which shall be applied to the payment of Senior Claims.
In the event of a Proceeding (as hereinafter defined), all Senior Claims shall first be paid in full before any direct or indirect payment or distribution (in cash, property, securities, by set-off or otherwise) shall be made to any Guarantor on account of or in any manner in respect of any Junior Claim except such payments and distributions the proceeds of which shall be applied to the payment of Senior Claims. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, "Proceeding" means Borrower or any Guarantor shall commence a voluntary case concerning itself under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy laws; or any involuntary case is commenced against Borrower or any Guarantor; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy laws) is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or any substantial part of the property of Borrower or any Guarantor, or Borrower or any Guarantor commences any other proceedings under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtor, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, whether commenced against Borrower or any Guarantor, or Borrower or any Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or Borrower or any Guarantor suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property; or Borrower or any Guarantor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; or Borrower or any Guarantor shall call a meeting of its
Exhibit C-4
creditors with a view to arranging a composition or adjustment of its debts; or Borrower or any Guarantor shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any organizational action shall be taken by Borrower or any Guarantor for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
In the event any direct or indirect payment or distribution is made to a Guarantor in contravention of this Section 7, such payment or distribution shall be deemed received in trust for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties and shall be immediately paid over to the Administrative Agent for application against the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement
Each Guarantor agrees to execute such additional documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the subordination provided for in this Section 7.
8. (a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(g) or (h) of the Credit Agreement with respect to the Borrower, all Guaranteed Obligations shall automatically become immediately due and payable by the Guarantors, without notice or other action on the part of the Guaranteed Parties, and regardless of whether payment of the Guaranteed Obligations by Borrower has then been accelerated. In addition, if any event of the types described in Section 8.1(g) or (h) of the Credit Agreement should occur with respect to any Guarantor, and the Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrower have or thereafter become due and payable, then the Guaranteed Obligations shall automatically become immediately due and payable by such Guarantor, without further notice or other action on the part of the Guaranteed Parties.
(b) Upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of Borrower, the Guaranteed Parties' rights hereunder shall not be affected or impaired by their omission to prove all or any portion of its claim, and the Guaranteed Parties may in its discretion value or refrain from valuing any security held by it without in any way releasing, reducing or otherwise affecting any Guarantor's obligations hereunder. Each Guarantor agrees that this Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of the liabilities hereby guaranteed are rescinded or must otherwise be returned or restored by the Guaranteed Parties upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of Borrower or any other obligor, guarantor, endorser or surety on any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations, all as though such payment had not been made.
9. This Guarantee is in addition to, and is not intended to supersede or be a substitute for any other guarantee, suretyship agreement, or instrument which the Guaranteed Parties may hold in connection with any Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations and each Guarantor's obligations hereunder shall be deemed to be joint and several with the obligations of each other Guarantor.
10. This Guarantee contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and no provision hereof may be waived or modified except by a writing executed by each Guarantor and the Guaranteed Parties. There is no understanding that any person other than the Guarantors shall execute this or any similar Guarantee. No
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Guarantor's execution of this
Guarantee was based upon any facts or materials provided by the Guaranteed
Parties, nor was any Guarantor induced to execute this Guarantee by any
representation, statement or information made or furnished by the Guaranteed
Parties. Each Guarantor further acknowledges and agrees that such Guarantor
assumes sole responsibility for independently obtaining any information or
reports deemed necessary by such Guarantor in reaching any decision to execute
this Guarantee.
11. The failure or forbearance of the Guaranteed Parties on any occasion to exercise any rights or remedies hereunder or otherwise granted to it by law or another agreement shall not affect the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder and shall not constitute a waiver of such right or remedy or preclude the later or further exercise thereof. Time is of the essence of this Guarantee and each Guarantor's obligations hereunder.
12. Any notice or demand which the Guaranteed Party's may be required to give to any Guarantor may be sent or made, at any Guaranteed Parties' option, to or on such Guarantor in the same manner and with the same effect as provided with respect to notices pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement, when delivered, mailed or sent by telecopy to the address or telecopier number indicated for such Guarantor below.
13. This Guarantee shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of each Guarantor and the Guaranteed Parties.
14. If any provision of this Guarantee or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall, to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Guarantee or the application of such provision to the other persons or circumstances, other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each provision of this Guarantee shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
15. In addition to and not in limitation of all rights of set-off that the Guaranteed Parties may have under applicable law, the Guaranteed Parties shall, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and whether or not the Guaranteed Parties have made any demand or the Guaranteed Obligations are matured, have the right to appropriate and apply to the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations all deposits of any Guarantor (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) then or thereafter held by, and other indebtedness or property then or thereafter owing to any Guarantor by, any of the Guaranteed Parties whether or not related to this Guarantee or any transaction hereunder.
16. (a) It is the intent of each Guarantor and the Guaranteed Parties that each Guarantor's maximum obligations hereunder shall be:
(i) in a case or proceeding commenced by or against such Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code on or within one year from the date on which any of the Guaranteed Obligations are incurred, the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor under (A) Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or (B) any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent
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conveyance act or statute applied in such case or proceeding by virtue of
Section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code; or
(ii) in a case or proceeding commenced by or against such Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code subsequent to one year from the date on which any of the Guaranteed Obligations are incurred, the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of the Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor under any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in any such case or proceeding by virtue of Section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code; or
(iii) in a case or proceeding commenced by or against such Guarantor under any law, statute or regulation other than the Bankruptcy Code (including, without limitation, any other bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar debtor relief laws), the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor under such law, statute or regulation including, without limitation, any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in any such case or proceeding.
(The substantive laws under which the possible avoidance or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties) shall be determined in any such case or proceeding shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Avoidance Provisions").
(b) To the end set forth in Section 16(a), but only to the extent that the
Guaranteed Obligations would otherwise be subject to avoidance under the
Avoidance Provisions if such Guarantor is not deemed to have received valuable
consideration, fair value or reasonably equivalent value for the Guaranteed
Obligations, or if the Guaranteed Obligations would render the Guarantor
insolvent, or leave the Guarantor with an unreasonably small capital to conduct
its business, or cause the Guarantor to have incurred debts (or to have intended
to have incurred debts) beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, in
each case as of the time any of the Guaranteed Obligations are deemed to have
been incurred under the Avoidance Provisions and after giving effect to
contribution as among Guarantors, the maximum Guaranteed Obligations for which
such Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall be reduced to that amount which,
after giving effect thereto, would not cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any
other obligations of such Guarantor to the Guaranteed Parties), as so reduced,
to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions. This Section 16(b) is
intended solely to preserve the rights of the Guaranteed Parties hereunder to
the maximum extent that would not cause the Guaranteed Obligations of any
Guarantor to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, and neither
such Guarantor nor any other Person shall have any right or claim under this
Section 16 as against the Guaranteed Parties that would not otherwise be
available to such Person under the Avoidance Provisions.
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(c) None of the provisions of this Section 16 are intended in any manner to alter the obligations of any holder of subordinated Indebtedness or the rights of the holders of "senior indebtedness" as provided by the terms of the subordinated Indebtedness. Accordingly, it is the intent of each of the Guarantors that, in the event that any payment or distribution is made with respect to the subordinated Indebtedness prior to the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations by virtue of the provisions of this Section 16, in any case or proceeding of the kinds described in clauses (i)-(iii) of Section 16(a), the holders of the subordinated Indebtedness shall be obligated to pay or deliver such payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties. Furthermore, in respect of the Avoidance Provisions, it is the intent of each Guarantor that the subrogation rights of the holders of subordinated Indebtedness with respect to the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty, be subject in all respects to the provisions of Section 16(b).
17. (a) THIS GUARANTEE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH GUARANTOR HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF) OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS GUARANTEE OR ANY
DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA OR
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, AND, BY
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS GUARANTEE, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR
ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE
JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF
VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH
RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES
[CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY] AS ITS DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT OF SUCH
GUARANTOR TO RECEIVE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF SUCH GUARANTOR, SERVICE OF PROCESS IN
SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS
GUARANTEE OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED
COMPLETED THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER MAILING THEREOF TO SAID AGENT. IT IS UNDERSTOOD
THAT A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS SERVED ON SUCH AGENT WILL BE PROMPTLY FORWARDED BY
SUCH AGENT AND BY THE SERVER OF PROCESS BY MAIL TO THE RESPECTIVE GUARANTOR AT
ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN, BUT THE FAILURE OF SUCH GUARANTOR TO RECEIVE SUCH
COPY SHALL NOT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AFFECT IN ANY WAY THE
SERVICE OF SUCH PROCESS. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE GUARANTEED
PARTIES TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION.
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(c) TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTEE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY MATTER ARISING IN CONNECTION HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
18. Upon execution and delivery by any Subsidiary of Borrower of an instrument in the form of Annex I, such Subsidiary of Borrower shall become a Guarantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named a Guarantor herein (each an "Additional Guarantor"). The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any Guarantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any Additional Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee.
19. This Guarantee 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.
Exhibit C-9
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
DOLLAR GENERAL FINANCIAL, INC.
(a Tennessee corporation)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
DADE LEASE MANAGEMENT, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLGENCORP, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLGENCORP OF NEW YORK, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLGENCORP OF TEXAS, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit C-10
DG LOGISTICS, LLC
(a Tennessee limited liability company)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLLAR GENERAL STORES, LTD.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLLAR GENERAL PARTNERS
(a Kentucky general partnership)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE GREATER CUMBERLAND INSURANCE COMPANY (a Vermont
corporation)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
NATIONS TITLE COMPANY, INC.
(a Tennessee corporation)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit C-11
DOLLAR GENERAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, L.P.(a Vermont
limited partnership)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLLAR GENERAL INVESTMENTS, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
DGC PROPERTIES LLC
(a Delaware limited liability company)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
DGC PROPERTIES OF KENTUCKY LLC
(a Delaware limited liability company)
By: ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 7 ABOVE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO:
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
By: ____________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit C-12
ANNEX I
THIS SUPPLEMENT TO GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this "Supplement") made and delivered as of __________________, by _____________________________, a __________________________ (the "Additional Guarantor") in favor of (i) each of the Lenders from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement described below (each a "Lender" and collectively the "Lenders"), and (ii) SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacities as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents referred to in the Credit Agreement (in such capacities, the "Administrative Agent" and "Collateral Agent" respectively; the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent collectively referred to herein as the "Guaranteed Parties").
A. Reference is made to the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002 (as the same may have been or may hereafter be amended, supplemented, and restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among Dollar General Corporation, a Tennessee corporation ("Borrower"), SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, each other bank and lending institution from time to time that has become a Lender thereunder (collectively, "Lenders"), Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association and KeyBank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
C. Certain Subsidiaries of Borrower have entered into the Guaranty Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and other extensions of credit to Borrower under the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries of Borrower are required to enter into the Guaranty Agreement and become a Guarantor thereunder. The undersigned (the "Additional Guarantor") is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement and Guaranty Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and other extensions of credit to Borrower and as consideration for Loans and other extensions of credit previously made.
Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and the Additional Guarantor agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) By its signature below, the Additional Guarantor becomes a Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor therein, and the Additional Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guaranty Agreement applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder, and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made with respect to each Guarantor thereunder and under the Credit Agreement are true and correct in respect of the Additional Guarantor on and as of the date hereof. Each reference to a "Guarantor" in the Guaranty Agreement shall be deemed to include the Additional Guarantor. The Guaranty Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, the Additional Guarantor hereby jointly and severally (with respect to the obligations of the Guarantors under the Guaranty Agreement) irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all principal of, and interest on, each Loan made to Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the full and punctual payment when due of all fees, expenses, indemnity and reimbursement payments, and other Obligations payable by Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, interest accruing or that would have accrued after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding, whether or not any claim for interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and all obligations of Borrower arising pursuant to any interest rate protection or swap agreements entered into with one or more of the Lenders. Upon failure by Borrower to pay punctually when due any such amount, the Additional Guarantor agrees that it shall forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement or the relevant Loan Documents, as the case may be. The Additional Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this is a guarantee of payment when due, and not of collection, and that the obligations of the Additional Guarantor hereunder may be enforced up to the full amount hereof without proceeding against Borrower, any security held by or on behalf of the Lenders, or against any other Guarantor or any other party that may have liability on all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 2. The Additional Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or moratorium or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single agreement. This Supplement shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the Additional Guarantor and the Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Georgia, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.
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SECTION 6. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guaranty Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision hereof in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction.) The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in the Guaranty Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the Additional Guarantor shall be given to it at the address of Borrower as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Additional Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guaranty Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[Name of Additional Guarantor]
By: __________________________________ Name:
Title
SUNTRUST BANK,
As Administrative Agent
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit C - Annex -3
THIS CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as of June __, 2002, by and among DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, a Tennessee corporation (the "Principal"), each of the Subsidiaries of the Principal identified on the signature pages of this Agreement (each a "Guarantor" and collectively the "Guarantors"), and SUNTRUST BANK, a Georgia banking corporation, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below).
WHEREAS, the Principal, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association and KeyBank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, are parties to a certain 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June ___, 2002 (as the same may hereafter from time to time be amended, modified, and restated, the "Credit Agreement"; capitalized terms used herein that are defined in such Credit Agreement are used herein with the respective meanings provided for such terms in the Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantors have executed and delivered a Guaranty Agreement dated as of June ___, 2002, in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Lenders (as the same may hereafter from time to time be amended, modified, and restated, the "Guaranty Agreement");
WHEREAS, it is a further requirement and condition of the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors execute and deliver an agreement in the form hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants hereinafter contained, and to induce the Guarantors to enter into the Guaranty Agreement, each Guarantor and the Administrative Agent agree as follows:
Exhibit D - 1
payment, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the net worth of such Contributing Guarantor on the date hereof and the
denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all Guarantors on the date
hereof (or, in the case of any Guarantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to
Section 12, the date of the Supplement hereto executed and delivered by such
Guarantor). Any Contributing Guarantor making any payment to a Claiming
Guarantor pursuant to this Section 2 shall be subrogated to the rights of such
Claiming Guarantor under Section 1 to the extent of such payment. As used
herein, the term "net worth" shall mean, as at any date of determination, the
consolidated members' capital, partners' capital, or stockholders' equity of
each Guarantor, as the case may be, as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to a written agreement entered into among the Principal, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent.
Exhibit D - 2
(b) In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Exhibit D - 3
in favor of each Guarantor to which such right of indemnification, subrogation, or indemnification is owing.
Exhibit D - 4
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized offices as of the date first appearing above.
PRINCIPAL:
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
(a Tennessee corporation)
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit D - 5
DOLLAR GENERAL FINANCIAL, INC.
(a Tennessee corporation)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DADE LEASE MANAGEMENT, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLGENCORP, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLGENCORP OF NEW YORK, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLGENCORP OF TEXAS, INC.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit D - 6
DG LOGISTICS, LLC
(a Tennessee limited liability [company])
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLLAR GENERAL STORES, LTD.
(a Kentucky corporation)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLLAR GENERAL PARTNERS
(a Kentucky general partnership)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE GREATER CUMBERLAND INSURANCE COMPANY
(a Vermont corporation)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
NATIONS TITLE COMPANY, INC.
(a Tennessee corporation)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit D - 7
DOLLAR GENERAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, L.P.
(a Vermont limited partnership)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DOLLAR GENERAL INVESTMENTS, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DGC PROPERTIES LLC
(a Delaware limited liability company)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DGC PROPERTIES OF KENTUCKY LLC
(a Delaware limited liability company)
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit D - 8
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Administrative Agent
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit D - 9
ANNEX I
THIS SUPPLEMENT TO CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this "Supplement") dated as of ________________________, made by and between __________________, a _________ (the "New Guarantor"), and the Administrative Agent described in the Credit Agreement referred to below.
A. Reference is made to (a) the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June ___, 2002 (as amended, supplemented and restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among Dollar General Corporation (the "Principal"), SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, the banks and other lending institutions from time to time that are parties thereto (the "Lenders"), Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association and KeyBank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, (b) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of June ___, 2002, among the Guarantors that are parties thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Lenders (as amended, supplemented and restated from time to time, the "Guaranty Agreement"), and (c) the Contribution Agreement dated as of June ____, 2002, among the Principal, the Guarantors, and the Administrative Agent (as amended, supplemented and restated from time to time, the "Contribution Agreement").
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Contribution Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as the case may be.
C. The Principal and the Guarantors have entered into the Contribution Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and make other extensions of credit to the Principal. Pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries of the Principal are required to enter into the Guaranty Agreement as a Guarantor. Section 12 of the Contribution Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries of the Principal may become Guarantors under the Contribution Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary of the Principal (the "New Guarantor") is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Contribution Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and make other additional extensions of credit to the Principal and as consideration for Loans and other extensions of credit previously made and issued.
Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and the New Guarantor agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 12 of the Contribution Agreement, the New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Contribution Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor, and the New Guarantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Contribution Agreement applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder. Each reference to a "Guarantor" in the Contribution Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Guarantor. The Contribution
Exhibit D - Annex - 1
Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Contribution Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
SECTION 6. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, neither party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Contribution Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 7 of the Contribution Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Guarantor shall be given to it at the address of the Principal as provided in the Credit Agreement.
Exhibit D - Annex - 2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to Contribution Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[Name of New Guarantor]
By: ___________________________________ Name:
Title
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Administrative Agent
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title
Exhibit D - Annex - 3
[Date]
SunTrust Bank,
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Attention:
Reference is made to the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002 (as amended and in effect on the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement"), among the undersigned, as Borrower, the Lenders named therein, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association and KeyBank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Notice of Borrowing, and the Borrower hereby requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Borrowing requested hereby:
(A) Aggregate principal amount of Borrowing1:______________________
(B) Date of Borrowing (which is a Business Day):__________________
(C) Interest Rate basis2:__________________________________________
(D) Interest Period3:______________________________________________
(E) Location and number of Borrower's account to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:___________________
2 Eurodollar Borrowing or Base Rate Borrowing.
3 Which must comply with the definition of "Interest Period" and end not later than the Commitment Termination Date.
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The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Title
Exhibit 2.3 - 2
[Date]
SunTrust Bank,
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Attention:
Reference is made to the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002 (as amended and in effect on the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement"), among the undersigned, as Borrower, the Lenders named therein, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association and KeyBank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Notice of Continuation/Conversion and the Borrower hereby requests the conversion or continuation of a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Borrowing to be converted or continued as requested hereby:
(A) Borrowing to which this request applies: (amount) ---------------------------------------- , 200__ (Interest Period End Date) --------------- |
(B) Principal amount(s) of Borrowing to be converted/continued1:
(C) Effective date of election (must be a Business Day):
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(D) Interest rates basis for each resulting Borrowing1:
(E) Interest period for each resulting Borrowing2:
Very truly yours,
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Title
1 Eurodollar Borrowing or Base Rate Borrowing.
2 Which must comply with the definition of "Interest Period" and end not later than the Commitment Termination Date.
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