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INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC - 10-K - 20040329 - BUSINESS
ITEM 1. BUSINESS.
This Report contains forward-looking statements that are subject to
certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those projected, expressed, or implied by such
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expects, plans, future, intends, could, estimate, predict, projects, targeting,
potential or contingent," the negative of these terms or other similar
expressions. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those
discussed or implied herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in "Factors That
May Affect Future Results" below and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations." You should not place undue
reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the
federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to publish, update
or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.
OVERVIEW
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides
insurance companies and other vehicle suppliers cost-effective salvage
processing solutions. In an accident, theft or other claims adjustment process,
insurance companies typically take possession of a vehicle because (i) based on
economic and customer service considerations, the vehicle has been classified as
a "total loss" and the insured replacement value has been paid rather than the
cost of repair or (ii) a stolen vehicle is recovered after the insurance company
has settled with the insured. The Company generally sells these salvage and
theft-recovered vehicles at live or closed bid auctions on a competitive-bid
basis at one of the Company's facilities.
The Company processes salvage vehicles primarily under three methods:
fixed fee consignment, percentage of sale consignment, and purchase agreement.
Under the fixed fee consignment and percentage of sale consignment methods, the
Company sells vehicles on behalf of insurance companies, which continue to own
the vehicles until they are sold to buyers at auction. Under these methods, the
Company generally conducts either live or closed bid auctions of the automotive
salvage in return for agreed upon sales fees. In addition to fees, the Company
generally charges its fixed fee consignment and percentage of sale consignment
vehicle suppliers for various services, including towing and storage. Under the
purchase agreement method, the Company generally purchases vehicles from the
insurance companies upon clearance of title, under financial terms determined by
contract with the insurance company supplier, and then resells these vehicles
for the Company's own account at the Company's auctions. Under all methods of
sale, the Company also charges the buyer of each vehicle various buyer-related
fees.
The Company has grown through the acquisition of additional auto
salvage pool operations and opening of new facilities in strategic locations,
resulting in a network of 75 sites in 31 states as of March 1, 2004. A majority
of the vehicles currently processed by the Company are sold under the fixed fee
and percentage of sale consignment arrangements. In 2003, 52% of the vehicles
processed by the Company were sold under the fixed fee consignment method, 42%
were sold under the percentage of sale consignment method, and 6% were sold
under the purchase agreement method.
The Company obtains the majority of its supply of vehicles from
insurance companies and smaller quantities from non-insurance company suppliers
such as rental car companies and non-profit organizations. Historically, a
limited number of insurance companies have accounted for a substantial portion
of the Company's revenues. In 2003, vehicles supplied by the Company's three
largest suppliers accounted for approximately 36% of the Company's unit sales, a
6% decrease from 2002. The largest suppliers, State Farm Insurance, Farmers
Insurance, and Allstate Insurance accounted for approximately 16%, 12%, and 8%,
respectively, of the Company's 2003 unit sales.
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HISTORY
The Company was organized as a California corporation in 1982 under the
name Los Angeles Auto Salvage, Inc. ("LAAS"). In January 1990, all the
outstanding capital stock of LAAS was acquired in a leveraged buyout and, in
October 1991, LAAS changed its name to Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. The Company
completed its initial public offering in November 1991. Its common stock is
traded on the Nasdaq National Market(R) under the symbol "IAAI". In 1997, the
Company reincorporated in the State of Illinois.
FIXED FEE CONSIGNMENT SALE METHOD
In 2003 and 2002, the percentage of vehicles processed by the Company
that were sold under the fixed fee consignment sale method was approximately 52%
and 41%, respectively. Under this sale method, the Company charges fees to the
insurance company supplier for specific services. These fees typically include a
salvage sales fee plus towing, title processing and storage fees. With this
method of sale, the Company acts as an agent for the insurance company, arranges
for the salvaged vehicle to be towed to its facility and processes it for sale.
Because the Company never takes ownership of the vehicle, the Company's revenues
per vehicle from consignment sales are received only from these fixed fees
rather than from the revenue from the sale of the vehicle. As a result,
exclusive of the buyer fees, revenue recognized per vehicle under the fixed fee
consignment method of sale is approximately 5% to 15% of the revenue recognized
per vehicle under the purchase agreement method, where the Company's revenue is
principally comprised of the sale price of the vehicle.
PERCENTAGE OF SALE CONSIGNMENT METHOD
In 2003 and 2002, the percentage of vehicles processed by the Company
that were sold under the percentage of sale consignment method was approximately
42% and 49%, respectively. Pursuant to this method of sale, the Company acts as
an agent for the insurance company and receives a negotiated percentage of the
vehicle selling price. As an agent, the Company arranges for the salvaged
vehicle to be towed to its facility and processes it for sale for a fee based on
a percentage of sale price. The percentage of sale consignment method provides
suppliers with a potentially greater upside as the Company's fees are tied to
selling prices and, thus, the salvage supplier has a greater incentive to invest
in improvements to salvage vehicles in order to maximize sales prices. Because
the Company never takes ownership of the vehicle, the Company's revenues per
vehicle from percent of sale consignment sales are generated from these sales
fees rather than from the revenue from the sale of the vehicle. As a result,
exclusive of the buyer fees, revenue recognized per vehicle under the percentage
of sales consignment method is approximately 5% to 15% of the revenue recognized
per vehicle under the purchase agreement method, where the Company's revenue is
principally comprised of the sale price of the vehicle.
PURCHASE AGREEMENT METHOD
In 2003 and 2002, the percentage of vehicles processed by the Company
that were sold under the purchase agreement method of sale was approximately 6%
and 10%, respectively. Under the purchase agreement method of sale, the Company
is required to purchase, and the insurance company and other non-insurance
company suppliers are required to sell to the Company, virtually all total-loss
and recovered theft vehicles generated by that supplier in a designated
geographic area. The agreements are customized to each supplier's needs, but
typically require the Company to pay a specified percentage of a vehicle's
actual cash value, or ACV, which is equal to the estimated pre-accident fair
value of the vehicle. ACV for any given vehicle depends on the vehicle's age and
certain other conditions, including whether the vehicle is a total-loss or a
recovered theft vehicle. The Company assumes the risk of market price variation
for vehicles sold under a purchase agreement, and therefore works to enhance the
value of purchased vehicles in the selling process. Because the Company's
purchase price is fixed by contract, changes in ACVs or in the market or auction
prices for salvage vehicles have an impact on the profitability of the sale of
vehicles under the purchase agreement method. Revenue recorded from the sale of
a purchase agreement vehicle represents the actual selling price of the vehicle.
The cost of the vehicle under this method is reflected in the vehicle cost line
of cost of sales.
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SERVICES PROVIDED TO ALL SUPPLIERS
The process of salvage disposition through the Company's system begins
at the first report of loss, or when a stolen vehicle has been subsequently
recovered. An insurance company representative consigns the vehicle to the
Company, either by phone, facsimile or electronically through the Company's
online CSA Today(SM) system.
CSA Today is the Company's proprietary data management system. The
system enables insurance company suppliers to enter vehicle data electronically,
and then track and manage the progress of salvage vehicles throughout the
disposition process in terms of both time and salvage recovery dollars. With
this tool, vehicle providers have 24-hour access to their total-loss data. The
information provided through this system ranges from the details associated with
a specific total-loss vehicle, to comprehensive management reports for an entire
claims center or geographic region. Additional features of this system include
inventory management tools and a powerful new "Average Salvage Calculator" that
helps customers determine the approximate salvage value of a potential
total-loss vehicle. This tool is helpful to adjusters when evaluating the
"repair" vs. "total" decision. The management tools provided by CSA Today enable
claims personnel to monitor and manage total-loss salvage effectively. CSA
Today's daily updates provide current and meaningful data to the Company's
vehicle providers.
The Company also offers a total-loss appraisal service, FastTrack(R).
FastTrack utilizes an early total-loss recognition system to identify, appraise
and move probable total-loss vehicles sooner than the conventional claims
process. FastTrack cuts through many of the delays typically associated with
traditional claims handling by combining a comprehensive appraisal service with
the Company's salvage service resources. Completed appraisals, including a
condition report and an array of digital images, are electronically transmitted
to a secure, password-protected Web site, providing adjusters with same-day
access to the information via the Internet. The result is faster completion of
total-loss appraisals, significant savings on accrued shop storage and car
rental expenses, and exceptional customer satisfaction.
The Company's FastTow(R) service provides towing services that
guarantee vehicles will be delivered to a Company branch storage facility,
usually within one to two business days of consignment in a designated service
area. When retrieving a vehicle, the FastTow service will also advance, on
behalf of the supplier, any storage and towing charges incurred when towing the
vehicle from the accident scene or recovered theft site to the temporary storage
facility or repair shop. Once these advance towing and storage charges have been
reviewed and verified by the Company, the towing subcontractor generally will
pay the charges on behalf of the Company at time of vehicle pick up and deliver
the vehicle to the predetermined Company auction and storage facility. The rapid
retrieval time and review of advance charges are also intended to increase the
insurance company's net return on salvage.
In order to further minimize vehicle storage charges incurred by
insurance company suppliers at the temporary storage facility or repair shop,
and also to improve service time for the policyholder, the Company and a certain
group of its insurance company suppliers have established vehicle inspection
centers, or VICs, at many of the Company's facilities. A VIC is a temporary
storage and inspection facility located at a Company site that is operated by
the insurance company. Suspected total-loss vehicles are brought directly to the
VIC from the temporary storage facility or repair shop. The insurance company
typically has appraisers stationed on the VIC site in order to expedite the
appraisal process and minimize storage charges at outside sites. If the
insurance company determines that a vehicle is a total loss, it can easily be
moved to one of the Company's vehicle storage areas. If the vehicle is not
totaled, it is promptly delivered to the insurer's selected repair facility. The
Company also has the ability to provide digital images as a service to its
customers, electronically displaying pictures of the damaged cars to insurance
adjusters in their offices.
After a totaled vehicle is received at a Company facility, it remains
in storage but cannot be auctioned until transferable title has been submitted
to and processed by the Company. For most vehicles stored at the Company's
facilities, no storage charges accrue for a contractually specified period of
time. The Company provides management reports to the insurance company
suppliers, including an aging report of vehicles for which title documents have
not been provided. In addition, the Company customarily offers the insurance
companies' staff training for each state's Department of Motor Vehicles ("DMV")
document processing. These services expedite the processing of titles, thereby
reducing the time in which suppliers receive their salvage proceeds, in addition
to decreasing their administrative costs and expenses. The Company then
processes the title documents in order to
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comply with DMV requirements for these vehicles. This may involve re-registering
the vehicle and obtaining a salvage certificate, after which the Company is
entitled to sell the vehicle.
The Company generally conducts auctions either every week or bi-weekly
at each of its locations. These auctions are either live or sealed bid. Auction
lists can be viewed online on the Company's Web site, where buyers can either
review all vehicles at a location or search for specific vehicles. Vehicles are
marketed at each respective auction site as well as via an online auction list
that allows prospective bidders to preview vehicles prior to the actual auction
event. The Company's Auction Center, at www.iaai-bid.com(SM), is an online,
Internet-based bidding forum to preview and bid on salvage vehicles at all of
the Company's facilities throughout the United States. It provides buyers with
an open, competitive bidding environment that reflects the dynamics of the live
salvage vehicle auction. The Auction Center includes such services as
comprehensive auction lists featuring links to digital images of vehicles
available for sale, an "Auto Locator" function that promotes the search for
specific vehicles within the auction system, and special "Flood" or other
catastrophe auction notifications. Higher returns are generally driven by
broader market exposure and increased competitive bidding.
The Company remits payment to the insurance company suppliers within a
contractual time period or shortly after sale of the vehicle and collection from
the buyer. In addition, most insurance company suppliers receive monthly summary
reports of all vehicles processed by the Company. The reports track the
insurance companies' gross return on salvage, net return on salvage, exact
origin, details of storage charges and other useful management data. The Company
also provides many of its suppliers with a quarterly Comprehensive Salvage
Analysis of salvage trends.
OTHER SERVICES
The Company offers its vehicle suppliers a National Salvage Network
that allows an insurance company supplier to consign all of its salvage vehicles
to a call center. This call center enables the Company to distribute vehicle
consignments throughout most of the United States, even in markets where the
Company does not currently have a facility, and is designed to minimize the
administrative workload for insurance companies. In certain areas where the
Company does not have a facility, such vehicles are distributed to the Company's
selected ServicePartners(TM).
The Company also offers, through its Specialty Salvage Division,
salvage services for specialty vehicles such as trucks, heavy equipment, farm
equipment, boats, recreational vehicles and classic and exotic cars. Marketing
these vehicles nationwide to specialty buyers provides insurance companies with
the opportunity for better returns on units that typically do not sell for as
much at local salvage pools due to a limited number of local buyers. These
vehicles can be viewed online through the Company's Internet Web site at
www.iaai.com.
The Company also provides certain insurance company suppliers with
anti-theft fraud control programs for vehicle salvage processing. The Company's
CarCrush(R) service helps insurance companies by ensuring that severely damaged
or stripped "high profile" cars are crushed to prevent their vehicle
identification numbers (VINs) from being used in auto theft. The Company also
provides computerized reporting of vehicle sales to the National Insurance Crime
Bureau (NICB). This includes detailed buyer information obtained through the
Company's registration process.
The Company's BidFast(R) service provides insurers with binding bids
for salvage vehicles that historically may have been owner-retained. The return
on such vehicles (owner-retained salvage vehicles) is, many times, measurably
improved for the supplier using this service and enables compliance with many
states' Department of Insurance Regulations. Vehicles purchased under BidFast
are accounted for under the purchase agreement method of sale.
GROWTH STRATEGIES
The Company seeks to increase revenues in a profitable manner by
offering to insurance company suppliers a variety of methods of sale (including
fixed fee consignment and percentage of sale consignment) in addition to various
other services. Management also strives to expand revenue by (i) increasing
market share at existing sites;
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(ii) achieving greater market penetration through acquisitions; (iii) expanding
the number of sites; (iv) developing national/regional supplier agreements; and
(v) offering new services to insurance companies to help reduce the time and
cost associated with the claims process.
Increasing Market Share and Profitability at Existing Sites
The Company's primary strategy for organic growth in its existing
markets is to contract for additional vehicles by promoting better returns on
salvage vehicles and offering a broad selection of services to prospective
suppliers. The expansion of the number of vehicles processed at existing sites
typically makes the Company's auctions more attractive, resulting in increased
buyer participation.
The Company's strategies for increasing profitability at existing sites
include efforts to shift more salvage providers to revenue sharing arrangements,
such as the percentage of sale consignment method. The Company is also promoting
its Run & Drive(R) service in which certain salvage vehicles are driven during
the auction to demonstrate to prospective buyers that the major component parts
of a vehicle still operate. These product offerings are designed to maximize
returns for both the Company and the salvage provider.
Continued Market Penetration Through Acquisitions
Since the Company's initial public offering in November 1991, the
Company has acquired additional salvage pool operations across the United States
to offer better national coverage to its insurance company suppliers. As of
March 1, 2004, the Company operated 75 sites in 31 states.
The Company intends to continue to pursue acquisitions of strategically
located salvage pools. Through such acquisitions, it seeks to enhance
geographically broad-based relationships with key insurance company suppliers,
in addition to offering its specialized salvage services to new insurance
companies and other suppliers. In pursuing its acquisition strategy and plans,
the Company recognizes that there will be continuing challenges in effectively
and efficiently integrating new facilities into its existing operations. Among
other things, future acquisitions will require continued investment in
infrastructure. See "Factors That May Affect Future Results."
New Site and Existing Site Expansion
While the Company expects to continue pursuing growth through
acquisitions, it will also continue to seek growth through the opening of new
sites and the expansion of existing sites in markets where it can leverage
existing relationships with vehicle providers. The opening of new sites offers
advantages in certain markets and allows the Company to capitalize on regional
and national customer accounts.
Development of National/Regional Supplier Agreements
The Company's expanded geographic base of operations, plus its National
Network, facilitates its strategy of offering existing and prospective customers
national and regional supplier agreements. These agreements can provide a more
consistent reporting and control function to the Company's customers, who
benefit from a reduction in the number of service providers through which they
must do business.
Offering of New Services
The Company is actively pursuing opportunities for growth through the
identification and development of new, non-traditional customer-valued services
and business offerings that leverage the Company's current competencies,
geographic presence and assets. The primary focus of these new services is to
provide to the insurance industry new, innovative options and alternatives for
reducing the time and costs associated with processing insurance claims.
Electronic Data Interchange and Electronic Funds Transfer (EDI/EFT)
facilitate faster, more accurate service from consignment and vehicle pickup
through sale and final settlement. EDI helps minimize insurance staff
involvement, lowers error rates and diminishes administrative requirements
through direct communication between the Company's system and the insurance
company's system. EDI/EFT electronically expedites the total-loss
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recovery process. Reduced manual intervention combined with faster, more
accurate service translates into quicker turnaround on the final settlement.
SurePay(R) is the Company's electronic funds transfer service that
improves the speed and accuracy of the billing and final settlement process by
automatically depositing salvage proceeds directly into customer bank accounts.
MARKETING
The Company's internal sales force is its primary method of marketing
its services to insurance company and non-insurance company salvage suppliers.
These individuals solicit prospective vehicle providers at the national,
regional and local level. Branch managers also provide support in the form of
day-to-day customer service and address customer needs at the local level.
In an effort to generate additional revenues and improve customer
satisfaction, direct mail is also used to communicate services and benefits to
customers. This initiative includes a national quarterly newsletter, entitled
OnTrack, and other local market updates that discuss how the Company addresses
specific customer needs. In addition, the Company participates in a number of
local, regional and national trade show events that further promote the benefits
of its products and services.
Using historical data supplied by prospective suppliers, the Company
can provide suppliers with a detailed analysis of their current salvage returns
and a proposal detailing ways in which the Company can improve salvage returns,
reduce administrative costs, and provide proprietary turn-key claims processing
services.
In addition to providing insurance companies and certain non-insurance
company suppliers with a means of disposing salvage vehicles, the Company also
offers services intended to increase the net amount of salvage sale proceeds
received by suppliers while also reducing the time required to receive net
proceeds. The Company seeks to become an integral part of its suppliers' salvage
processes, and it views such mutually beneficial relationships as an essential
component of its effort to attract and retain suppliers.
The Company also seeks to expand its supply relationships through
recommendations from individual insurance company branch offices to other
offices of the same insurance company. The Company believes that its existing
relationships, and the recommendations of branch offices, play a significant
role in its marketing of services to national insurance companies. Indeed, as
the Company has expanded its geographic coverage, it has been able to market its
services to insurance company suppliers on a national basis or within an
expanded geographic area.
The Company sells the majority of its vehicles through live auctions
and maintains databases that contain information regarding over 37,500
registered buyers. No single buyer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's
revenue in 2003, highlighting the diversity of the Company's buyer base. The
Company generally accepts cash, money orders, cashier's checks, wire transfers
and pre-approved checks for purchased vehicles. Vehicles are sold "as is" and
"where is." In advance of an auction, sales notices listing the vehicles to be
auctioned on a particular day at a particular location are usually available at
the auction facility or online on the Company's Web site. Such notices list the
rules of the auction and details about the vehicle, including its year and make,
the nature of the damage, the status of title and the order of the vehicles in
the auction. Multiple images of certain vehicles are available for review on the
Company's Web site at www.iaai.com.
COMPETITION
The Company faces intense competition for the supply of salvage
vehicles as well as competition from processors of vehicles from other regional
salvage pools. The Company may encounter further competition from existing
competitors and new market entrants that are significantly larger and have
greater financial and marketing resources. Other potential competitors include
used car auction companies, providers of claims software to insurance companies,
certain salvage buyer groups and insurance companies, some of which presently
supply auto salvage to the Company. While most insurance companies have
abandoned or reduced efforts to sell salvage vehicles without the use of service
providers such as the Company, they may in the future decide to dispose of their
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salvage directly to end users. The Company may not be able to compete
successfully against current or future competitors, which could impair its
ability to grow and achieve or sustain profitability.
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
The Company's operations are subject to regulation, supervision and
licensing under various federal, state and local agencies statutes and
ordinances. The acquisition and sale of totaled and recovered theft vehicles is
regulated by state motor vehicle departments in each of the locations in which
the Company operates. Changes in law or governmental regulations or
interpretations of existing law or regulations can result in increased costs,
reduced salvage vehicle prices and decreased profitability for the Company. In
addition to the regulation of sales and acquisitions of vehicles, the Company is
also subject to various local zoning requirements with regard to the location of
its auction and storage facilities. These zoning requirements vary from location
to location. Failure to comply with present or future regulations or changes in
existing regulations could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
operating results and financial condition. See "Factors That May Affect Future
Results."
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION.
The Company's operations are subject to federal, state and local
environmental laws and regulations. In the salvage vehicle auction industry,
large numbers of wrecked vehicles are stored at auction facilities for short
periods of time. Minor spills of gasoline, motor oils and other fluids may occur
from time to time at the Company's facilities and may result in soil, surface
water or groundwater contamination. Petroleum products and other hazardous
materials are contained in aboveground or underground storage tanks located at
certain of the Company's facilities. Waste materials, such as waste solvents or
used oils, are generated at some of the Company's facilities and are disposed of
as non-hazardous or hazardous wastes. The Company believes that it is in
compliance in all material respects with applicable environmental regulations
and does not anticipate any material capital expenditure for environmental
compliance or remediation. To date, the Company has not incurred significant
expenditures for preventive or remedial action with respect to contamination or
the use of hazardous materials. Environmental laws and regulations, however,
could become more stringent over time and the Company may be subject to
significant compliance costs in the future. Future contamination at any one or
more of the Company's facilities, or the potential contamination by previous
users of certain acquired facilities, create the risk, however, that the Company
could incur significant expenditures for preventive or remedial action, as well
as potential liability arising as a consequence of hazardous material
contamination, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
operating results and financial condition.
EMPLOYEES
At March 1, 2004, the Company employed 979 full-time persons. The
Company is not subject to any collective bargaining agreements and believes that
its relationship with its employees is good.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company files annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy
statements, and other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"). The
public may read and copy any materials that the Company files with the SEC at
the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20549.
The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room
by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Also, the SEC maintains a Web site that
contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information
regarding issuers, including the Company, that file electronically with the SEC.
The public can obtain any documents that the Company files with the SEC at
http://www.sec.gov.
The Company also makes available free of charge on or through its
Web-site (http://www.iaai.com) copies of the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and, if
applicable, amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section
13(a) of the Exchange Act as
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soon as reasonably practicable after the Company electronically files such
materials with, or furnishes them to, the SEC.
FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS
The Company operates in a changing environment that involves a number
of risks, some of which are beyond the Company's control. The following
discussion highlights some of these risks.
Period Fluctuations. The Company's operating results have in the past
and may in the future fluctuate significantly depending on a number of factors.
These factors include, but are not limited to, the ACV of salvage vehicles,
changes in the market value of salvage vehicles, delays or changes in state
title processing, general weather conditions, changes in regulations governing
the processing of salvage vehicles, the availability and quality of salvage
vehicles and buyer attendance at salvage auctions. The Company is also dependent
upon receiving a sufficient number of total-loss vehicles as well as recovered
theft vehicles to sustain its profit margins. Factors that can affect the number
of vehicles received include, but are not limited to, driving patterns,
reduction of policy writing by insurance providers, which would affect the
number of claims over a period of time, and changes in direct repair procedures
that would reduce the number of newer, less damaged total-loss vehicles, which
tend to have the higher salvage values. Future decreases in the quality and
quantity of vehicle inventory, and in particular the availability of newer and
less-damaged vehicles, especially for inventory disposed of under the purchase
agreement method of sale, would have a material adverse effect on the operating
results and financial condition of the Company. Additionally, in the last few
years there has been a declining trend in theft occurrences. As a result, the
Company believes that period-to-period comparisons of its results of operations
are not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied upon as any indication
of future performance. Furthermore, revenues for any future quarter are not
predictable with any significant degree of accuracy, and the Company's operating
results may vary significantly due to its relatively fixed expense levels. Due
to all of the foregoing factors, it is likely that in some future quarters the
Company's operating results will fall below the expectations of public market
analysts and investors. Any failure to meet expectations of securities analysts
or the market in general could adversely affect the market price of the
Company's common stock.
Competition. The Company faces intense competition for the supply of
salvage vehicles as well as competition from processors of vehicles from other
regional salvage pools. The Company may encounter further competition from
existing competitors and new market entrants that are significantly larger and
have greater financial and marketing resources. Other potential competitors
include used car auction companies, providers of claims software to insurance
companies, certain salvage buyer groups and insurance companies, some of which
presently supply auto salvage to the Company. While most insurance companies
have abandoned or reduced efforts to sell salvage vehicles without the use of
service providers such as the Company, they may in the future decide to dispose
of their salvage directly to end users. The Company may not be able to compete
successfully against current or future competitors, which could impair its
ability to grow and achieve or sustain profitability.
Dependence on Key Insurance Company Suppliers. Historically, a limited
number of insurance companies has accounted for a substantial portion of the
Company's revenues. For example, in 2003, vehicles supplied by the Company's
three largest suppliers accounted for approximately 36% of the Company's total
unit sales. The largest suppliers, State Farm Insurance, Farmers Insurance, and
Allstate, accounted for approximately 16%, 12%, and 8%, respectively, of the
Company's unit sales. A loss or reduction in the number of vehicles from any of
these suppliers, or adverse changes in the agreements that these suppliers have
with the Company, could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
operating results, financial condition and quantity or quality of inventory.
Enterprise-Wide System Redesign Project. The Company developed a new
enterprise-wide application to manage its salvage and auction process. The new
Web-based system is intended to support and streamline vehicle registration and
tracking, financial reporting, transaction settlement, vehicle title transfer,
and branch/headquarters communications. Development and testing of the
enterprise-wide application began in the third quarter of 2001. The Company
began rolling out the new system to its branches during the third quarter of
2002. Though the Company encountered some unanticipated issues during the
implementation phase, which delayed completion of the project and caused the
Company to incur additional costs beyond the project's original estimates, the
Company completed the roll-out of the new system by the end of 2003. However,
there remain inherent risks associated with the application and continued
enhancements of the new system that could continue to adversely impact the
Company's ability to achieve cost savings and increased profitability.
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Governmental Regulation. The Company's operations are subject to
regulation, supervision and licensing under various federal, state and local
agencies statutes and ordinances. The acquisition and sale of totaled and
recovered theft vehicles is regulated by state motor vehicle departments in each
of the locations in which the Company operates. Changes in law or governmental
regulations or interpretations of existing law or regulations could result in
increased costs, reduced salvage vehicle prices and decreased profitability for
the Company. In addition to the regulation of sales and acquisitions of
vehicles, the Company is also subject to various local zoning requirements with
regard to the location of its auction and storage facilities. These zoning
requirements vary from location to location. Failure to comply with present or
future regulations or changes in existing regulations could have a material
adverse effect on the Company's operating results and financial condition.
Provision of Services as a National or Regional Supplier. The provision
of services to insurance company suppliers on a national or regional basis
requires that the Company expend resources and dedicate management to a small
number of individual accounts, resulting in a significant amount of fixed costs.
The development of a referral- based national network service, in particular,
has required the devotion of financial resources without immediate reimbursement
of these expenses by the insurance company suppliers. The Company may not
realize sufficient revenue from these services to cover these expenses, in which
case, its results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
Expansion and Integration of Facilities. The Company seeks to increase
sales and profitability through acquisition of other salvage auction facilities,
new site expansion and the increase of salvage vehicle volume at existing
facilities. The Company may not be able to continue to acquire new facilities or
add additional facilities on terms economically favorable to the Company, or at
all, or increase revenues at newly-acquired facilities above levels realized
prior to acquisition. The Company's ability to achieve these objectives is
dependent on, among other things, the integration of new facilities, and their
information systems, into its existing operations, the identification and lease
of suitable premises, and the availability of capital. There can be no assurance
that this integration will occur, that suitable premises will be identified or
that additional capital will be available to fund the expansion and integration
of the Company's business. Any delays or obstacles in this integration process
could have a material adverse effect on the Company's operating results and
financial condition. Furthermore, the Company has limited sources of additional
capital available for acquisitions, expansions and start-ups. The Company's
ability to integrate and expand its facilities will depend on its ability to
identify and obtain additional sources of capital. In the future, the Company
will also be required to continue to improve its financial and management
controls, reporting systems and procedures on a timely basis and expand, train
and manage its employee work force. The failure to improve these systems on a
timely basis and to successfully expand, train and manage the Company's work
force could have a material adverse effect on the Company's operating results
and financial condition.
Volatility of Stock Price. The market price of the Company's common
stock has been and will continue to be subject to significant fluctuations in
response to various factors and events, including variations in the Company's
operating results, the timing and size of acquisitions and facility openings,
the loss of vehicle suppliers or buyers, the announcement of new vehicle supply
agreements by the Company or its competitors, changes in regulations governing
the Company's operations or its vehicle suppliers, environmental problems or
litigation. Any failure to meet expectations of securities analysts or the
market in general could adversely affect the market price of the Company's
common stock.
Environmental Regulation. The Company's operations are subject to
federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations. In the salvage
vehicle auction industry, large numbers of wrecked vehicles are stored at
auction facilities for short periods of time. Minor spills of gasoline, motor
oils and other fluids may occur from time to time at the Company's facilities
and may result in soil, surface water or groundwater contamination. Petroleum
products and other hazardous materials are contained in aboveground or
underground storage tanks located at certain of the Company's facilities. Waste
materials, such as waste solvents or used oils, are generated at some of the
Company's facilities and are disposed of as non-hazardous or hazardous wastes.
The Company believes that it is in compliance in all material respects with
applicable environmental regulations and does not anticipate any material
capital expenditure for environmental compliance or remediation. To date, the
Company has not incurred significant expenditures for preventive or remedial
action with respect to contamination or the use of hazardous materials.
Environmental laws and regulations, however, could become more stringent over
time and the Company may be subject to significant compliance costs in the
future. Future contamination at any one or more of the Company's facilities, or
the potential contamination by previous users of certain acquired facilities,
create the risk, however, that
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the Company could incur significant expenditures for preventive or remedial
action, as well as potential liability arising as a consequence of hazardous
material contamination, which could have a material adverse effect on the
Company's operating results and financial condition.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.
The Company's principal administrative, sales, marketing and support
functions are located in Schaumburg, Illinois. The lease on the office space in
Schaumburg expires on September 30, 2004. The Company and its subsidiaries also
lease approximately 63 properties in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California,
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. The Company owns 12 properties located in
Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South
Carolina and Texas. All of these properties are used primarily for auction and
storage purposes. Management believes that the Company's properties are adequate
for its current needs and that suitable additional space will be available on
reasonably acceptable terms as required.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Company is party to a number of lawsuits arising in the normal
course of its business. The Company does not believe that any pending litigation
will have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position.
Emery Air Freight Accident
On February 4, 2003, the Company filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court
of California, County of Sacramento, against Emery Air Freight, Tennessee
Technical Services, and Bob and Corrine Spence. The lawsuit seeks to recover
damages caused by the crash of an Emery DC-8 aircraft onto the Company's Rancho
Cordova, California facility on February 16, 2000. The aircraft was destroyed,
and the three crew members aboard the aircraft were killed. The crash and the
resulting release of jet fuel and fire destroyed a significant part of the
Company's facility and contaminated it with ash, hydrocarbon, lead and other
toxic materials. Emery refused to clean up the contamination, and the Company
was required to do so. The Company suffered more than $3.0 million in inventory
loss, clean-up and remediation costs, business interruption losses, legal and
consulting fees, and other losses, costs, and expenses. In its lawsuit, the
Company seeks to recover from Emery and Tennessee Technical Services for
negligence, trespass, and negligent maintenance of the aircraft. Alternatively,
the Company seeks to recover from the Spences for breach of provisions in the
Company's lease requiring the landlord to either pay for or share the cost of
remediation of hazardous wastes. The Company maintained insurance policies that
covered a significant portion of its losses. The Company's insurer, Reliance
Insurance Company, paid almost $1.0 million on the Company's lost inventory
claims. However, in October 2001, the Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner put
Reliance into reorganization, a petition in bankruptcy was filed, and it appears
unlikely that Reliance will make any further payments to the Company. The
Company has filed claims with the California Insurance Guarantee Association,
which provides coverage for California property losses insured by an admitted
insurer that is unable to pay covered claims. The Association has refused to pay
the Company's claims and has taken the position that its liability to the
Company is limited to $0.5 million. The Company anticipates that it will incur
substantial legal fees and costs in its efforts to recover its losses, and there
is no guarantee that the Company will be successful.
Proposed Relocation of the Woodinville Branch
On September 16, 2003, the Company received notice from the King County
Wastewater Treatment Division, Department of Natural Resources, that King County
was in the process of building a water treatment facility and that the Company's
Woodinville, Washington branch was located within the boundaries of the likely
site for placement of this facility. In the notice, the Company was advised that
if the site was selected, King County would pursue acquisition of the property
from the Company's landlord, Waterman Properties.
On October 3, 2003, the Company received further notice from King
County that it had extended an offer to purchase the Woodinville site from
Waterman Properties and that, if the offer was accepted, the Company would be
expected to enter into a lease arrangement with King County until such time as
King County directed it to vacate the
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facility. The notice stated that the Company would be entitled to at least
ninety (90) days notice prior to being required to vacate. In an open house
meeting on December 1, 2003, King County announced that it expected all property
owners and tenants to vacate the proposed water treatment site no later than the
end of 2004. To date, the Company has not received formal notice of this
timeline from King County; instead, the Company was advised of the timeline from
counsel who attended the open house meeting.
While the timeline in which the Company would be required to vacate is
uncertain, the Company considers it likely to occur by the end of 2004. King
County and the Company's landlord remain in negotiations for the sale of the
property. The Company has retained counsel and other consultants to assist in
its relocation effort, to protect the Company's interests in the value of
leasehold improvements made to the premises, and to recover costs resulting from
the relocation. Pursuant to applicable law, the Company is entitled to
reimbursement of certain costs associated with the relocation of its business
from this site to another suitable location.
Under the Company's lease with Waterman Properties, it is entitled to
the value of its leasehold improvements. There is currently a dispute between
the Company and Waterman Properties regarding how to value the improvements made
to the Woodinville facility. On March 4, 2004, the Company filed a lawsuit in
Snohomish County Superior Court against King County and Waterman Properties,
asking the Court to appoint a receiver to manage a portion of the funds (up to
$1.5 million) that Waterman Properties might receive from King County and to
award the Company a portion of the condemnation award in an amount equal to the
value of its leasehold improvements. The outcome of this action is uncertain at
this time.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the
fourth quarter ended December 28, 2003.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMPANY'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
The Company's Common Stock is traded on The Nasdaq National Market
under the symbol IAAI. The following table sets forth the range of high and low
sales prices per share for the Company's common stock for the periods indicated.
At March 1, 2004, the Company had 392 holders of record of its common stock,
approximately 1,380 beneficial owners and 11,538,299 shares outstanding.
FISCAL 2003 FISCAL 2002
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HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
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First Quarter $17.05 $ 8.64 $17.33 $14.30
Second Quarter 14.85 10.94 22.38 16.53
Third Quarter 14.80 10.70 20.36 14.51
Fourth Quarter 14.85 10.95 18.35 14.63
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The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends on its common
stock and does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable
future. The Company currently intends to retain any future earnings to finance
the growth and development of its business. In addition, the Company's financing
agreement limits the Company's ability to pay cash dividends to no more than 25%
of the Company's consolidated net income earned over a specified period.
The Company records treasury stock purchases using the cost method of
accounting. In March 2003, the Company repurchased 757,409 shares of its common
stock at an average price of $9.77 per share and a total cost of $7.4 million.
During the second quarter of 2003, the Company repurchased an additional 49,800
shares at an average price of $12.27 per share and a total cost of $0.6 million.
The Company did not repurchase any shares during the remainder of the year. On a
year-to-date basis, the Company has repurchased 807,209 shares at an average
price of $9.93 per share and a total cost of $8.0 million.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
(c) TOTAL NUMBER OF (d) MAXIMUM
(a) TOTAL SHARES PURCHASED AS NUMBER OF SHARES
NUMBER OF (b) AVERAGE PART OF PUBLICLY THAT MAY YET BE
SHARES PRICE PAID ANNOUNCED PLANS OR PURCHASED UNDER THE
PERIOD PURCHASED PER SHARE PROGRAMS(1) PLANS OR PROGRAMS
-------------- ---------- ----------- ------------------- ----------------------
First quarter 757,409 $ 9.77 757,409 742,591
Second Quarter 49,800 12.27 49,800 1,442,791
Third Quarter - - - 1,442,791
Fourth quarter - - - 1,442,791
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(1)The Company's Board of Directors authorized the purchase of 1,500,000 shares
of the Company's common stock in September 2000 and an additional 750,000 shares
in April 2003, for a combined authorization of 2,250,000 shares. Purchases may
be made from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated
transactions, subject to the requirements of applicable laws, and will be
financed with existing cash and cash equivalents, and cash from operations. As
of December 28, 2003, the Company had purchased 807,209 shares pursuant to this
authorization at an average price of $9.93 per share. The repurchase plan
expires upon the repurchase of all authorized shares.
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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
The tables below summarize the selected consolidated financial data of
the Company as of and for each of the last five fiscal years. This selected
financial information should be read in conjunction with the Company's
Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto and "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" included
elsewhere in this Report. The statement of earnings data for 2003, 2002 and 2001
and the balance sheet data as of December 28, 2003 and December 29, 2002 below
have been derived from the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements included
elsewhere herein that have been audited by KPMG LLP, independent certified
public accountants, whose report is also included herein. The statement of
earnings data for 1999 and 1998 and the balance sheet data for 2000, 1999 and
1998 are derived from audited consolidated financial statements not included
herein.
2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
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(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Selected Statement of Earnings Data:
Revenue $ 209,650 $ 234,197 $ 292,990 $ 333,176 $ 317,391
Earnings (loss) from operations(1) 5,065 7,426 (5,209) 17,894 23,904
Net earnings (loss) 2,332 4,008 (4,360) 10,489 13,705
Earnings (loss) per share - diluted .20 .32 (.37) .88 1.18
Weighted average common
shares - diluted 11,732 12,531 11,940 11,950 11,623
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2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
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(in thousands)
Selected Balance Sheet Data:
Working capital $ 20,979 $ 23,787 $ 25,286 $ 53,204 $ 46,989
Total assets 287,793 259,650 278,204 265,707 248,132
Long-term debt, excluding
current installments 16,887 59 103 20,141 20,180
Total shareholders' equity $189,086 $194,102 $188,994 $187,741 $175,286
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(1)Loss from operations for the fiscal year 2001 includes the following
restructuring and asset impairment charges: (1) $1.9 million for severance
costs; (2) $2.6 million for abandonment of facilities, including cancellation of
a planned headquarters expansion; (3) $1.1 million for repositioning the
Company's towing operations and other restructuring charges; (4) the write-down
of $1.4 million of unamortized leasehold improvements; and (5) a $1.0 million
write-off of amounts due from the Company's previous insurance carrier, which
was placed in liquidation. Earnings from operations for the fiscal year 2000
includes $3.0 million resulting from the abandonment or disposal of computer
hardware and software, $1.2 million to cover expenses resulting from a plane
crash at a Company facility in California, and other charges of $0.6 million.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS.
The discussion in this section contains forward-looking statements that
are based on the beliefs of the Company's management, as well as assumptions
made by, and information currently available to, management. The Company's
actual results could differ materially from those discussed or implied herein.
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction
with the Selected Financial Data and the consolidated financial statements and
notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Report.
OVERVIEW
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. provides insurance companies and other
vehicle suppliers cost-effective salvage processing solutions principally on a
consignment or purchase agreement method of sale. The consignment method
includes both a percentage of sale and fixed fee basis. The percentage of sale
consignment method offers potentially increased profits over fixed fee
consignment by providing incentives to both the Company and the salvage provider
to invest in vehicle enhancements, thereby, maximizing vehicle selling prices.
Under the percentage of sale and fixed fee consignment methods, the vehicle is
not owned by the Company and only the fees associated with processing the
vehicle are recorded as revenue. The proceeds from the sale of the vehicle
itself are not included in revenue. Under the purchase agreement sales method,
the vehicle is owned by the Company, and the proceeds from the sale of the
vehicle are recorded as revenue.
The Company's operating results are subject to fluctuations, including
quarterly fluctuations, that can result from a number of factors, some of which
are more significant for sales under the purchase agreement method. Refer to the
section "Factors That May Affect Future Results" for a further discussion of
some of the factors that affect or could affect the Company's business,
operating results and financial condition.
ACQUISITIONS AND NEW OPERATIONS
Since its initial public offering in 1991, the Company has grown
through a series of acquisitions and opening of new sites to include 75 sites as
of March 1, 2004. In 2003, the Company acquired branches in Buffalo and
Rochester, New York; Wichita, Kansas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Wilmington, North
Carolina and Orlando, Florida and also opened new operations in Dothan, Alabama
and Little Rock, Arkansas. In January 2004, the Company opened a new operation
in Tucson, Arizona.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 28, 2003 COMPARED TO THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 29, 2002
Revenues decreased 10% to $209.7 million for the year ended December
28, 2003, from $234.2 million in 2002. The decline in revenues was primarily due
to the Company's continued shift away from vehicles sold under the purchase
agreement method. Under the purchase agreement method, the entire purchase price
of the vehicle is recorded as revenue compared to only recording the fees
collected on the sale of a vehicle under the lower risk consignment fee based
arrangements. Vehicles sold under the purchase agreement method accounted for
less than 6% of the total vehicles sold in 2003, versus approximately 10% in
2002. Fee income for 2003 increased 4% to $169.7 million versus $162.8 million
in 2002. Fee income increased primarily due to higher unit volumes.
Cost of sales decreased $20.5 million to $170.5 million for the year
ended December 28, 2003, versus $191.0 million for last year. Vehicle cost of
$35.3 million in 2003 was $30.2 million less than $65.5 million in 2002. This
decrease is primarily related to the Company's shift away from vehicles sold
under the purchase agreement method. Branch cost of $135.2 million increased
$9.7 million in 2003 from $125.5 million in 2002. New
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branches opened in 2003 account for approximately $7.0 million of additional
branch costs. Excluding the impact of new branches, branch costs increased $2.7
million primarily in tow and depreciation expense.
Gross profit of $39.2 million for the year ended December 28, 2003
decreased $4.0 million, or 9%, from $43.2 million for 2002.
Selling, general and administrative expense of $30.2 million in 2003
was $2.5 million more than the expense of $27.7 million in 2002. This increase
was primarily due to expenses associated with the implementation of the
Company's new automated salvage auction processing system. Amortization of
intangible assets is now included within this category of expense and amounted
to $0.5 million in 2003 and $0.3 million in 2002. See Note 2 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included herein for further discussion of this
change.
Business transformation costs for the year ended December 28, 2003 were
$3.9 million, versus $8.1 million for last year. Business transformation costs
include expenses related to the Company's systems redesign project, the business
process re-engineering project, severance costs and accelerated depreciation
associated with the Company's former computer infrastructure. The Company began
recording business transformation costs during the second quarter of 2001. As
part of its substantial business transformation, the Company is providing
visibility to several significant components of its cost structure. Business
transformation costs and other unusual charges are discussed in detail in
"Significant Items Affecting Comparability" below.
Interest expense of $1.5 million for the year ended December 28, 2003
increased $0.8 million from $0.7 million for 2002. Included in interest expense
for 2002 was a non-cash charge of $0.3 million to recognize the ongoing cost of
the interest rate swap on the unused portion of the Company's credit facility.
In February 2002, the Company used excess cash and proceeds from the sale of
investments to repay its $20.0 million of 8.6% senior notes that matured on
February 15, 2002 and entered into a new $30.0 million five-year unsecured
credit facility. At December 29, 2002, there was no outstanding balance related
to this credit facility. The credit facility was a one-year revolver that
converted on February 15, 2003 into a four-year term loan. On February 15, 2003,
the Company borrowed the entire $30.0 million under the unsecured credit
facility. At December 28, 2003, the outstanding balance related to the term loan
with its lenders was $24.4 million. On March 19, 2004, the Company entered into
a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with its lenders, which is
described in "Financial Condition and Liquidity" below.
Income tax expense for the year 2003 was $1.3 million, a decrease of
$1.7 million from the income tax expense of $3.0 million for 2002. The Company's
effective tax rate for the years 2003 and 2002 was 36% and 43%, respectively.
The Company expects that its effective tax rate in 2004 will return to the 41%
range.
The Company's net earnings for the year 2003 was $2.3 million, a
decrease of $1.7 million from the Company's net earnings of $4.0 million for the
fiscal year 2002.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 29, 2002 COMPARED TO THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 30, 2001
Revenues decreased 20% to $234.2 million for the year ended December
29, 2002, from $293.0 million in 2001. The decline in revenues is primarily due
to the Company's continued shift away from vehicles sold under the purchase
agreement method. Vehicles sold under the purchase agreement method accounted
for less than 10% of the total vehicles sold in 2002, versus approximately 19%
in 2001. Fee income for 2002 increased 5% to $162.8 million, versus $154.6
million in 2001. Fee income increased due to both unit volume and price
increases during the year.
Cost of sales decreased $63.6 million to $191.0 million for the year
ended December 29, 2002, versus $254.6 million in 2001. Vehicle cost of $65.5
million in 2002 was $66.2 million less than $131.7 million in 2001. This
decrease is primarily related to the Company's shift away from vehicles sold
under the purchase agreement method. Branch cost of $125.5 million increased
$2.6 million in 2002 from $122.9 million in 2001. New branches opened in 2002
account for approximately $4.0 million of additional branch costs. Excluding the
impact of new branches, branch costs decreased $1.4 million from 2001, primarily
in tow, auction and yard costs.
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In 2001, the Company recorded a charge of $1.2 million for losses on
vehicles under terminated agreements and still in inventory at the end of the
year. This amount was included within cost of sales for fiscal 2001. During
2002, the entire $1.2 million allowance was absorbed to offset losses relating
to these vehicles, all of which were sold in 2002.
Gross profit of $43.2 million for the year ended December 29, 2002
increased $4.8 million, or 12%, from $38.4 million for 2001.
Selling, general and administrative expense of $27.7 million for 2002
was less than the expense of $32.2 million in 2001. This decrease is the result
of lower amortization of intangible assets, information services and general
overhead expenses. Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill was included
within this category of expense and amounted to $0.3 million in 2002 and $4.1
million in 2001. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
included herein for further discussion of this change.
Business transformation costs for the year ended December 29, 2002 were
$8.1 million, versus $3.5 million for 2001. Business transformation costs
include expenses related to the Company's systems redesign project, the business
process re-engineering project, severance costs and accelerated depreciation
associated with the Company's existing computer infrastructure. The Company
began recording business transformation costs during the second quarter of 2001.
As part of its substantial business transformation, the Company is providing
visibility to several significant components of its cost structure. Business
transformation costs and other unusual charges are discussed in detail in
"Significant Items Affecting Comparability" below.
Interest expense was $0.7 million for the year ended December 29, 2002,
a decrease of $1.1 million from 2001. Included in interest expense for 2002 was
a non-cash charge of $0.3 million to recognize the ongoing cost of the interest
rate swap on the unused portion of the Company's credit facility. In February
2002, the Company used excess cash and proceeds from investments to repay its
$20.0 million of 8.6% senior notes that matured on February 15, 2002 and entered
into a new $30.0 million five-year unsecured credit facility. At December 29,
2002, there was no outstanding balance related to this credit facility.
Income tax expense for the year 2002 was $3.0 million, an increase of
$4.6 million from the income tax benefit of $1.6 million for 2001. The Company's
effective tax rate for the years 2002 and 2001 was 43% and 27%, respectively.
The Company's net earnings for the year 2002 was $4.0 million, an
increase of $8.4 million from a $4.4 million loss for the fiscal year 2001.
SIGNIFICANT ITEMS AFFECTING COMPARABILITY
The Company has recorded certain various charges that have affected the
comparability of its reported results of operations. In addition, the Company
recorded amortization of goodwill in 2001, which ceased in 2002. The charges and
amortization impacted earnings from operations and net earnings (loss) as
follows (in thousands):
2003 2002 2001
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Provision for losses on vehicles purchased
under terminated agreements (included
in cost of sales)(a) $ - $ - $ 1,248
Business transformation costs (b) 3,902 8,067 3,451
Restructuring and asset impairment
charges (c) - - 8,016
Amortization of goodwill (d) - - 3899
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Impact on earnings (loss) from operations 3,902 8,067 16,614
Tax benefits relating to above items 1,609 3,469 4,486
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Impact on net earnings (loss) $ 2,293 $ 4,598 $12,128
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(a) The Company successfully transitioned several large purchase agreement
customers to consignment-based contracts. At the end of 2001, the Company
recorded a provision of $1.2 million for anticipated losses on vehicles
remaining to be sold under the prior agreements.
(b) Business transformation costs include expenses relating to the Company's
systems redesign project, the business process re-engineering project,
severance costs and accelerated depreciation pertaining to the Company's
prior computer infrastructure.
(c) Restructuring and asset impairment charges recorded during 2001 include:
(1) $1.9 million for involuntary severance costs; (2) $2.6 million for
abandonment of facilities, including cancellation of a planned headquarters
expansion; (3) $1.1 million for repositioning the Company's towing
operations and other restructuring charges; (4) the write-off of $1.4
million of unamortized leasehold improvements; and (5) a $1.0 million
write-off of amounts due from the Company's previous insurance carrier,
which was placed in liquidation.
(d) Goodwill recorded in connection with business combinations had been
amortized in accordance with APB Opinion No. 17. Beginning in 2002, in
accordance with FASB Statement No. 142, amortization of goodwill is no
longer required, but the carrying value of goodwill is subject to
write-down in the event of impairment.
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY
At December 28, 2003, the Company had current assets of $80.6 million,
including $15.5 million of cash and cash equivalents, current liabilities of
$59.6 million and working capital of $21.0 million, which represents a $2.8
million decrease from December 29, 2002.
The Company's accounts receivable increased $2.8 million from $45.6
million in 2002 to $48.4 million in 2003. Accounts receivable consists of
balances due from the Company's salvage providers, typically large insurance
companies. Accounts receivable include advance charges paid for by the Company
on behalf of salvage providers. These charges typically include storage and tow
fees incurred at a temporary storage or repair shop prior to the Company moving
the vehicle to one of its facilities.
At December 28, 2003, the Company's inventory balance was $13.6
million, a $2.4 million increase from 2002. The Company records purchase
agreement vehicles at the lower of their cost or estimated realizable value. The
Company also capitalizes towing charges related to vehicles sold under the
percentage of sale method as a component of inventory. In 2003, the increase in
inventory was due to both an increase in purchase agreement inventory and an
increase in inventoried tow costs associated with the increase in consignment
vehicles on hand.
On June 25, 2003, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated
Credit Facility. This amended facility added a $20.0 million revolving line of
credit, carrying a variable rate based on LIBOR, to the existing term loan. This
amended and restated facility also modified all existing covenants, except for
the rent expense covenant. The amended credit facility also granted the Company
latitude to purchase additional shares of its outstanding common stock. At
December 28, 2003, the Company had not borrowed any funds against the additional
$20.0 million revolving line of credit.
At December 28, 2003, the Company's long-term debt, including current
installments, consisted of $0.1 million in notes payable, bearing interest at a
rate of 8.0%, and $24.4 million borrowed under its term credit facility. The
credit facility was a one-year revolver that converted on February 15, 2003 into
a four-year term loan carrying a variable interest rate based upon LIBOR. The
aggregate principal balance of the loan is required be paid in sixteen
consecutive equal quarterly installments commencing on March 31, 2003. At
December 28, 2003, the Company was in compliance with its credit agreement
covenants.
On March 19, 2004, the Company entered into a Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement relating to its senior credit facility. The agreement
amends certain financial covenants, including those applicable as of December
28, 2003 and those applicable during fiscal 2004, provides that advances made
under the facility will be subject to a monthly asset coverage test equal to 85%
of eligible receivables, and requires the Company to provide collateral for
amounts due under the facility in the event it fails to meet certain financial
projections for two consecutive quarters. As of March 19, 2004, the Company's
senior credit facility consisted of a $20.0 million revolving credit facility
and a $22.5 million term credit facility. As of March 19, 2004,
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the Company has borrowed $9.0 million against the revolving line of credit and
$22.5 million under the term credit facility.
Other long-term liabilities include a post-retirement benefits
liability that relates to the Company's prior acquisition of Underwriters
Salvage Company. The amount recorded at December 28, 2003 for the
post-retirement benefits liability is approximately $2.6 million.
In 2002, the Company entered into a capital lease agreement to obtain
the use of new computer equipment required as part of the Company's new
operating system. The capital lease terms are three years or less depending on
the nature of the equipment. In 2003, property and equipment additions of $3.4
million resulted from capital lease transactions entered into during the year.
At December 28, 2003, the Company's total future obligation under the capital
lease is $4.7 million.
Capital expenditures were approximately $16.3 million for the year
ended December 28, 2003. These capital expenditures include capitalization of
certain development costs related to the Company's new information system, along
with various branch improvements including upgrades to existing branches and the
addition of capacity in key markets. The capital expenditure amount excludes the
$3.4 million of new computer equipment obtained through capital lease agreements
entered into during 2003.
The Company acquired six salvage pools in fiscal 2003. All of these
acquisitions were accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. The
results of operations of the acquired businesses are included in the Company's
consolidated financial statements from the dates of acquisition. In January
2003, the Company acquired Salvage Management Inc., an operator of two auto
salvage facilities in Buffalo and Rochester, New York. In April 2003, the
Company acquired Wichita Insurance Pool, Inc., located in Wichita, Kansas. In
June 2003, the Company acquired Wilmington Salvage and Disposal Company, Inc.
located in Wilmington, North Carolina and the Damaged Vehicle division of
Manheim's Orlando Orange County Auto Auction, located in Orlando, Florida. All
of these acquisitions leverage the Company's existing regional coverage in those
markets. In April 2003, the Company also acquired Mountain States Salvage Pool,
which is located in Ogden, Utah. This acquisition represents penetration into a
new market. The total cost of adding these six new facilities was less than $7.9
million.
The Company's Board of Directors authorized the purchase of 1,500,000
shares of the Company's common stock in September 2000 and an additional 750,000
shares in April 2003, for a combined authorization of 2,250,000 shares.
Purchases may be made from time to time in the open market or in privately
negotiated transactions, subject to the requirements of applicable laws, and
will be financed with existing cash and cash equivalents, and cash from
operations. As of December 28, 2003, the Company had purchased 807,209 shares
pursuant to this authorization at an average price of $9.93 per share.
In 2003, the Company initiated a restricted stock program. Under the
Company's restricted stock program, common stock of the Company may be granted
at no cost to certain officers and key employees. Plan participants are entitled
to cash dividends and to vote their respective shares. Restrictions limit the
sale or transfer of these shares during a four year period whereby the
restrictions lapse on 25% of the shares each year. Upon issuance of stock under
the plan, unearned compensation equivalent to the market value at the date of
grant is charged to shareholders' equity and subsequently amortized to expense
over the four-year restriction period. In 2003, 66,500 restricted shares were
granted. Compensation expense in 2003 was less than $0.1 million. In fiscal
2003, there were no forfeitures of restricted shares.
The Company believes that existing cash and cash equivalents, as well
as cash generated from operations will be sufficient to fund capital
expenditures and provide adequate working capital for operations for the next
twelve months. Part of the Company's plan is to pursue continued growth,
possibly through new facility start-ups or acquisitions, and the development of
new claims processing services. At some time in the future, the Company will
likely require additional financing. There can be no assurance that additional
financing, if required, will be available on favorable terms.
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SUMMARY DISCLOSURE ABOUT CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
The following table reflects a summary of the Company's cash
obligations for each of the next five years and thereafter as of December 28,
2003:
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Thereafter Total
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---------- --------
(dollars in thousands)
Long-term debt:
Unsecured term loan $ 7,500 $ 7,500 $ 7,500 $ 1,875 $ - $ - $ 24,375
Notes payable 47 12 - - - - 59
Capital leases(1) 2,824 1,229 331 297 32 - 4,713
Operating leases(2) 21,719 18,391 16,047 13,061 10,898 41,782 121,898
Other long-term obligations:
Non-compete agreements 345 325 313 280 240 - 1,503
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total $ 32,435 $ 27,457 $ 24,191 $ 15,513 $ 11,170 $ 41,782 $152,548
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(1) Includes related interest expense.
(2) Includes amounts due to both unrelated and related parties.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires
management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, as well as the related disclosures.
The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various
assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the
results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values
of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
Actual results may differ from these estimates. As such, the Company
continuously evaluates its estimates. The Company believes the following
critical accounting policies affect its more significant judgments and estimates
used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.
GOODWILL
As of December 28, 2003 the Company had $135.1 million of net goodwill
recorded in its consolidated financial statements. In accordance with Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets", the Company assesses goodwill for possible impairment on an annual
basis or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying
value of this asset may not be recoverable. Important factors that could trigger
an impairment review include significant under-performance relative to expected
historical or projected future operating results; significant negative industry
or economic trends; significant decline in the Company's stock price for a
sustained period; and the Company's market capitalization relative to net book
value. If the Company determines that the carrying value of goodwill may not be
recoverable based upon the existence of one or more of the above indicators of
impairment, the Company would measure any impairment based upon a projected
discounted cash flow.
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES
As of December 28, 2003, the Company had $2.1 million of deferred tax
assets recorded. The deferred tax assets relate to net operating losses incurred
in several of the states where the Company operates. The Company has determined
that it may not realize the full tax benefit related to certain of the deferred
tax assets. As such, a valuation allowance to reduce the carrying value of the
deferred tax assets has been recorded.
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LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND CERTAIN IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLES
As of December 28, 2003, the Company had $60.2 million of net property
and equipment along with net intangible assets of $2.1 million. The Company
evaluates long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles for impairment
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of
an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets is measured by a
comparison of the asset's carrying amount to the estimated undiscounted future
cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the estimated undiscounted
future cash flows change in the future, the Company may be required to reduce
the carrying amount of an asset to its fair value.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In April 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued
SFAS No. 149, "Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities." SFAS No. 149 amends and clarifies financial accounting and
reporting for derivative instruments and for hedging activities under SFAS No.
133. SFAS 149 requires that contracts with comparable characteristics be
accounted for similarly. This statement is effective for both contracts and
hedging activities entered into or modified after June 30, 2003. The Company's
adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's
consolidated financial statements.
In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, "Accounting for Certain
Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity." The
statement required issuers to classify as liabilities (or assets in some
circumstances) certain classes of freestanding financial instruments that embody
obligations of the issuer. Generally, the statement is effective for financial
instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and is otherwise
effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15,
2003. The Company adopted the provisions of the statement on June 29, 2003. The
Company did not have any instruments within the scope of the statement at
December 28, 2003.
In December 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised
December 2003), "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities," which addresses
how a business enterprise should evaluate whether it has a controlling financial
interest in an entity through means other than voting rights and accordingly
should consolidate the entity. FIN 46R replaces FASB Interpretation No. 46,
"Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities", which was issued in January 2003.
The Company adopted the provisions of this interpretation in December 2003. The
Company did not have any variable interest entities at December 28, 2003.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
The Company is exposed to interest rate fluctuations on its floating
rate credit facility, under which the Company has outstanding a $24.4 million
term loan. In 2002, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to mitigate
its exposure to interest rate fluctuations, and does not, as a matter of policy,
enter into hedging contracts for trading or speculative purposes. At December
28, 2003, the interest rate swap agreement had a notional amount of $24.4
million under which the Company paid a fixed rate of interest of 5.6% and
received a LIBOR-based floating rate. The Company recorded a non-cash benefit of
$0.3 million in the first quarter of 2003 related to the change in fair value
for the ineffective portion of its interest rate swap agreement. In 2003, the
Company had $0.1 million of other comprehensive income, net of taxes, related to
the change in fair value of the remaining portion of its interest rate swap
agreement. At December 28, 2003, the entire swap agreement qualified for hedge
accounting.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
See Item 15(a) for an index to the Consolidated Financial Statements
which are included herein.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
None.
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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Company completed an evaluation as of the end of the period covered
by this Report under the supervision and with the participation of management,
including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the
effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and
procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based
upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective in
alerting them on a timely basis of material information relating to the Company
required to be included in its periodic Securities and Exchange Commission
filings.
CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS
In 2003, the Company implemented a new enterprise-wide application to
manage its salvage and auction process. The new system contains many changes and
enhancements to the Company's existing control procedures.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY.
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Information required under this Item 10 is included under the caption
"Nominees" in the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2004 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
incorporated herein by reference. The information under the caption "Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" in the Proxy Statement to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is incorporated herein by
reference.
CODE OF ETHICS
The Company's Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Ethics that
applies to all of its directors, officers and employees, including its principal
executive officer, principal financial officer, controller and principal
accounting officer. The Company's Code of Ethics is available on its Web-site at
www.iaai.com. Any amendments to, or waivers from, the Code of Ethics will be
disclosed on the Company's Web site within the prescribed time period.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
Information required under this Item regarding executive compensation
is included under the captions "Compensation of Directors," "Executive
Compensation," "Stock Options," "Employment Contracts and Change-in-Control
Arrangements" and "Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation"
in the Company's Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.
Information required by this Item 12 is included under the caption
"Ownership of Securities" in the Company's Proxy Statement to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
Information required by this Item 13 is included under the caption
"Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" in the Company's Proxy
Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The information required by this Item 14 is included under the caption
"Proposal No. 3 - Ratification of Independent Auditors" in the Company's Proxy
Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
(a) 1. INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following Consolidated Financial Statements of Insurance
Auto Auctions, Inc. and its subsidiaries are filed as part of
this Annual report on Form 10-K:
Page
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Independent Auditors' Report.................................................. 30
Consolidated Balance Sheets................................................... 31
Consolidated Statements of Operations......................................... 32
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity............................... 33
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows......................................... 34
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.................................... 36
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2. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
All schedules have been omitted because the matter or
conditions are not present or the information required to be
set forth therein is included in the Consolidated Financial
Statements and related Notes thereto.
3. EXHIBITS
See Item 15(c) below.
(b) REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
The Company filed a current report on Form 8-K, dated October
24, 2003, which contained a press release announcing financial
results for the quarter ended September 28, 2003.
The Company filed a current report on Form 8-K, dated February
27, 2004, which contained a press release announcing financial
results for the quarter ended December 28, 2003.
(C) EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No Description
------- -----------
3.1(7) Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as filed with the
Illinois Secretary of State on August 7, 1997.
3.2(8) Bylaws of the Registrant.
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3.3(9) Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended as of March 21, 2001.
4.3(1) Specimen Stock Certificate.
4.5(4) Registration Agreement dated December 1, 1993, by and among
the Registrant and Tech-Cor.
4.6(10)* Shareholder Agreement, dated February 15, 2001, among the
Company, ValueAct Capital Partners, L.P., ValueAct Capital
Partners II, L.P., VA Partners, LLC, Jeffrey W. Ubben, Peter
H. Kamin and George F. Hamel, Jr.
4.7(10)* Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 15, 2000, among
the Company, ValueAct Capital Partners, L.P. and ValueAct
Capital Partners II, L.P.
10.36(5)* Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option -- employee, officer.
10.37(3)* Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan, as restated (including
Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option) -- employee.
10.38(3)* Form of Stock Option Agreement: Non-Employee Director,
Automatic Option Grant, Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. Stock
Option Plan, as restated (including Form of Notice of Grant of
Stock Option).
10.39(3)* Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement, Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan, as restated (including
Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option) -- employee.
10.40(3)* Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan, as restated (including
Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option) -- officer.
10.41(3)* Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement, Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan, as restated (including
Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option) -- officer.
10.42(6)* Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement, Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc. 1995 Supplemental Stock Option Plan.
10.43 Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan replacing the 1991
Stock Option Plan as amended and restated.
10.66(2) Facilities Lease Agreement dated January 17, 1992, by and
between Melvin R. Martin and MASP.
10.67 Facilities Lease Agreement dated August 7, 2003, by and
between MRM Investments, L.L.P. and Insurance Auto Auctions,
Inc. as amended.
10.68 Facilities Lease Agreement dated August 7, 2003, by and
between MJB Properties and Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. as
amended.
10.69 Temporary Use License Agreement dated March 1, 2004 by and
between MRM Investments Limited Partnership and Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc.
10.126(4) Lease, dated December 1, 1993, by and between Allstate
Insurance Company and BCAC.
10.127 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
March 19, 2004, among the Registrant and the lenders from time
to time parties hereto, and LaSalle Bank National Association,
as Administrative Agent.
10.149(7)* Form of Change of Control Employment Agreement by and between
the Company and certain of its executive officers.
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10.150(14) Credit Agreement between the Registrant and LaSalle National
Bank dated as of February 15, 2002.
10.151(14) Rate Swap Agreement pursuant to the Credit Agreement between
the Registrant and LaSalle National Bank dated as of March 13,
2002.
10.152(15) Amended and Restated Credit Agreement between the Company and
LaSalle National Bank dated as of June 25, 2003.
10.154(12)* Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended as of June 30, 2001.
10.155(8) Form of Indemnification Agreement dated as of February 24,
1999 by and between the Company and its Directors and
Executive Officers.
10.160(13)* Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan, as
amended and restated as of June 19, 2002.
10.161(9)* Executive Severance Plan for Officers dated August 9, 2000, by
and between the Company and the Company's executive officers.
10.162(9)* Employment agreement, dated November 17, 2000, by and between
the Company and Thomas C. O'Brien.
10.163(11)* Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2001
by and between the Company and Thomas C. O'Brien.
10.164(11)* Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2001 by and between the
Company and David R. Montgomery.
10.165(11)* Employment Agreement dated April 2, 2001 by and between the
Company and Scott P. Pettit.
10.166(12)* Employment Agreement dated December 11, 2001 and addendum by
and between the Company and Edward N. Fares.
10.175(13)* Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. 2002 Long Term Incentive Plan
10.176(14)* Employment Agreement dated January 31, 2003 between the
Company and Marcia A. McAllister.
10.177* Employment Agreement dated October 23, 2003 by and between the
Company and John R. Nordin.
21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
23 Consent of KPMG LLP.
24 Power of Attorney.
31.1 Certification of Thomas C. O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer,
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2 Certification of Scott P. Pettit, Chief Financial Officer,
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1 Certification of Thomas C. O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer,
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.2 Certification of Scott P. Pettit, Chief Financial Officer,
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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(1) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit filed with the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-43247) declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on November
20, 1991.
(2) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-19594) filed with the SEC on
January 31, 1992.
(3) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1992.
(4) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-19594) filed with the SEC on
December 15, 1993.
(5) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1993.
(6) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 1997.
(7) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1997.
(8) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 1999.
(9) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 10-K (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2000.
(10) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal quarter
ended April 1, 2001.
(11) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal quarter
ended July 1, 2001.
(12) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 10-K (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal year
ended December 30, 2001.
(13) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Current Report on Form S-8 (File No. 0-19594) filed with the SEC on
August 5, 2002.
(14) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 10-K (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2002.
(15) Incorporated by reference from an exhibit included in the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 0-19594) for the fiscal quarter
ended June 29, 2003.
* This item is a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
required to be filed as an exhibit to this form pursuant to Item
601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act") the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Thomas C. O'Brien
-----------------------------------------
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: March 29, 2004
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report
has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and
in the capacities indicated on this 29th day of March, 2004.
/s/ Thomas C. O'Brien President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
----------------------------- (Principal Executive Officer)
Thomas C. O'Brien
/s/ Scott P. Pettit Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
----------------------------- and Secretary
Scott P. Pettit (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Peter H. Kamin Chairman of the Board of Directors
-----------------------------
Peter H. Kamin
/s/ Todd F. Bourell Director
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Todd F. Bourell
/s/ Maurice A. Cocca Director
-----------------------------
Maurice A. Cocca
/s/ Philip B. Livingston Director
-----------------------------
Philip B. Livingston
/s/ Melvin R. Martin Director
-----------------------------
Melvin R. Martin
/s/ John K. Wilcox Director
-----------------------------
John K. Wilcox
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.:
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc. and subsidiaries, as listed in Item 15(a)1. These consolidated
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 28, 2003 and December 29, 2002
and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the fiscal
years in the three-year period ended December 28, 2003 in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company
changed its method of accounting for goodwill and other intangibles in 2002.
KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
March 25, 2004
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INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(dollars in thousands except per share amounts)
DECEMBER 28, DECEMBER 29,
2003 2002
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 15,486 $ 10,027
Accounts receivable, net 48,375 45,594
Inventories 13,602 11,158
Other current assets 3,099 3,571
--------- ---------
Total current assets 80,562 70,350
--------- ---------
Property and equipment, net 60,187 49,342
Deferred income taxes 9,788 7,663
Intangible assets, net 2,101 1,710
Goodwill, net 135,062 130,474
Other assets 93 111
--------- ---------
$ 287,793 $ 259,650
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 35,005 $ 28,656
Accrued liabilities 14,209 15,312
Obligations under capital leases 2,822 2,552
Current installments of long-term debt 7,547 43
--------- ---------
Total current liabilities 59,583 46,563
--------- ---------
Deferred income taxes 17,748 14,835
Postretirement benefit obligation 2,598 2,736
Obligation under capital leases 1,891 1,355
Long-term debt, excluding current installments 16,887 59
--------- ---------
Total liabilities 98,707 65,548
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Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value of $.001 per share
Authorized 5,000,000 shares; none issued - -
Common stock, par value of $.001 per share
Authorized 20,000,000 shares; 12,325,482 shares issued and
11,518,273 outstanding as of December 28, 2003; and
12,292,599 shares issued and outstanding as of
December 29, 2002 12 12
Additional paid-in capital 145,856 144,420
Treasury stock, 807,209 shares (8,012) -
Deferred compensation related to restricted stock (892) -
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (625) (745)
Retained earnings 52,747 50,415
--------- ---------
Total shareholders' equity 189,086 194,102
--------- ---------
$ 287,793 $ 259,650
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See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(dollars in thousands except per share amounts)
2003 2002 2001
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Revenues:
Vehicle sales $ 39,963 $ 71,352 $ 138,427
Fee income 169,687 162,845 154,563
--------- --------- ---------
209,650 234,197 292,990
Cost of sales:
Vehicle cost 35,301 65,463 131,683
Branch cost 135,157 125,530 122,867
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170,458 190,993 254,550
--------- --------- ---------
Gross profit 39,192 43,204 38,440
Operating expense:
Selling, general and administrative 30,225 27,711 32,182
Business transformation costs 3,902 8,067 3,451
Restructuring and asset impairment charges - - 8,016
--------- --------- ---------
Earnings (loss) from operations 5,065 7,426 (5,209)
Other (income) expense:
Interest expense 1,505 678 1,788
Other income (76) (275) (1,025)
--------- --------- ---------
Earnings (loss) before income taxes 3,636 7,023 (5,972)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 1,304 3,015 (1,612)
--------- --------- ---------
Net earnings (loss) $ 2,332 $ 4,008 $ (4,360)
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Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic $ .20 $ .33 $ (.37)
========= ========= =========
Diluted $ .20 $ .32 $ (.37)
========= ========= =========
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic 11,652 12,235 11,940
Effect of dilutive securities - stock options 80 296 -
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Diluted 11,732 12,531 11,940
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See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity
(dollars in thousands)
Common Stock
--------------------------- Additional
Number Paid-in Treasury
of shares Amount Capital Stock
---------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balance at December 31, 2000 11,715,936 $ 12 $ 136,962 $ --
========== =========== =========== ===========
Net loss -- -- -- --
Stock options exercised 431,305 -- 4,904 --
Tax benefit related to
stock options exercised -- -- 539 --
Shares issued for the
employee stock purchase
plan 15,049 -- 170 --
---------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balance at December 30, 2001 12,162,290 $ 12 $ 142,575 $ --
========== =========== =========== ===========
Net earnings -- -- -- --
Other comprehensive loss
Change in fair value of
interest rate swap
contract (net of
tax benefit, $467) -- -- -- --
Comprehensive income
Stock options exercised 115,555 -- 1,341 --
Tax benefit related to
stock options exercised -- -- 247 --
Shares issued for the
employee stock purchase
plan 14,754 -- 257 --
---------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balance at December 29, 2002 12,292,599 $ 12 $ 144,420 $ --
========== =========== =========== ===========
Net earnings -- -- -- --
Other comprehensive income-
Change in fair value of
interest rate swap
contract (net of tax, $78) -- -- -- --
Comprehensive income
Stock options exercised 6,920 -- 82 --
Tax benefit related to
stock options exercised -- -- 14 --
Shares issued for the
employee stock purchase
plan 25,963 -- 371 --
Treasury stock purchased (807,209) -- -- (8,012)
Deferred compensation -- -- 969 --
---------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balance at December 28, 2003 11,518,273 $ 12 $ 145,856 $ (8,012)
========== =========== =========== ===========
Deferred Accumulated
Compensation Other Total
(Restricted Comprehensive Retained Shareholders'
Stock) Income (Loss) Earnings Equity
----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
Balance at December 31, 2000 $ -- $ -- $ 50,767 $ 187,741
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Net loss -- -- (4,360) (4,360)
Stock options exercised -- -- -- 4,904
Tax benefit related to
stock options exercised -- -- -- 539
Shares issued for the
employee stock purchase
plan -- -- -- 170
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balance at December 30, 2001 $ -- $ -- $ 46,407 $ 188,994
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Net earnings -- -- 4,008 4,008
Other comprehensive loss
Change in fair value of
interest rate swap
contract (net of
tax benefit, $467) -- (745) -- (745)
Comprehensive income 3,263
-----------
Stock options exercised -- -- -- 1,341
Tax benefit related to
stock options exercised -- -- -- 247
Shares issued for the
employee stock purchase
plan -- -- -- 257
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balance at December 29, 2002 $ -- $ (745) $ 50,415 $ 194,102
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Net earnings -- -- 2,332 2,332
Other comprehensive income-
Change in fair value of
interest rate swap
contract (net of tax, $78) -- 120 -- 120
Comprehensive income 2,452
-----------
Stock options exercised -- -- -- 82
Tax benefit related to
stock options exercised -- -- -- 14
Shares issued for the
employee stock purchase
plan -- -- -- 371
Treasury stock purchased -- -- -- (8,012)
Deferred compensation (892) -- -- 77
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balance at December 28, 2003 $ (892) $ (625) $ 52,747 $ 189,086
=========== =========== =========== ===========
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See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(dollars in thousands)
2003 2002 2001
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings (loss) $ 2,332 $ 4,008 $ (4,360)
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 10,661 9,901 10,649
Loss (gain) on disposal of fixed assets 54 (104) (439)
Loss (gain) on change in fair market value of derivative (307) 307 -
Deferred compensation related to restricted stock 29 - -
Deferred income taxes - 3,292 (970)
Restructuring and asset impairment charges - - 8,016
Changes in assets and liabilities
(excluding effects of acquired companies):
(Increase) decrease in:
Accounts receivable, net (752) 9,180 (6,673)
Inventories (2,442) 2,347 (2,917)
Other current assets 489 594 (1,053)
Other assets (975) (64) 113
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable 6,349 (12,795) (3,221)
Accrued liabilities (878) 2,289 612
Deferred income taxes 788 (465) -
-------- -------- --------
Total adjustments 13,016 14,482 10,559
-------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by operating activities 15,348 18,490 6,199
-------- -------- --------
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (continued)
(dollars in thousands)
2003 2002 2001
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures $(16,343) $(15,241) $(20,765)
Proceeds from sale of investments - 2,643 4,456
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment 60 187 4,094
Payments made in connection with acquired companies,
net of cash acquired (7,872) (1,510) (6,033)
-------- -------- --------
Net cash used in investing activities (24,155) (13,921) (18,248)
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 515 1,845 5,613
Proceeds from term loan 30,000 - -
Principal payments of long-term debt (5,668) (20,041) (35)
Purchase of treasury stock (8,012) - -
Principal payments - capital leases (2,569) (813) -
-------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 14,266 (19,009) 5,578
-------- -------- --------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 5,459 (14,440) (6,471)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 10,027 24,467 30,938
-------- -------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 15,486 $ 10,027 $ 24,467
======== ======== ========
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest $ 1,639 $ 1,433 $ 1,733
======== ======== ========
Income taxes paid $ 855 $ 2,492 $ 7
======== ======== ========
Income taxes refunded $ 1,390 $ 3,860 $ -
======== ======== ========
Non-cash financing activities:
Capital leases $ 3,375 $ 4,720 $ -
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See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
BACKGROUND
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (the "Company") operates in a single business
segment - providing insurance companies and other vehicle suppliers
cost-effective salvage processing solutions including selling total loss
and recovered theft vehicles.
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany
transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial
information to conform with the current year presentation.
FISCAL PERIODS
Fiscal years 2003, 2002 and 2001 each consisted of 52 weeks and ended on
December 28, 2003, December 29, 2002 and December 30, 2001, respectively.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Revenues (including vehicle sales and fee income) are generally recognized
at the date the vehicles are sold at auction. Revenue not recognized at the
date the vehicles are sold at auction includes certain buyer-related fees,
which are recognized when payment is received.
CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash equivalents consist principally of commercial paper. The Company
considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three
months or less to be cash equivalents.
INVENTORIES
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or estimated realizable value.
Cost includes the cost of acquiring ownership of total loss and recovered
theft vehicles, charges for towing and, less frequently, reconditioning
costs. The costs of inventories are charged to operations based upon the
specific-identification method.
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company's financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents,
accounts receivable, short and long-term debt and derivative financial
instruments. The fair values of these instruments approximates their
carrying values.
ASSET IMPAIRMENT
As part of an ongoing review of the valuation and amortization of assets,
management assesses the carrying value of the Company's assets if facts and
circumstances suggest that such assets may be impaired. If this review
indicates that an asset will not be recoverable, as determined by an
analysis of undiscounted cash flows over the remaining amortization period,
the carrying value of the asset would be reduced to its estimated fair
market value. In 2002, the Company adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets." In accordance with SFAS No. 142, the Company completed the
transitional impairment test of intangible assets during the second quarter
of fiscal 2002. The result of this test did not indicate any impairment.
The annual impairment test of intangible assets is performed in the first
quarter of each year. The fiscal 2003 annual test did not indicate any
impairment.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the
reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent
liabilities to prepare these consolidated financial statements in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. Actual results will likely differ from these estimates,
but management believes that such differences are not material.
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets ranging from
three to ten years. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line
basis over their estimated economic useful life or the life of the lease,
whichever is less.
INCOME TAXES
The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method,
whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future
tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial
statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their
respective tax bases, as well as operating loss and tax credit carry
forwards. The effect of a rate change on deferred tax assets and
liabilities is recognized in the period of enactment.
CREDIT RISK
Vehicles are sold generally for cash; therefore, very little credit risk is
incurred from the selling of vehicles. Receivables arising from advance
charges made on behalf of vehicle suppliers, most of which are insurance
companies, are generally satisfied from the net proceeds payable to the
vehicle suppliers. A small percentage of vehicles sold do not have
sufficient net proceeds to satisfy the related receivables, and in these
cases, the receivable is due from the vehicle suppliers. Management
performs regular evaluations concerning the ability of its customers and
suppliers to satisfy their obligations and records a provision for doubtful
accounts based upon these evaluations. The Company's credit losses for the
periods presented are insignificant and have not exceeded management's
estimates.
RESTRICTED STOCK
In 2003, the Company initiated a restricted stock program. Under the
Company's restricted stock program, common stock of the Company may be
granted at no cost to certain officers and key employees. Plan participants
are entitled to cash dividends and to vote their respective shares.
Restrictions limit the sale or transfer of these shares during a four year
period; the restrictions lapse on 25% of the shares each year. Upon
issuance of stock under the plan, unearned compensation equivalent to the
market value of the shares at the
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
date of grant is charged to shareholders' equity and subsequently amortized
to expense over the four-year restriction period. In 2003, 66,500
restricted shares were granted. Compensation expense in 2003 was less than
$0.1 million. In fiscal 2003, there were no forfeitures of restricted
shares.
STOCK OPTIONS
The Company accounts for its fixed plan stock options under the intrinsic
value-based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board
(APB) Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees", and
related interpretations. As such, compensation expense would be recorded on
the date of grant and amortized over the period of service only if the
current market value of the underlying stock exceeded the exercise price.
No stock-based employee compensation cost related to stock option grants is
recognized in net earnings (loss), as all options granted had an exercise
price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date
of grant.
The following table illustrates the effect on net earnings (loss) if the
Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123,
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation", to stock-based employee
compensation relating to stock options and restricted stock, including
straight-line recognition of compensation cost over the related vesting
periods for fixed awards:
2003 2002 2001
------- ------- -------
(dollars in thousands)
Net earnings (loss) as reported $ 2,332 $ 4,008 $(4,360)
Add: Stock-based employee compensation
expense included in reported net earnings
(loss), net of related tax effects 45 - -
Deduct: Total stock-based employee
compensation expense determined
under the fair value based method
for all awards, net of related
tax effects (1,795) (1,288) (1,339)
------- ------- -------
Pro forma net earnings (loss) $ 582 $ 2,720 $(5,699)
======= ======= =======
Pro forma earnings (loss) per share
Basic $ .05 $ .22 $ (.47)
======= ======= =======
Diluted $ .05 $ .22 $ (.47)
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The per share weighted average fair value of stock options granted during
2003, 2002 and 2001 was $9.65, $10.13 and $9.20, respectively, based upon
grant date valuations using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the
following weighted average assumptions in 2003, 2002 and 2001: expected
dividend yield of 0.0% in all years; expected volatility of .84%, .83% and
.88%, respectively; risk-free interest rate of 3.1%, 2.8% and 4.3%,
respectively; and an average expected option life of 5.0, 4.9 and 4.9
years, respectively.
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
EARNINGS PER SHARE
The Company incurred a net loss for the year ended December 30, 2001;
therefore, potential common stock issuances attributable to stock options
were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share amounts
because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. The number of shares used
to calculate diluted per share amounts otherwise would have been increased
by 408,000 shares.
CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE COSTS
The Company capitalizes certain computer software costs, after
technological feasibility has been established, which are amortized
utilizing the straight-line method over the economic lives of the related
products not to exceed five years.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT
In 2002, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to mitigate its
exposure to interest rate fluctuations, and does not, as a matter of
policy, enter into hedging contracts for trading or speculative purposes.
The interest rate swap has been accounted for in accordance with the
provisions of SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities," as amended. The swap has been designated as a cash
flow hedge. Changes in fair value of the swap are recorded in other
comprehensive income to the extent that the swap is effective as a hedge
and reclassified to earnings in the same period that earnings are affected
by the variability in cash flows of the hedged item.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In April 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No.
149, "Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities." SFAS No. 149 amends and clarifies financial accounting and
reporting for derivative instruments and for hedging activities under SFAS
No. 133. SFAS 149 requires that contracts with comparable characteristics
be accounted for similarly. This statement is effective for both contracts
and hedging activities entered into or modified after June 30, 2003.
Adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the Company's
consolidated financial statements.
(2) GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLES
Goodwill and other intangibles are recorded at cost less accumulated
amortization and consist of the following at December 28, 2003 and December
29, 2002:
ASSIGNED LIFE 2003 2002
------------- ------ ------
(dollars in millions)
Goodwill Indefinite $135.1 $130.5
Covenants not to compete 5 to 15 years 2.1 1.7
------ ------
$137.2 $132.2
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Goodwill increased by $4.6 million in fiscal 2003. During the year, the
Company acquired six new facilities. The excess of the purchase price over
the fair market value of the net identifiable assets acquired of $4.2
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
million has been recorded as goodwill. The balance of $0.4 million was due
to earnout payments made in 2003 associated with prior year acquisitions.
Amortization expense for the years ended December 28, 2003, December 29,
2002 and December 30, 2001 was $0.5 million, $0.3 million and $4.1 million,
respectively. These amounts are included within selling, general and
administrative expense on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements
of Operations. Based on existing intangibles, the projected annual
amortization expense for each fiscal year 2004, 2005 and 2006 is $0.5
million, $0.4 million for 2007 and $0.2 million for 2008.
The following table presents the consolidated results adjusted as though
the adoption of SFAS No. 142 occurred at the beginning of fiscal year 2001.
2003 2002 2001
--------- --------- ---------
(in thousands except per share amounts)
Net earnings (loss):
As reported $ 2,332 $ 4,008 $ (4,360)
Goodwill amortization, net of tax effect - - 2,847
--------- --------- ---------
Adjusted net earnings (loss) $ 2,332 $ 4,008 $ (1,513)
========= ========= =========
Basic earnings (loss) per share:
As reported $ .20 $ .33 $ (.37)
Goodwill amortization, net of tax effect - - .24
--------- --------- ---------
Adjusted basic earnings (loss) per share $ .20 $ .33 $ (.13)
========= ========= =========
Diluted earnings (loss) per share:
As reported $ .20 $ .32 $ (.37)
Goodwill amortization, net of tax effect - - .24
--------- --------- ---------
Adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share $ .20 $ .32 $ (.13)
========= ========= =========
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(3) COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Comprehensive income consists of net earnings and the change in fair value
of the Company's interest rate swap agreement for the years ended December
28, 2003 and December 29, 2002 as follows (dollars in thousands):
2003 2002
------- -------
Net earnings $ 2,332 $ 4,008
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Change in fair value of interest
rate swap agreement 198 (1,212)
Income tax benefit (expense) (78) 467
------- -------
Comprehensive income $ 2,452 $ 3,263
======= =======
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The changes in fair value of the Company's interest rate swap agreement
were due to changes in interest rates.
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(4) CREDIT FACILITIES
Long-term debt is summarized as follows:
2003 2002
------- -------
(dollars in thousands)
Unsecured term loan, interest payable at variable rate based
upon LIBOR. Principal repaid in 16 equal installments
commencing March 31, 2003 $24,375 $ -
Notes payable issued in connection with the acquisition
of a subsidiary, interest payable at 8% 59 102
------- -------
24,434 102
Less current installments 7,547 43
------- -------
$16,887 $ 59
======= =======
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Total principal repayments required for each of the next four fiscal years
under all long-term debt agreements are summarized as follows:
(dollars in thousands)
2004 $ 7,547
2005 7,512
2006 7,500
2007 1,875
-------
$24,434
=======
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In February 2002, the Company's $20.0 million Senior Notes matured. This
debt was repaid with available cash, cash equivalents, and proceeds from
the sale of investments. The Company also entered into a new five-year
$20.0 million unsecured credit facility that was expanded to $30.0 million
in the second quarter of 2002. The credit facility was a one-year revolver
that converted into a four-year term loan carrying a variable interest rate
based on LIBOR. During the first quarter of 2002, the Company entered into
an interest rate swap to mitigate its exposure to interest rate
fluctuations (see Note 5).
On February 15, 2003, the Company borrowed all remaining available funds
under its $30.0 million credit facility. The credit facility was a one-year
revolver that converted on February 15, 2003 into a four-year term loan
carrying a variable rate based upon LIBOR. The aggregate principal balance
of the loan is required to be paid in sixteen consecutive equal quarterly
installments commencing on March 31, 2003.
On June 25, 2003, the Company entered into an amended and restated credit
facility. This facility added a $20.0 million revolving line of credit,
carrying a variable rate based on LIBOR, to the existing term loan. This
amended and restated facility also modified all existing covenants except
for the rent expense covenant. The amended credit facility also granted the
Company latitude to purchase additional shares of its outstanding common
stock. At December 28, 2003, the Company has not borrowed any funds against
the additional $20.0 million revolving line of credit.
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
On March 19, 2004, the Company entered into the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement relating to its senior credit facility. The agreement
amends certain financial covenants, including those applicable as of
December 28, 2003 and those applicable for fiscal 2004, provides that
advances made under the facility will be subject to a monthly asset
coverage test equal to 85% of eligible receivables, and requires the
Company to provide collateral for amounts due under the facility in the
event it fails to meet certain financial projections for two consecutive
quarters. The Company's financing agreement limits potential future
dividend payments to no more than 25% of the Company consolidated net
income earned over a specified period. Effective as of December 28, 2003,
the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants of the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
(5) FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
The Company, as a matter of policy, does not enter into derivative
contracts for trading or speculative purposes. During the first quarter of
2002, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to mitigate its
exposure to interest rate fluctuations and to effectively fix its borrowing
rate at 5.6%. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company pays a
fixed rate of interest of 5.6% and receives LIBOR-based floating rate
payments. During the year ended December 29, 2002, the Company recorded a
non-cash charge of $0.3 million related to the change in fair value for the
portion of its interest rate swap agreement which did not qualify for hedge
accounting. At December 29, 2002, the Company also recorded $0.7 million
(net of tax) as a comprehensive loss related to the change in fair market
value of the portion of its interest rate swap agreement which qualified
for hedge accounting.
In 2003, the Company recorded a $0.3 million non-cash benefit related to
the change in fair value of the interest rate swap agreement. At December
28, 2003, the Company also recorded $0.1 million (net of tax) as
comprehensive income related to the change in fair market value of its
interest rate swap agreement. At December 28, 2003, the entire swap
agreement qualified for hedge accounting.
(6) INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense (benefit) is summarized as follows:
2003 2002 2001
------- ------- -------
(dollars in thousands)
Current:
Federal $ 573 $ (161) $ (530)
State 19 (116) (111)
------- ------- -------
592 (277) (641)
------- ------- -------
Deferred:
Federal 509 2,756 (878)
State 203 536 (93)
------- ------- -------
712 3,292 (971)
------- ------- -------
$ 1,304 $ 3,015 $(1,612)
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Deferred income taxes are composed of the effects of the components listed
below. A valuation allowance has been recorded to reduce the carrying value
of deferred tax assets for which the Company believes it is more likely
than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant
portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at
December 28, 2003 and December 29, 2002 are presented below:
2003 2002
-------- --------
(dollars in thousands)
Deferred tax assets attributable to:
Depreciation $ 5,219 $ 4,017
State net operating losses carried forward 2,108 1,830
Inventories 1,931 736
Change in fair value of interest rate swap contract 389 465
Other 1,860 2,070
Valuation allowance (1,719) (1,455)
-------- --------
Net deferred tax assets 9,788 7,663
Deferred tax liabilities attributable to:
Intangible assets (17,748) (14,835)
-------- --------
Net deferred tax liabilities $ (7,960) $ (7,172)
======== ========
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The actual income tax expense (benefit) differs from the "expected" tax
expense (benefit) computed by applying the Federal corporate tax rate to
earnings (loss) before income taxes as follows:
2003 2002 2001
------- ------- -------
(dollars in thousands)
"Expected" income tax expense (benefit) $ 1,236 $ 2,388 $(2,030)
State income taxes, net of Federal effect 146 277 (135)
Nondeductible portion of amortization of
intangible assets - - 358
Increase in valuation allowance 264 308 235
Reduction of tax accruals (527) (291) (105)
Other 185 333 65
------- ------- -------
$ 1,304 $ 3,015 $(1,612)
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The Company is obligated to file tax returns and pay Federal and state
income taxes in numerous jurisdictions. The reductions in income tax
accruals relate to amounts that were no longer required, due primarily to
closed tax return audits and closed tax years for a number of
jurisdictions.
(7) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
The Company adopted the Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive
Plan (the 2003 Plan) in June 2003 to replace the Insurance Auto Auctions,
Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan (the 1991 Plan), as amended and restated,
covering 3,100,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The 2003 Plan
provides for the grant of incentive stock options and restricted stock to
key employees and nonqualified stock options and stock appreciation rights
to key employees, directors, consultants and independent contractors. The
2003 Plan expires June 18, 2013. In general, new non-employee directors
will automatically receive grants of nonqualified options to purchase
10,000 shares and subsequent grants to purchase 5,000 shares at specified
intervals.
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
During 1995, the Company adopted the Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.
Supplemental Stock Option Plan (the 1995 Plan) covering 200,000 shares of
the Company's common stock. The 1995 Plan provides for the grant of
nonqualified stock options to employees, other than executive officers,
consultants and other independent advisors who provide services to the
Company. The 1995 Plan will expire on October 1, 2005.
Under the Plans, as of December 28, 2003, options to purchase an aggregate
of 1,817,076 shares were outstanding at a weighted average exercise price
of $13.49 per share and 384,960 shares remained available for future grant.
In 2003, the Company initiated a restricted stock program. Under the
Company's restricted stock program, common stock of the Company may be
granted at no cost to certain officers and key employees. Plan participants
are entitled to cash dividends and to vote their respective shares.
Restrictions limit the sale or transfer of these shares during a four year
period whereby the restrictions lapse on 25% of the shares each year. Upon
issuance of stock under the plan, unearned compensation equivalent to the
market value of the shares at the date of grant is charged to shareholders'
equity and subsequently amortized to expense over the four-year restriction
period. In 2003, 66,500 restricted shares were granted. Compensation
expense in 2003 was less than $0.1 million. In fiscal 2003, there were no
forfeitures of restricted shares.
Activity under the Plans during 2003, 2002 and 2001 is as follows:
Weighted Weighted Weighted
Average Average Average
2003 Exercise 2002 Exercise 2001 Exercise
Shares Price Shares Price Shares Price
---------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------
Balance at beginning of year 1,518,000 $ 14.13 1,397,000 $ 14.48 1,261,000 $ 14.20
Options granted 490,000 13.89 377,000 15.75 605,000 13.09
Options canceled (184,000) 19.94 (140,000) 24.13 (38,000) 18.02
Options exercised (7,000) 11.61 (116,000) 11.62 (431,000) 11.38
---------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------
Balance at end of year 1,817,000 $ 13.49 1,518,000 $ 14.13 1,397,000 $ 14.48
========== ========= ========= ========= ========= ========
Options exercisable at end of year 820,000 596,000 568,000
========== ========= =========
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Additional information about options outstanding as of December 28, 2003 is
presented below:
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
---------------------------------------------- --------------------------
Weighted Average
---------------------------
Remaining Weighted
Contractual Average
Range of Exercise Number of Life Exercise Number of Exercise
Prices Options (in years) Price Options Price
----------------- --------- ----------- -------- --------- ---------
$7.00 to $10.00 45,000 4.04 $ 8.92 42,000 $ 8.86
10.38 to 13.95 1,291,000 6.94 12.55 601,000 11.89
14.25 to 22.75 461,000 8.15 15.81 157,000 16.26
28.63 to 32.50 20,000 0.77 30.80 20,000 30.80
--------- -------
$7.00 to $32.50 1,817,000 7.11 13.49 820,000 13.03
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The Company has a 401(k) defined contribution plan covering all full-time
employees. Plan participants can elect to contribute up to 15% of their
gross payroll. Company contributions are determined at the discretion of
the Board of Directors; during the years 2001 to 2003, the Company matched
100% of employee contributions up to 4% of eligible earnings. Company
contributions to the plan were $0.8 million in 2003, $0.8 million in 2002
and $0.7 million in 2001.
(8) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company recorded fee income of $2.7 million in 2001, related to the
consignment sale of vehicles insured by Allstate Insurance Company
("Allstate") and recorded vehicle sales of $23.2 million and cost of sales
of $21.8 million, related to the purchase of Allstate-insured vehicles
under the purchase agreement method. Allstate sold all of its shares of the
Company's common stock in February 2001.
See Note 9 for information about leases involving a member of the Company's
Board of Directors.
(9) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company leases its facilities and certain equipment under operating
leases with related and unrelated parties, which expire through August
2021. Rental expense for the years ended December 28, 2003, December 29,
2002 and December 30, 2001, was $22.4 million, $22.1 million and $20.3
million, respectively. The Company leases certain properties from a member
of its Board of Directors. The Company believes the terms of the leases are
no less favorable than those available from unaffiliated third party
lessors. Rental payments to the related party were $0.8 million in each of
the years 2003, 2002 and 2001. In 2003, the Company incurred $2.7 million
of costs to upgrade properties owned by the related party. A portion of the
investment to upgrade these facilities will ultimately be funded by the
related party. The Company agreed to modify its future lease payments to
take into consideration the costs to be funded by the related party; the
effect on monthly lease payments has not yet been determined.
In 2002, the Company began leasing certain equipment under capital leases.
Equipment leased under these leases amounted to $3.4 million in 2003 and
$4.7 million in 2002.
Minimum annual rental commitments for the next five years under
noncancelable operating and capital leases at December 28, 2003 are as
follows:
OPERATING LEASES
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UNRELATED RELATED CAPITAL
PARTIES PARTIES LEASES
--------- ------- ------
(dollars in thousands)
2004 $ 20,882 $ 837 $3,058
2005 17,554 837 1,336
2006 15,210 837 363
2007 12,224 837 315
2008 10,061 837 33
Thereafter 36,072 5,710 -
--------- ------ ------
$112,003 $9,895 $5,105
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Less amount representing interest expense 392
------
Future capital lease obligation $4,713
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Assets as of December 28, 2003 and December 29, 2002 recorded under capital
leases are included in property and equipment, net as follows:
2003 2002
------- -------
(dollars in thousands)
Computer equipment $ 6,654 $ 4,720
Security fencing 1,441 -
------- -------
8,095 4,720
Accumulated amortization (3,378) (713)
------- -------
$ 4,717 $ 4,007
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The Company has compensation agreements with certain officers and other key
employees.
The Company currently leases property in Woodville, Washington (near
Seattle) for one of its branches. In 2003, the owner/lessor of the property
was notified by King County, Washington that the branch was located within
the boundaries of the likely site for a new wastewater treatment facility.
The Company believes that it is likely that it will be required to vacate
its facility before the end of 2004. The Company has made various upgrades
to this facility that have been recorded as leasehold improvements, which
have a net book value of $1.1 million at December 28, 2003. Under
Washington State law, provisions exist for financial assistance to the
Company related to relocation expenses and other costs related to the
property.
The Company has taken various steps intended to ensure that it recovers the
value of its investment in the property and that it is reimbursed for its
relocation costs. Under its lease, the Company is entitled to recovery of
the value of its leasehold improvements. Although there is a possibility
that the Company will not fully recover its investment in the branch
assets, the Company has not recorded any provisions for loss or for costs
that may be incurred, due to uncertainties relating to the amounts that may
be recovered pursuant to the terms of the lease of the provisions of
Washington State law.
The Company is subject to certain miscellaneous legal claims, which have
arisen during the ordinary course of its business. None of these claims are
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial
condition or operating results.
(10) TREASURY STOCK
The Company records treasury stock purchases using the cost method of
accounting. In March 2003, the Company repurchased 757,409 shares of its
common stock at an average price of $9.77 per share and a total cost of
$7.4 million. During the second quarter of 2003, the Company repurchased an
additional 49,800 shares at an average price of $12.25 per share and a
total cost of $0.6 million. The Company did not repurchase any shares
during the remainder of the year. On a full year basis, the Company has
repurchased 807,209 shares at an average price of $9.93 per share and a
total cost of $8.0 million.
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INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(11) ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Accounts receivable consists of the following as of December 28, 2003 and
December 29, 2002:
2003 2002
-------- --------
(dollars in thousands)
Unbilled receivables $ 35,188 $ 33,028
Trade accounts receivable 12,787 12,772
Other receivables 1,213 490
-------- --------
49,188 46,290
Less allowance for doubtful accounts (813) (696)
-------- --------
$ 48,375 $ 45,594
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Unbilled receivables represent amounts paid to third parties on behalf of
insurance companies for which the Company will be reimbursed when the
vehicle is sold. Trade accounts receivable include fees and proceeds to be
collected from both insurance companies and buyers.
(12) PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment consists of the following at December 28, 2003 and
December 29, 2002:
2003 2002
-------- --------
(dollars in thousands)
Land $ 7,582 $ 6,996
Buildings and improvements 11,506 10,787
Equipment 39,302 25,911
Leasehold improvements 38,304 32,939
-------- --------
96,694 76,633
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (36,507) (27,291)
-------- --------
$ 60,187 $ 49,342
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(13) ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Accounts payable consists of the following at December 28, 2003 and December 29,
2002:
2003 2002
------- -------
(dollars in thousands)
Accounts payable to salvage providers $32,341 $26,369
Trade accounts payable 3,424 1,820
Other payables 240 467
------- -------
$35,005 $28,656
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INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(14) EARNINGS PER SHARE
There were no adjustments to net income to calculate diluted earnings per
share. The table below reconciles basic weighted shares outstanding to
diluted weighted average shares outstanding for the years ended December
28, 2003, December 29, 2002 and December 30, 2001.
2003 2002 2001
------ ------ ------
(in thousands)
Basic weighted average shares outstanding 11,652 12,235 11,940
Effect of dilutive securities - stock options 80 296 -
------ ------ ------
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding 11,732 12,531 11,940
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Options to purchase 1.1 million and 0.1 million shares of common stock at
an average price of $14.81 and $28.90 per share were outstanding during the
fiscal years ended December 28, 2003 and December 29, 2002, respectively,
but were not included in the Company's diluted earnings per share because
the options' exercise prices were greater than the average market price of
the Company's shares. The Company incurred a net loss for the year ended
December 30, 2001; therefore, potential common stock issuances attributable
to stock options were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per
share amounts because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. The number
of shares used to calculate diluted per share amounts otherwise would have
been increased by 408,000 shares.
(15) ACCUMULATED POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT OBLIGATION
In connection with the acquisition of the capital stock of Underwriters
Salvage Company (USC), the Company assumed the obligation for certain
health care and death benefits for retired employees of USC. In accordance
with the provisions of SFAS No. 106, "Employers' Accounting for
Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions," costs related to the benefits
are accrued over an employee's service life.
The accumulated post retirement benefit obligation was determined using a
discount rate of 6.75% at December 28, 2003, and December 29, 2002 and 7.0%
at December 30, 2001 and an average health care cost trend rate of
approximately 8.5%, progressively decreasing to approximately 5.0% in the
year 2010 and thereafter. A one percentage point change in the assumed
health care cost trend rate would not have a material effect on the
postretirement benefit obligation or on the aggregate service cost and
interest cost components.
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INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
A reconciliation of funded status as of December 28, 2003 and December 29,
2002 follows:
BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS AND FUNDED STATUS
2003 2002
------- -------
(dollars in thousands)
Change in accumulated postretirement benefit obligation
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at the beginning of the year $ 1,506 $ 1,562
Interest cost 95 103
Actuarial (gain) or loss (69) (85)
Benefits paid (100) (74)
------- -------
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at the end of the year 1,432 1,506
Change in plan assets
Benefits paid (100) (74)
Employer contributions 100 74
------- -------
Fair value of assets at the end of the year - -
Net amount recognized
Funded status (1,432) (1,506)
Unrecognized net (gain) or loss (1,166) (1,230)
------- -------
Net amount recognized (2,598) (2,736)
Amounts recognized in the statement of financial position
Accrued benefit liability (2,598) (2,736)
Weighted average assumptions at the end of the year
Discount rate 6.25% 6.75%
Rate of compensation increase - -
Assumed health care cost trend rates
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year 8.50% 9.00%
Ultimate rate 5.00% 5.00%
Year that the ultimate rate is reached 2010 2010
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INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Net periodic pension cost is summarized as follows for the fiscal years
2003, 2002, and 2001:
NET PERIODIC PENSION COST
2003 2002 2001
----- ----- -----
(dollars in thousands)
Interest cost $ 95 $ 103 $ 75
Amortization of net (gain) or loss (133) (130) (175)
----- ----- -----
Total net periodic benefit cost $ (38) $ (27) $(100)
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Effective January 20, 1994, the date of acquisition, the Company
discontinued future participation for active employees.
(16) ACQUISITIONS
The Company acquired six salvage pools in fiscal 2003. All of these
acquisitions were accounted for using the purchase method of accounting.
The results of operations of the acquired businesses are included in the
Company's condensed consolidated financial statements from the dates of
acquisition. In January 2003, the Company acquired Salvage Management Inc.,
an operator of two auto salvage facilities in Buffalo and Rochester, New
York. In April 2003, the Company acquired Wichita Insurance Pool, Inc.,
located in Wichita, Kansas. In June 2003, the Company acquired Wilmington
Salvage and Disposal Company, Inc. located in Wilmington, North Carolina
and the Damaged Vehicle division of Manheim's Orlando Orange County Auto
Auction, located in Orlando, Florida. All of these acquisitions leverage
the Company's existing regional coverage in those markets. In April 2003,
the Company also acquired Mountain States Salvage Pool, which is located in
Ogden, Utah. This acquisition represents penetration into a new market. The
total cost of adding these six new facilities was $7.9 million. The
acquired net assets consisted of accounts receivable, inventory, fixed
assets, land, buildings, goodwill and covenants not to compete. These new
facilities contributed $6.4 million of revenues during fiscal 2003. The
excess of the purchase price over the fair market value of the net
identifiable assets acquired of $4.2 million has been recorded as goodwill.
The entire goodwill balance relating to these acquisitions will be
deductible for tax purposes. In addition, the Company recorded $0.9 million
for covenants not to compete relating to these acquisitions which will be
amortized over a period of five to seven years, based upon the agreements.
As part of these acquisitions, the Company entered into leases for the use
of certain facilities. Future earnout payments related to these
acquisitions of $3.2 million may be paid out by the Company through 2006
depending upon meeting certain performance targets. Any future earnout
payments made related to these acquisitions will be accounted for as
additional goodwill.
(17) RESTRUCTURING AND ASSET IMPAIRMENT CHARGES
During 2001, the Company announced an organizational realignment and
recorded restructuring charges of $5.6 million. As part of this plan, the
Company recognized $2.0 million in employee termination benefits associated
with a reduction in workforce along with $2.6 million related to the
abandonment of certain facilities. The $1.1 million balance includes
amounts related to repositioning the Company's towing operations and other
restructuring charges.
The Company also recorded asset impairment charges of $2.4 million in 2001.
This included the write-down of $1.4 million of unamortized leasehold
improvements. Also included was a $1.0 million write-off of amounts due
from the Company's now bankrupt insurance carrier for damages sustained as
a result of an airplane crash at the Company's Sacramento, California
facility.
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INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Changes in accrued liabilities related to the organizational realignment
are summarized below.
WORKFORCE FACILITY TOWING
REDUCTION CLOSINGS AND OTHER TOTAL
--------- -------- --------- -------
(dollars in thousands)
Charges recorded in 2001 $ 2,000 $ 2,577 $ 1,117 $ 5,647
Utilization in 2001 (1,878) (1,016) (1,067) (3,961)
------- ------- ------- -------
Accrued liabilities at December 30, 2001 $ 75 $ 1,561 $ 50 $ 1,686
Utilization in 2002 (75) (919) (7) (1,001)
Other - - 21 21
------- ------- ------- -------
Accrued liabilities at December 29, 2002 - $ 642 $ 64 $ 706
Utilization in 2003 - (540) - (540)
Other - - 36 36
------- ------- ------- -------
Accrued liabilities at December 28, 2003 - $ 102 $ 100 $ 202
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(18) SUBSEQUENT EVENT (UNAUDITED)
In January 2004, the Company announced the opening of a new greenfield
facility in Tucson, Arizona. This new 16-acre facility will provide needed
coverage in the southern part of the state and will leverage the Company's
existing location in Phoenix. The new facility will also improve the
Company's regional coverage, complementing other existing locations in
southern California and New Mexico.
(19) QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
Summarized unaudited financial data for 2003 and 2002 are as follows:
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH
QUARTER QUARTER QUARTER QUARTER
-------- -------- -------- --------
(dollars in thousands except per share amounts)
2003
Revenues $ 56,040 $ 53,338 $ 49,127 $ 51,145
Earnings (loss) from operations 3,340 2,638 (514) (399)
Net earnings 1,976 1,280 (594) (330)
Basic earnings (loss) per share .16 .11 (.05) (.03)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share .16 .11 (.05) (.03)
2002
Revenues $ 69,220 $ 59,750 $ 52,786 $ 52,441
Earnings from operations 2,843 2,773 1,075 735
Net earnings 1,512 1,356 639 501
Basic earnings per share .12 .11 .05 .04
Diluted earnings per share .12 .11 .05 .04
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The sum of earnings per share for the four quarters of 2003 and 2002 does
not equal the full year amount due to rounding and the impact of changes in
the average shares outstanding.
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
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10.43 Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan replacing the 1991
Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated.
10.67 Facilities Lease Agreement dated August 7, 2003, by and
between MRM Investments, L.L.P. and Insurance Auto Auctions,
Inc., as amended.
10.68 Facilities Lease Agreement dated August 7, 2003, by and
between MJB Properties and Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., as
amended.
10.69 Temporary Use License Agreement dated March 1, 2004 by and
between MRM Investments Limited Partnership and Insurance Auto
Auctions, Inc.
10.127 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
March 19, 2004, among the Registrant and the lenders from time
to time parties hereto, and LaSalle Bank National Association,
as Administrative Agent.
10.177 Employment Agreement dated October 23, 2003 between the
Company and John R. Nordin.
21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
23 Consent of KPMG LLP.
24 Power of Attorney.
31.1 Certification of Thomas C. O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer,
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2 Certification of Scott P. Pettit, Chief Financial Officer,
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1 Certification of Thomas C. O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer,
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2 Certification of Scott P. Pettit, Chief Financial Officer,
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002.
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Exhibit 10.43
INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
2003 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
1. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.
The Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is
established by Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (the "Company") to attract and
retain persons eligible to participate in the Plan; motivate Participants to
achieve long-term Company goals; and further align Participants' interests with
those of the Company's other stockholders. The Plan is adopted as of June 18,
2003, subject to approval by the Company's stockholders within 12 months after
such adoption date. Unless the Plan is discontinued earlier by the Board as
provided herein, no Award shall be granted hereunder on or after the date 10
years after the Effective date.
Certain terms used herein are defined as set forth in SECTION 10.
2. ADMINISTRATION; ELIGIBILITY.
The Plan shall be administered by a Committee appointed by the Board; provided,
however, that, if at any time no Committee has been appointed, the Plan shall be
administered by the Board. The Plan may be administered by different Committees
with respect to different groups of Eligible Individuals. As used herein, the
term "Administrator" means the Board or any of its Committees as shall be
administering the Plan.
The Administrator shall have plenary authority to grant Awards pursuant to the
terms of the Plan to Eligible Individuals. Participation shall be limited to
such persons as are selected by the Administrator. Awards may be granted as
alternatives to, in exchange or substitution for, or replacement of, awards
outstanding under the Plan or any other plan or arrangement of the Company or a
Subsidiary (including a plan or arrangement of a business or entity, all or a
portion of which is acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary). The provisions of
Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant.
Among other things, the Administrator shall have the authority, subject to the
terms of the Plan:
(a) to select the Eligible Individuals to whom Awards may from time to
time be granted;
(b) to determine whether and to what extent Stock Options, Stock
Appreciation Rights, Stock Awards or any combination thereof are
to be granted hereunder;
(c) to determine the number of shares of Stock to be covered by each
Award granted hereunder;
(d) to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;
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(e) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the
terms of this Plan, of any Award granted hereunder (including, but
not limited to, the option price, any vesting restriction or
limitation, any vesting acceleration or forfeiture waiver and any
right of repurchase, right of first refusal or other transfer
restriction regarding any Award and the shares of Stock relating
thereto, based on such factors or criteria as the Administrator
shall determine);
(f) subject to SECTION 8(A), to modify, amend or adjust the terms and
conditions of any Award, at any time or from time to time,
including, but not limited to, with respect to (i) performance
goals and targets applicable to performance-based Awards pursuant
to the terms of the Plan and (ii) extension of the
post-termination exercisability period of Stock Options;
(g) to determine to what extent and under what circumstances Stock and
other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred;
(h) to determine the Fair Market Value; and
(i) to determine the type and amount of consideration to be received
by the Company for any Stock Award issued under SECTION 6.
The Administrator shall have the authority to adopt, alter and repeal such
administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it shall,
from time to time, deem advisable, to interpret the terms and provisions of the
Plan and any Award issued under the Plan (and any agreement relating thereto)
and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.
Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, the Administrator may
allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or
more of its members and may delegate all or any portion of its responsibilities
and powers to any other person or persons selected by it. Any such allocation or
delegation may be revoked by the Administrator at any time. The Administrator
may authorize any one or more of its members or any officer of the Company to
execute and deliver documents on behalf of the Administrator.
Any determination made by the Administrator or pursuant to delegated authority
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan with respect to any Award shall be made
in the sole discretion of the Administrator or such delegate at the time of the
grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of the Plan,
at any time thereafter. All decisions made by the Administrator or any
appropriately delegated officer pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be
final and binding on all persons, including the Company and Participants.
No member of the Administrator, and no officer of the Company, shall be liable
for any action taken or omitted to be taken by such individual or by any other
member of the Administrator or officer of the Company in connection with the
performance of duties under this Plan, except for such individual's own willful
misconduct or as expressly provided by law.
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3. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN.
Subject to adjustment as provided in this SECTION 3, the number of shares of
Stock that may be delivered under the Plan shall not exceed 2,191,256 shares of
Stock, which equals the number of shares of Stock that are and may become
available under the 1991 Plan. Of these 2,191,256 shares of Stock, however, only
683,241 are immediately available for Awards under the Plan. If and when any of
the outstanding awards relating to the shares of Stock under the 1991 Plan
terminate, expire, lapse or are otherwise canceled, those authorized shares of
Stock will then become available for Awards under the Plan.
To the extent any shares of Stock covered by an Award are not delivered to a
Participant or beneficiary thereof because the Award expires, is forfeited,
canceled or otherwise terminated, or the shares of Stock are not delivered
because the Award is settled in cash or used to satisfy the applicable tax
withholding obligation, such shares shall not be deemed to have been delivered
for purposes of determining the maximum number of shares of Stock available for
delivery under the Plan.
Subject to adjustment as provided in this SECTION 3, the maximum number of
shares that may be covered by Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Stock
Awards, in the aggregate, granted to any one Participant during any calendar
year shall be 500,000 shares.
In the event of any Company stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange
of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the
Company, corporate separation or division of the Company (including, but not
limited to, a split-up, spin-off, split-off or distribution to Company
stockholders other than a normal cash dividend), sale by the Company of all or a
substantial portion of its assets (measured on either a stand-alone or
consolidated basis), reorganization, rights offering, partial or complete
liquidation, or any other corporate transaction, Company share offering or other
event involving the Company and having an effect similar to any of the
foregoing, the Administrator may make such substitution or adjustments in the
(A) number and kind of shares that may be delivered under the Plan, (B)
additional maximums imposed in the immediately preceding paragraph, (C) number
and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards, (D) exercise price of
outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights and (E) other
characteristics or terms of the Awards as it may determine appropriate in its
sole discretion to equitably reflect such corporate transaction, share offering
or other event; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to any
Award shall always be a whole number.
4. STOCK OPTIONS.
Stock Options may be granted alone or in addition to other Awards granted under
the Plan and may be of two types: Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified
Stock Options. Any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be in such form as
the Administrator may from time to time approve.
The Administrator shall have the authority to grant any Participant Incentive
Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options or both types of Stock Options (in
each case with or without Stock Appreciation Rights). Incentive Stock Options
may be granted only to employees of the
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Company and its subsidiaries (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code).
To the extent that any Stock Option is not designated as an Incentive Stock
Option or, even if so designated, does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option,
it shall constitute a Non-Qualified Stock Option. Incentive Stock Options may be
granted only within 10 years from the date the Plan is adopted, or the date the
Plan is approved by the Company's stockholders, whichever is earlier.
Stock Options shall be evidenced by option agreements, each in a form approved
by the Administrator. An option agreement shall indicate on its face whether it
is intended to be an agreement for an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified
Stock Option. The grant of a Stock Option shall occur as of the date the
Administrator determines.
Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no term of the Plan
relating to Incentive Stock Options shall be interpreted, amended or altered,
nor shall any discretion or authority granted under the Plan be exercised, so as
to disqualify the Plan under Section 422 of the Code or, without the consent of
the Optionee affected, to disqualify any Incentive Stock Option under Section
422 of the Code.
To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Stock with respect to
which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a
Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company) exceeds
$100,000, such Stock Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options.
Stock Options granted under this SECTION 4 shall be subject to the following
terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions as
the Administrator shall deem desirable:
(a) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Stock purchasable
under a Stock Option shall be determined by the Administrator. If
the Stock Option is intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option, the exercise price per share shall be not less than the
Fair Market Value per share on the date the Stock Option is
granted, or if granted to an individual who is a Ten Percent
Holder, not less than 110% of such Fair Market Value per share.
(b) Option Term. The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the
Administrator, but no Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable
more than 10 years (or five years in the case of an individual who
is a Ten Percent Holder) after the date the Incentive Stock Option
is granted.
(c) Exercisability. Except as otherwise provided herein, Stock Options
shall be exercisable at such time or times, and subject to such
terms and conditions, as shall be determined by the Administrator.
If the Administrator provides that any Stock Option is exercisable
only in installments, the Administrator may at any time waive such
installment exercise provisions, in whole or in part, based on
such factors as the Administrator may determine. In addition, the
Administrator may at any time, in whole or in part, accelerate the
exercisability of any Stock Option.
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(d) Method of Exercise. Subject to the provisions of this SECTION 4,
Stock Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time
during the option term by giving written notice of exercise to the
Company specifying the number of shares of Stock subject to the
Stock Option to be purchased.
The option price of any Stock Option shall be paid in full in cash
(by certified or bank check or such other instrument as the
Company may accept) or, unless otherwise provided in the
applicable option agreement, by one or more of the following: (i)
in the form of unrestricted Stock already owned by the Optionee
(or, in the case of the exercise of a Non-Qualified Stock Option,
Restricted Stock subject to a Stock Award hereunder) based in any
such instance on the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date
the Stock Option is exercised; (ii) by certifying ownership of
shares of Stock owned by the Optionee to the satisfaction of the
Administrator for later delivery to the Company as specified by
the Company; (iii) unless otherwise prohibited by law for either
the Company or the Optionee, by irrevocably authorizing a third
party to sell shares of Stock (or a sufficient portion of the
shares) acquired upon exercise of the Stock Option and remit to
the Company a sufficient portion of the sale proceeds to pay the
entire exercise price and any tax withholding resulting from such
exercise; or (iv) by any combination of cash and/or any one or
more of the methods specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a form of payment shall not be
permitted to the extent it would cause the Company to recognize a
compensation expense (or additional compensation expense) with
respect to the Stock Option for financial reporting purposes.
If payment of the option exercise price of a Non-Qualified Stock
Option is made in whole or in part in the form of Restricted
Stock, the number of shares of Stock to be received upon such
exercise equal to the number of shares of Restricted Stock used
for payment of the option exercise price shall be subject to the
same forfeiture restrictions to which such Restricted Stock was
subject, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator.
No shares of Stock shall be issued upon exercise of a Stock Option
until full payment therefore has been made. Upon exercise of a
Stock Option (or a portion thereof), the Company shall have a
reasonable time to issue the Stock for which the Stock Option has
been exercised, and the Optionee shall not be treated as a
stockholder for any purposes whatsoever prior to such issuance. No
adjustment shall be made for cash dividends or other rights for
which the record date is prior to the date such Stock is recorded
as issued and transferred in the Company's official stockholder
records, except as otherwise provided herein or in the applicable
option agreement.
(e) Transferability of Stock Options. Except as otherwise provided in
the applicable option agreement, a Non-Qualified Stock Option (i)
shall be transferable by the Optionee to a Family Member of the
Optionee, provided that (A) any such transfer shall be by gift
with no consideration and (B) no subsequent transfer of
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such Stock Option shall be permitted other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution, and (ii) shall not otherwise be
transferable except by will or the laws of descent and
distribution. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be transferable
except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. A Stock
Option shall be exercisable, during the Optionee's lifetime, only
by the Optionee or by the guardian or legal representative of the
Optionee, it being understood that the terms "holder" and
"Optionee" include the guardian and legal representative of the
Optionee named in the applicable option agreement and any person
to whom the Stock Option is transferred (X) pursuant to the first
sentence of this SECTION 4(E) or pursuant to the applicable option
agreement or (Y) by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, references herein to the
termination of an Optionee's employment or provision of services
shall mean the termination of employment or provision of services
of the person to whom the Stock Option was originally granted.
(f) Termination by Death. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable
option agreement, if an Optionee's employment or provision of
services terminates by reason of death, any Stock Option held by
such Optionee may thereafter be exercised, to the extent then
exercisable, or on such accelerated basis as the Administrator may
determine, for a period of one year from the date of such death or
until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option,
whichever period is shorter. In the event of termination of
employment or provision of services due to death, if an Incentive
Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of the exercise
periods that apply for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such
Stock Option will thereafter be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock
Option.
(g) Termination by Reason of Disability. Unless otherwise provided in
the applicable option agreement, if an Optionee's employment or
provision of services terminates by reason of Disability, any
Stock Option held by such Optionee may thereafter be exercised by
the Optionee, to the extent it was exercisable at the time of
termination, or on such accelerated basis as the Administrator may
determine, for a period of one year from the date of such
termination of employment or provision of services or until the
expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever
period is shorter; provided, however, that if the Optionee dies
within such period, an unexercised Stock Option held by such
Optionee shall, notwithstanding the expiration of such period,
continue to be exercisable to the extent to which it was
exercisable at the time of death for a period of one year from the
date of such death or until the expiration of the stated term of
such Stock Option, whichever period is shorter. In the event of
termination of employment or provision of services by reason of
Disability, if an Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the
expiration of the exercise periods that apply for purposes of
Section 422 of the Code, such Stock Option will thereafter be
treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(h) Termination by Reason of Retirement. Unless otherwise provided in
the applicable option agreement, if an Optionee's employment or
provision of
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services terminates by reason of Retirement, any Stock Option held
by such Optionee may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee, to
the extent it was exercisable at the time of such Retirement, or
on such accelerated basis as the Administrator may determine, for
a period of one year from the date of such termination of
employment or provision of services or until the expiration of the
stated term of such Stock Option, whichever period is shorter;
provided, however, that if the Optionee dies within such period,
any unexercised Stock Option held by such Optionee shall,
notwithstanding the expiration of such period, continue to be
exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time
of death for a period of one year from the date of such death or
until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option,
whichever period is shorter. In the event of termination of
employment or provision of services by reason of Retirement, if an
Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of the
exercise periods that apply for purposes of Section 422 of the
Code, such Stock Option will thereafter be treated as a
Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(i) Other Termination. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable
option agreement, if an Optionee's employment or provision of
services terminates for any reason other than death, Disability or
Retirement, any Stock Option held by such Optionee shall thereupon
terminate; provided, however, that, if such termination of
employment or provision of services is involuntary on the part of
the Optionee and without Cause, such Stock Option, to the extent
then exercisable, or on such accelerated basis as the
Administrator may determine, may be exercised for the lesser of 90
days from the date of such termination of employment or provision
of services or the remainder of such Stock Option's term, and
provided, further, that if the Optionee dies within such period,
any unexercised Stock Option held by such Optionee shall,
notwithstanding the expiration of such period, continue to be
exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time
of death for a period of one year from the date of such death or
until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option,
whichever period is shorter. In the event of termination of
employment or provision of services for any reason other than
death, Disability or Retirement, if an Incentive Stock Option is
exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods that apply
for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such Stock Option will
thereafter be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(j) Exception to Termination. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to
the contrary, if an Optionee's employment by, or provision of
services to, the Company or an Affiliate ceases as a result of a
transfer of such Optionee from the Company to an Affiliate, or
from an Affiliate to the Company, such transfer will not be a
termination of employment or provision of services for purposes of
this Plan, unless expressly determined otherwise by the
Administrator. A termination of employment or provision of
services shall occur for an Optionee who is employed by, or
provides services to, an Affiliate of the Company if the Affiliate
shall cease to be an Affiliate and the Optionee shall not
immediately thereafter be employed by, or provide services to, the
Company or an Affiliate.
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(k) Participant Loans. Unless otherwise prohibited by law for either
the Company or the Optionee, the Administrator may in its
discretion authorize the Company to:
(i) lend to an Optionee an amount equal to such portion of the
exercise price of a Stock Option as the Administrator may
determine; or
(ii) guarantee a loan obtained by an Optionee from a third-party
for the purpose of tendering such exercise price.
The terms and conditions of any loan or guarantee, including the
term, interest rate, whether the loan is with recourse against the
Optionee and any security interest thereunder, shall be determined
by the Administrator, except that no extension of credit or
guarantee shall obligate the Company for an amount to exceed the
lesser of (i) the aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of
exercise, less the par value, of the shares of Stock to be
purchased upon the exercise of the Stock Option, and (ii) the
amount permitted under applicable laws or the regulations and
rules of the Federal Reserve Board and any other governmental
agency having jurisdiction.
(l) Automatic Grants To Directors. Notwithstanding anything in this
Plan to the contrary, each non-employee Director shall
automatically be granted nonstatutory options ("Automatic Option
Grants") to purchase the following number of shares of Stock
(subject to adjustment hereunder) on the dates and pursuant to the
terms and conditions set forth below: (i) each person who is first
elected or appointed as a non-employee Director shall receive, on
the effective date of such initial election or appointment, an
Automatic Option Grant to purchase 10,000 shares of Stock, and
(ii) on the last business day of the second quarter (the
"Automatic Grant Date") of each fiscal year of the Company, each
individual who is at that time serving as a non-employee Director
shall receive an Automatic Option Grant to purchase an additional
5,000 shares of Stock, or any other number not to exceed 10,000
shares as may be set by the Administrator from time to time;
provided, however, that an individual who is first elected or
appointed as a non-employee Director shall not receive his or her
first Automatic Option Grant for 5,000 shares under this
subparagraph (l)(ii) until the last business day of the second
quarter of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year
of his or her initial election or appointment to the Board.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the terms
applicable to each Automatic Option Grant shall be as follows:
(i) The exercise price per share of Stock shall be equal to 100%
of the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of
grant;
(ii) Each Automatic Option Grant shall have a maximum term of ten
(10) years, measured from the date of grant;
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(iii) Unless otherwise provided herein, each Automatic Option
Grant shall become exercisable as to twenty-five percent
(25%) of the option shares on the last business day of the
fiscal quarter immediately following the date of grant and
as to an additional twenty-five percent (25%) of the option
shares on the last business day of each of the next three
(3) fiscal quarters thereafter, provided the Optionee
continues to serve as a Director;
(iv) The Stock Option shall terminate three (3) months (twelve
(12) months in the case of cessation by reason of Disability
or death) after the Optionee ceases to serve as a Director
unless the Stock Option would terminate sooner hereunder. In
the case of death, the Stock Option may be exercised within
the applicable period by the estate or heirs of the
Optionee; and
(v) The exercisability of the Stock Option shall be subject to
the acceleration provisions contained in this Plan.
5. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.
Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted either on a stand-alone basis or in
conjunction with all or part of any Stock Option granted under the Plan. In the
case of a Non-Qualified Stock Option, such rights may be granted either at or
after the time of grant of such Stock Option. In the case of an Incentive Stock
Option, such rights may be granted only at the time of grant of such Stock
Option. A Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate and no longer be exercisable
as determined by the Administrator, or, if granted in conjunction with all or
part of any Stock Option, upon the termination or exercise of the related Stock
Option.
A Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised by a Participant as determined by
the Administrator in accordance with this SECTION 5, and, if granted in
conjunction with all or part of any Stock Option, by surrendering the applicable
portion of the related Stock Option in accordance with procedures established by
the Administrator. Upon such exercise and surrender, the Participant shall be
entitled to receive an amount determined in the manner prescribed in this
SECTION 5. Stock Options which have been so surrendered, if any, shall no longer
be exercisable to the extent the related Stock Appreciation Rights have been
exercised.
Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall
be determined by the Administrator, including the following:
(i) Stock Appreciation Rights granted on a stand-alone basis
shall be exercisable only at such time or times and to such
extent as determined by the Administrator. Stock
Appreciation Rights granted in conjunction with all or part
of any Stock Option shall be exercisable only at the time or
times and to the extent that the Stock Options to which they
relate are exercisable in accordance with the provisions of
SECTION 4 and this SECTION 5.
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(ii) Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, a
Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash,
shares of Stock or both, which in the aggregate are equal in
value to the excess of the Fair Market Value of one share of
Stock over (i) such value per share of Stock as shall be
determined by the Administrator at the time of grant (if the
Stock Appreciation Right is granted on a stand-alone basis),
or (ii) the exercise price per share specified in the
related Stock Option (if the Stock Appreciation Right is
granted in conjunction with all or part of any Stock
Option), multiplied by the number of shares in respect of
which the Stock Appreciation Right shall have been
exercised, with the Administrator having the right to
determine the form of payment.
(iii) A Stock Appreciation Right shall be transferable only to,
and shall be exercisable only by, such persons permitted in
accordance with SECTION 4(E).
6. STOCK AWARDS OTHER THAN OPTIONS.
Stock Awards may be directly issued under the Plan (without any intervening
options), subject to such terms, conditions, performance requirements,
restrictions, forfeiture provisions, contingencies and limitations as the
Administrator shall determine. Stock Awards may be issued which are fully and
immediately vested upon issuance or which vest in one or more installments over
the Participant's period of employment or other service to the Company or upon
the attainment of specified performance objectives, or the Company may issue
Stock Awards which entitle the Participant to receive a specified number of
vested shares of Stock upon the attainment of one or more performance goals or
service requirements established by the Administrator.
Shares representing a Stock Award shall be evidenced in such manner as the
Administrator may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or
issuance of one or more certificates (which may bear appropriate legends
referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Award).
The Administrator may require that any such certificates be held in custody by
the Company until any restrictions thereon shall have lapsed and that the
Participant deliver a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Stock
covered by such Award.
A Stock Award may be issued in exchange for any consideration which the
Administrator may deem appropriate in each individual instance, including,
without limitation:
(i) cash or cash equivalents;
(ii) past services rendered to the Company or any Affiliate; or
(iii) future services to be rendered to the Company or any
Affiliate (provided that, in such case, the par value of the
stock subject to such Stock Award shall be paid in cash or
cash equivalents, unless the Administrator provides
otherwise).
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A Stock Award that is subject to restrictions on transfer and/or forfeiture
provisions may be referred to as an award of "Restricted Stock" or "Restricted
Stock Units."
7. CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS.
(a) Impact of Event. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan
to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control:
(i) Any Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding
as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have
occurred and not then exercisable and vested shall become
fully exercisable and vested to the full extent of the
original grant;
(ii) The restrictions applicable to any outstanding Stock Award
shall lapse, and the Stock relating to such Award shall
become free of all restrictions and become fully vested and
transferable to the full extent of the original grant;
(iii) All outstanding repurchase rights of the Company with
respect to any outstanding Awards shall terminate; and
(iv) Outstanding Awards shall be subject to any agreement of
merger or reorganization that effects such Change in
Control, which agreement shall provide for:
(A) The continuation of the outstanding Awards by the
Company, if the Company is a surviving corporation;
(B) The assumption of the outstanding awards by the
surviving corporation or its parent or subsidiary;
(C) The substitution by the surviving corporation or its
parent or subsidiary of equivalent awards for the
outstanding Awards; or
(D) Settlement of each share of Stock subject to an
outstanding Award for the Change in Control Price
(less, to the extent applicable, the per share exercise
price), or, if the per share exercise price equals or
exceeds the Change in Control Price, the outstanding
Award shall terminate and be canceled.
(v) In the absence of any agreement of merger or reorganization
effecting such Change in Control, each share of Stock
subject to an outstanding Award shall be settled for the
Change in Control Price (less, to the extent applicable, the
per share exercise price), or, if the per share exercise
price equals or exceeds the Change in Control Price, the
outstanding Award shall terminate and be canceled.
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(b) Definition of Change in Control. For purposes of the Plan, a
"Change in Control" shall mean the happening of any of the
following events:
(i) An acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within
the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
Act) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of
30% or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of
common stock of the Company (the "Outstanding Company Common
Stock") or (2) the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors (the
"Outstanding Company Voting Securities"); excluding,
however, the following: (1) any acquisition directly from
the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the
exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being
so converted was itself acquired directly from the Company,
(2) any acquisition by the Company; (3) any acquisition by
any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or
maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by
the Company; or (4) any acquisition by any Person pursuant
to a transaction which complies with clauses (1), (2) and
(3) of subsection (iii) of this SECTION 7(B); or
(ii) Within any period of 24 consecutive months, a change in the
composition of the Board such that the individuals who,
immediately prior to such period, constituted the Board
(such Board shall be hereinafter referred to as the
"Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board; provided, however, for
purposes of this SECTION 7(B), that any individual who
becomes a member of the Board during such period, whose
election, or nomination for election by the Company's
stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority
of those individuals who are members of the Board and who
were also members of the Incumbent Board (or deemed to be
such pursuant to this provision) shall be considered as
though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board;
but, provided further, that any such individual whose
initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an
actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are
used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the
Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of
proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than
the Board shall not be so considered as a member of the
Incumbent Board; or
(iii) The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a
reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company ("Corporate Transaction"); excluding, however, such
a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (1) all or
substantially all of the individuals and entities who are
the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding
Company Common Stock and
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Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to
such Corporate Transaction will beneficially own, directly
or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the
outstanding shares of common stock, and the combined voting
power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may
be, of the corporation resulting from such Corporate
Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation
which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or
all or substantially all of the Company's assets, either
directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership,
immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the
Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company
Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (other
than the Company; any employee benefit plan (or related
trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company, by any
corporation controlled by the Company, or by such
corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction) will
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 30% of,
respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock of the
corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the
combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities
of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors, except to the extent that such
ownership existed with respect to the Company prior to the
Corporate Transaction, and (3) individuals who were members
of the Board immediately prior to the approval by the
stockholders of the Corporation of such Corporate
Transaction will constitute at least a majority of the
members of the board of directors of the corporation
resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or
(iv) The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, other
than to a corporation pursuant to a transaction which would
comply with clauses (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (iii) of
this SECTION 7(B), assuming for this purpose that such
transaction were a Corporate Transaction.
(c) Change in Control Price. For purposes of the Plan, "Change in
Control Price" means the highest of (i) the highest reported sales
price, regular way, of a share of Stock in any transaction
reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or other
national securities exchange on which such shares are listed or on
Nasdaq, as applicable, during the 60-day period prior to and
including the date of a Change in Control, (ii) if the Change in
Control is the result of a tender or exchange offer or a Corporate
Transaction, the highest price per share of Stock paid in such
tender or exchange offer or Corporate Transaction, and (iii) the
Fair Market Value of a share of Stock upon the Change in Control.
To the extent that the consideration paid in any such transaction
described above consists all or in part of securities or other
non-cash consideration, the value of such securities or other
non-cash consideration shall be determined in the sole discretion
of the Board.
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8. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Amendment. The Board may amend, alter, or discontinue the Plan,
but no amendment, alteration or discontinuation shall be made
which would adversely affect the rights of a Participant under an
Award theretofore granted without the Participant's consent,
except such an amendment (i) made to avoid an expense charge to
the Company or an Affiliate, or (ii) made to permit the Company or
an Affiliate a deduction under the Code. No such amendment shall
be made without the approval of the Company's stockholders to the
extent such approval is required by law, agreement or the rules of
any stock exchange or market on which the Stock is listed.
The Administrator may amend the terms of any Stock Option or other
Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, but no
such amendment shall adversely affect the rights of the holder
thereof without the holder's consent.
(b) Unfunded Status of Plan. It is intended that this Plan be an
"unfunded" plan for incentive and deferred compensation. The
Administrator may authorize the creation of trusts or other
arrangements to meet the obligations created under this Plan to
deliver Stock or make payments, provided that, unless the
Administrator otherwise determines, the existence of such trusts
or other arrangements is consistent with the "unfunded" status of
this Plan.
(c) General Provisions.
(i) The Administrator may require each person purchasing or
receiving shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and
agree with the Company in writing that such person is
acquiring the shares without a view to the distribution
thereof. The certificates for such shares may include any
legend which the Administrator deems appropriate to reflect
any restrictions on transfer.
All certificates for shares of Stock or other securities
delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stock
transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator
may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other
requirements of the Commission, any stock exchange or market
on which the Stock is then listed and any applicable Federal
or state securities law, and the Administrator may cause a
legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make
appropriate reference to such restrictions.
(ii) Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or
any Affiliate from adopting other or additional compensation
arrangements for its employees.
(iii) The adoption of the Plan shall not confer upon any employee,
director, consultant or advisor any right to continued
employment, directorship or
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service, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right
of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate
the employment or service of any employee, consultant or
advisor at any time.
(iv) No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes
includible in the gross income of the Participant for
Federal income tax purposes with respect to any Award under
the Plan, the Participant shall pay to the Company, or make
arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the
payment of, any Federal, state, local or foreign taxes of
any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to
such amount. Unless otherwise determined by the
Administrator, withholding obligations may be settled with
Stock, including Stock that is part of the Award that gives
rise to the withholding requirement. The obligations of the
Company under the Plan shall be conditional on such payment
or arrangements, and the Company, its Subsidiaries and its
Affiliates shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the
right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise
due to the Participant. The Administrator may establish
such procedures as it deems appropriate for the settlement
of withholding obligations with Stock.
(v) The Administrator shall establish such procedures as it
deems appropriate for a Participant to designate a
beneficiary to whom any amounts payable in the event of the
Participant's death are to be paid.
(vi) Any amounts owed to the Company or an Affiliate by the
Participant of whatever nature may be offset by the Company
from the value of any shares of Stock, cash or other thing
of value under this Plan or an agreement to be transferred
to the Participant, and no shares of Stock, cash or other
thing of value under this Plan or an agreement shall be
transferred unless and until all disputes between the
Company and the Participant have been fully and finally
resolved and the Participant has waived all claims to such
against the Company or an Affiliate.
(vii) The grant of an Award shall in no way affect the right of
the Company to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise
change its capital or business structure or to merge,
consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or
any part of its business or assets.
(viii) If any payment or right accruing to a Participant under
this Plan (without the application of this SECTION
(8)(C)(VIII)), either alone or together with other payments
or rights accruing to the Participant from the Company or
an Affiliate ("Total Payments") would constitute a
"parachute payment" (as defined in Section 280G of the Code
and regulations thereunder), such payment or right shall be
reduced to the largest amount or greatest right that will
result in no portion of the amount payable or right
accruing under this Plan being subject to an excise tax
under Section 4999 of the Code or
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being disallowed as a deduction under Section 280G of the
Code; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply
to the extent provided otherwise in an Award or in the
event the Participant is party to an agreement with the
Company or an Affiliate that explicitly provides for an
alternate treatment of payments or rights that would
constitute "parachute payments." The determination of
whether any reduction in the rights or payments under this
Plan is to apply shall be made by the Administrator in good
faith after consultation with the Participant, and such
determination shall be conclusive and binding on the
Participant. The Participant shall cooperate in good faith
with the Administrator in making such determination and
providing the necessary information for this purpose. The
foregoing provisions of this SECTION 8(C)(VIII) shall apply
with respect to any person only if, after reduction for any
applicable Federal excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of
the Code and Federal income tax imposed by the Code, the
Total Payments accruing to such person would be less than
the amount of the Total Payments as reduced, if applicable,
under the foregoing provisions of this Plan and after
reduction for only Federal income taxes.
(ix) To the extent that the Administrator determines that the
restrictions imposed by the Plan preclude the achievement
of the material purposes of the Awards in jurisdictions
outside the United States, the Administrator in its
discretion may modify those restrictions as it determines
to be necessary or appropriate to conform to applicable
requirements or practices of jurisdictions outside of the
United States.
(x) The headings contained in this Plan are for reference
purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Plan.
(xi) If any provision of this Plan shall for any reason be held
to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not effect any other provision
hereby, and this Plan shall be construed as if such invalid
or unenforceable provision were omitted.
(xii) This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
each successor and assign of the Company. All obligations
imposed upon a Participant, and all rights granted to the
Company hereunder, shall be binding upon the Participant's
heirs, legal representatives and successors.
(xiii) This Plan and each agreement granting an Award constitute
the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof, provided that in the event of any
inconsistency between this Plan and such agreement, the
terms and conditions of the Plan shall control.
(xiv) In the event there is an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act pursuant to which shares of Stock
shall be offered for sale in an
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underwritten offering, a Participant shall not, during the
period requested by the underwriters managing the
registered public offering, effect any public sale or
distribution of shares of Stock received, directly or
indirectly, as an Award or pursuant to the exercise or
settlement of an Award.
(xv) None of the Company, an Affiliate or the Administrator
shall have any duty or obligation to disclose affirmatively
to a record or beneficial holder of Stock or an Award, and
such holder shall have no right to be advised of, any
material information regarding the Company or any Affiliate
at any time prior to, upon or in connection with receipt or
the exercise of an Award or the Company's purchase of Stock
or an Award from such holder in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(xvi) This Plan, and all Awards, agreements and actions
hereunder, shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the state of Illinois (other
than its law respecting choice of law).
9. DEFERRAL OF AWARDS.
The Administrator (in its sole discretion) may permit a Participant to:
(a) have cash that otherwise would be paid to such Participant as a
result of the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right or the
settlement of a Stock Award credited to a deferred compensation
account established for such Participant by the Administrator as
an entry on the Company's books;
(b) have Stock that otherwise would be delivered to such Participant
as a result of the exercise of a Stock Option or a Stock
Appreciation Right converted into an equal number of Stock units;
or
(c) have Stock that otherwise would be delivered to such Participant
as a result of the exercise of a Stock Option or Stock
Appreciation Right or the settlement of a Stock Award converted
into amounts credited to a deferred compensation account
established for such Participant by the Administrator as an entry
on the Company's books. Such amounts shall be determined by
reference to the Fair Market Value of the Stock as of the date on
which they otherwise would have been delivered to such
Participant.
A deferred compensation account established under this SECTION 9 may be credited
with interest or other forms of investment return, as determined by the
Administrator. A Participant for whom such an account is established shall have
no rights other than those of a general creditor of the Company. Such an account
shall represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company and shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable agreement between such
Participant and the Company. If the deferral or conversion of awards is
permitted or required, the Administrator (in its sole discretion) may establish
rules, procedures and forms
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pertaining to such awards, including (without limitation) the settlement of
deferred compensation accounts established under this SECTION 9.
10. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth below:
(a) "Affiliate" means a corporation or other entity controlled by the
Company and designated by the Administrator as such.
(b) "Award" means a Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Option or Stock
Award.
(c) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(d) "Cause" means (i) the conviction of the Participant for committing
a felony under Federal law or the law of the state in which such
action occurred, (ii) dishonesty in the course of fulfilling the
Participant's duties as an employee or director of, or consultant
or advisor to, the Company or (iii) willful and deliberate failure
on the part of the Participant to perform such duties in any
material respect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Participant and the Company or the Affiliate have entered into an
employment or services agreement which defines the term "Cause"
(or a similar term), such definition shall govern for purposes of
determining whether such Participant has been terminated for Cause
for purposes of this Plan. The determination of Cause shall be
made by the Administrator, in its sole discretion.
(e) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time, and any successor thereto.
(f) "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor agency.
(g) "Committee" means a committee of Directors appointed by the Board
to administer this Plan. Insofar as the Committee is responsible
for granting Awards to Participants hereunder, it shall consist
solely of two or more directors, each of whom is a "non-employee
director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3, an "outside director"
under Section 162(m) of the Code and an "independent director" as
defined by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the NASDAQ Rules.
(h) "Company" means Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., an Illinois
corporation.
(i) "Director" means a member of the Company's Board of Directors.
(j) "Disability" means mental or physical illness that entitles the
Participant to receive benefits under the long-term disability
plan of the Company or an Affiliate, or if the Participant is not
covered by such a plan or the Participant is not an employee of
the Company or an Affiliate, a mental or physical illness that
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renders a Participant totally and permanently incapable of
performing the Participant's duties for the Company or an
Affiliate; provided, however, that a Disability shall not qualify
under this Plan if it is the result of (i) a willfully
self-inflicted injury or willfully self-induced sickness; or (ii)
an injury or disease contracted, suffered or incurred while
participating in a criminal offense. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate have
entered into an employment or services agreement which defines the
term "Disability" (or a similar term), such definition shall
govern for purposes of determining whether such Participant
suffers a Disability for purposes of this Plan. The determination
of Disability shall be made by the Administrator, in its sole
discretion. The determination of Disability for purposes of this
Plan shall not be construed to be an admission of disability for
any other purpose.
(k) "Effective Date" means June 18, 2003.
(l) "Eligible Individual" means any officer, employee or director of
the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate, or any consultant or
advisor providing services to the Company or a Subsidiary or
Affiliate.
(m) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
(n) "Fair Market Value" means, as of any given date, the fair market
value of the Stock as determined by the Administrator or under
procedures established by the Administrator. Unless otherwise
determined by the Administrator, the Fair Market Value per share
shall be the closing sales price per share of the Stock on Nasdaq
(or the principal stock exchange or market on which the Stock is
then traded) on the date as of which such value is being
determined or the last previous day on which a sale was reported.
(o) "Family Member" means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent,
stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece,
nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law or sister-in-law of a Participant (including
adoptive relationships); any person sharing the Participant's
household (other than a tenant or employee); any trust in which
the Participant and any of these persons have all of the
beneficial interest; any foundation in which the Participant and
any of these persons control the management of the assets; any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity in which the Participant and any of these other persons are
the direct and beneficial owners of all of the equity interests
(provided the Participant and these other persons agree in writing
to remain the direct and beneficial owners of all such equity
interests); and any personal representative of the Participant
upon the Participant's death for purposes of administration of the
Participant's estate or upon the Participant's incompetency for
purposes of the protection and management of the assets of the
Participant.
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(p) "Incentive Stock Option" means any Stock Option intended to be and
designated as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code.
(q) "Nasdaq" means The Nasdaq Stock Market, including the Nasdaq
National Market and the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
(r) "Non-Qualified Stock Option" means any Stock Option that is not an
Incentive Stock Option.
(s) "Optionee" means a person who holds a Stock Option.
(t) "Participant" means a person granted an Award.
(u) "Representative" means (i) the person or entity acting as the
executor or administrator of a Participant's estate pursuant to
the last will and testament of a Participant or pursuant to the
laws of the jurisdiction in which the Participant had his or her
primary residence at the date of the Participant's death; (ii) the
person or entity acting as the guardian or temporary guardian of a
Participant; (iii) the person or entity which is the beneficiary
of the Participant upon or following the Participant's death; or
(iv) any person to whom an Option has been transferred with the
permission of the Administrator or by operation of law; provided
that only one of the foregoing shall be the Representative at any
point in time as determined under applicable law and recognized by
the Administrator.
(v) "Retirement" means retirement from active employment under a
pension plan of the Company or any subsidiary or Affiliate, or
under an employment contract with any of them, or termination of
employment or provision of services at or after age 55 under
circumstances which the Administrator, in its sole discretion,
deems equivalent to retirement.
(w) "Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company.
(x) "Stock Appreciation Right" means a right granted under SECTION 5.
(y) "Stock Award" means an Award, other than a Stock Option or Stock
Appreciation Right, made in Stock or denominated in shares of
Stock.
(z) "Stock Option" means an option granted under SECTION 4.
(aa) "Subsidiary" means any company during any period in which it is a
"subsidiary corporation" (as such term is defined in Section
424(f) of the Code) with respect to the Company.
(bb) "Ten Percent Holder" means an individual who owns, or is deemed to
own, stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of
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stock of the Company or of any parent or subsidiary corporation of
the Company, determined pursuant to the rules applicable to
Section 422(b)(6) of the Code.
(cc) "1991 Plan" means the Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. 1991 Stock
Option Plan as restated and amended through June 19, 2002.
In addition, certain other terms used herein have the definitions given to them
in the first places in which they are used.
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Exhibit 10.67
THIRD AMENDMENT TO LEASE
Third Amendment dated as of this 7th day of August, 2003, by and
between MRM INVESTMENTS, --- L.L.P., an Arizona limited liability partnership
("Lessor"), and INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC., an Illinois corporation
("Lessee").
RECITALS:
A. WHEREAS, Melvin R. Martin and MASP Acquisition Corp. previously
entered into a certain Lease of Commercial Space dated January 17, 1992, an
Amendment of Lease Agreement dated August 1994, and a Second Amendment to Lease
dated August 1, 2000 (collectively "Lease"), concerning the premises commonly
known as 2299 West Broadway Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85066 ("Premises").
B. WHEREAS, Lessor is the successor or assignee of Melvin R. Martin and
Lessee is the successor or assignee of MASP Acquisition Corp.
C. WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend said Lease as described below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. RECITALS. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein and
made a part hereof.
2. CONFLICT. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this
Third Amendment and the terms of the Lease, the terms of this Third
Amendment shall control.
3. DEFINED TERMS. All defined terms contained in this Third Amendment
shall have the meanings and definitions as set forth in the Lease.
4. PROJECT. The architectural firm of Blunk Demattei & Associates has
designed certain improvements for the Premises as set forth in the revised
architectural plans dated April 7, 2003, together with certain landscape plans
and civil engineering drawings and plans (the improvements and work depicted in
said plans and drawings and other related plans and drawings, as revised from
time to time, are hereinafter referred to as the "Project"). Lessee shall
submit to Lessor any revisions and modifications to the Project's architectural
drawings and plans, for Lessor's reasonable approval, which approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Lessee shall be solely
responsible for causing the Project to be constructed and Lessor shall have no
responsibility for same, except for the payment responsibilities described
below.
5. PAYMENT FOR PROJECT. Lessor agrees to pay up to $2,000,000 to pay
for the cost of the Project (excluding the cost of asphalt, which cost Lessee
shall pay). Lessor's payments for
the cost of the Project shall be paid by Lessor into a construction escrow, no
more frequently than once a month, during the course of construction as and when
payments are due to the architects, engineers, consultants, contractors,
subcontractors, suppliers and others working on the Project. In the event that
the cost of the Project exceeds $2,000,000, then Lessee shall be responsible for
the payment of any and all such excess costs. The total amount paid by Lessor
during each calendar quarter during the course of the Project is hereinafter
referred to as the "Total Quarterly Project Payments."
6. AMORTIZED PAYMENTS. As of the end of each calendar quarter during
the Project, the rent shall be increased as follows. The Total Quarterly Project
Payments for each calendar quarter, together with interest at the rate of 10%
per annum, amortized over the period of time from the end of the subject
calendar quarter through December 31, 2013, results in a certain monthly
amortized payment of principal and interest, hereinafter called the "Amortized
Payment." The current monthly base rent of $30,000 shall be increased by the
amount of each Amortized Payment effective on the first day of the month
following each calendar quarter. The foregoing calculation shall be made as of
the end of each calendar quarter, and the Amortized Payment resulting from such
calculation shall be added to the monthly base rent and shall be payable as
additional rent for the entire amortization period through December 31, 2013.
Accordingly, all Amortized Payments for the Project shall be paid in full as of
December 31, 2013. Lessee may prepay and pay off the remaining principal balance
for any or all Amortized Payments, at any time, without any prepayment penalty.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Lease, there shall
be no rental escalations (as described in paragraph 8 below) in the portion of
the rent that constitutes the Amortized Payments.
7. TERM AND RENEWAL OPTIONS. The Term of the Lease currently ends on
January 31, 2007. The Term of the Lease is hereby extended so that it runs for
an additional period of ten (10) years through and including January 31, 2017.
Furthermore, Lessee shall have the option to renew the Lease for three (3)
successive periods of five (5) years upon the same terms and conditions of the
Lease with the exception of the base rent, which shall be subject to the
increases described below.
8. BASE RENT INCREASES. The amount of the current monthly base rent of
$30,000 shall remain fixed through January 31, 2007. Effective as of the
following "Adjustment Dates," February 1, 2007, and February 1 of each year
thereafter during the Term and during any renewal Term, the base rent shall be
increased as follows. The base rent for the next twelve (12) months of the Term
or renewal Term, as the case may be, shall be determined by multiplying the base
rent for the lease year ending on January 31 immediately prior to the Adjustment
Date, by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Consumer Price Index,
All Urban Consumers, West Region, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics ("CPI Index"), for the month of November immediately
prior to the Adjustment Date, and the denominator of which will be the CPI Index
for the month of November which is one (1) year prior to the Adjustment Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the base rent on each Adjustment Date shall
increase at a rate no greater than a maximum of five percent (5%) per year.
9. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. If Lessor enters into a written contract to
sell the leased premises, or any part thereof, or to sell any partnership
interest in Lessor, then Lessor shall notify Lessee in writing, enclosing a copy
of the fully executed contract ("Third-Party Contract"), and Lessee shall have a
right of first refusal to match the Third-Party Contract and enter into a
written contract with Lessor containing all of the same terms and conditions of
the Third-Party Contract.
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If Lessee fails to deliver its written offer containing all of the same terms
and conditions as the Third-Party Contract within thirty (30) days after
Lessee's receipt of Lessor's written notification of the Third-Party Contract,
then this right of first refusal shall expire and Lessor may proceed to sell the
leased premises or partnership interest, subject to this Lease, pursuant to said
Third-Party Contract. If Lessor does not consummate the foregoing sale pursuant
to said Third-Party Contract, then the right of first refusal described above
shall again apply to any subsequent contracts entered into by Lessor concerning
same. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is acknowledged and agreed that
transfers of partnership interest in Lessor between existing partners, or to
family members of existing partners, or to trusts, estates or other entities
under which such family members or existing partners are the sole beneficiaries
or owners thereof, shall not trigger the foregoing right of first refusal,
provided, however, that the right of first refusal shall continue and remain in
full force and effect as to any other sales or transfers of the leased premises
or partnership interest.
10. PURCHASE OPTION. The Purchase Option contained in paragraph 6.6, in
the Addendum A to the Lease dated January 17, 1992, shall remain and continue in
full force and effect, except that the purchase price described therein shall be
increased by the sum of any unpaid Amortized Payments remaining at the time
Lessee exercises the subject Purchase Option. Lessor and Lessee acknowledge that
the Purchase Option provisions contained in the January 17, 1992 Lease pertain
only to the original leased premises consisting of approximately 35 acres.
11. IMPROVEMENTS REMAIN. Upon the termination of this Lease, Lessee
shall not be obligated to remove any of the improvements which comprise the
Project, but Lessee may elect, in Lessee's sole discretion, to remove any of
Lessee's trade fixtures and personal property.
12. TITLE INSURANCE. Lessee, at its own cost, may purchase leasehold
title insurance, and Lessor shall cooperate with same, including, but not
limited to, the execution of a Memorandum of Lease for recording.
13. LEASE CONTINUES. Except as modified by this Third Amendment, all
terms and conditions set forth in the Lease shall remain and continue in full
force and effect.
14. CONDITION. This Third Amendment is subject to the condition that
Lessee is able to obtain all necessary governmental approvals to proceed with
the Project as desired by Lessee. Lessee may elect to waive this condition.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Third Amendment was executed as of the date
first above written.
LESSOR: LESSEE:
MRM INVESTMENTS, L.L.P. INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Melvin R. Martin By: /s/ Scott P. Pettit
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Melvin R. Martin, General Partner Scott P. Pettit
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT 10.68
THIRD AMENDMENT TO LEASE
Third Amendment dated as of this 7th day of August, 2003, by and
between MJB PROPERTIES, an Arizona general partnership ("Lessor"), and INSURANCE
AUTO AUCTIONS CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Lessee").
RECITALS:
A. WHEREAS, Lessor and Lessee previously entered into a certain
Standard Industrial/Commercial Single-Tenant Lease dated November 1, 1994, an
Amendment of Lease Agreement dated June 1, 1995, and an Extension to Lease
dated March 5, 1999 (collectively "Lease"), concerning the premises commonly
known as 4226 East Main Street, Grand Prairie, Texas ("Premises").
B. WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend said Lease as described below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. RECITALS. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein and
made a part hereof.
2. CONFLICT. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this
Amendment and the terms of the Lease, the terms of this Amendment shall control.
3. DEFINED TERMS. All defined terms contained in this Amendment shall
have the meanings and definitions as set forth in the Lease.
4. PROJECT. The architectural firm of CivCon Services, Inc., has
designed certain improvements for the Premises as set forth in its revised
architectural plans together with certain landscape plans and civil engineering
drawings and plans (the improvements and work depicted in said plans and
drawings and other related plans and drawings, as revised from time to time, are
hereinafter referred to as the "Project"). Lessee shall submit to Lessor any
revisions and modifications to the Project's architectural drawings and plans,
for Lessor's reasonable approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed. Lessee shall be solely responsible for causing
the Project to be constructed and Lessor shall have no responsibility for same,
except for the payment responsibilities described below.
5. PAYMENT FOR PROJECT. Lessor agrees to pay up to $ 1,000,000 to pay
for the cost of the Project (excluding the cost of asphalt, which cost Lessee
shall pay). Lessor's payments for the cost of the Project shall be paid by
Lessor into a construction escrow, no more frequently than once a month, during
the course of construction as and when payments are due to the architects,
engineers, consultants, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and others
working on the Project. In the event that the cost of the Project exceeds
$1,000,000, then Lessee shall be responsible for)
the payment of any and all such excess costs. The total amount paid by Lessor
during each calendar quarter during the course of the Project is hereinafter
referred to as the "Total Quarterly Project Payments."
6. AMORTIZED PAYMENTS. As of the end of each calendar quarter during
the Project, the rent shall be increased as follows. The Total Quarterly Project
Payments for each calendar quarter, together with interest at the rate of 10%
per annum, amortized over the period of time from the end of the subject
calendar quarter through December 31, 2013, results in a certain monthly
amortized payment of principal and interest, hereinafter called the "Amortized
Payment." The current monthly base rent of $39,000 shall be increased by the
amount of each Amortized Payment effective on the first day of the month
following each calendar quarter. The foregoing calculation shall be made as of
the end of each calendar quarter, and the Amortized Payment resulting from such
calculation shall be added to the monthly base rent and shall be payable as
additional rent for the entire amortization period through December 31, 2013.
Accordingly, all Amortized Payments for the Project shall be paid in full as of
December 31, 2013. Lessee may prepay and pay off the remaining principal balance
for any or all Amortized Payments, at any time, without any prepayment penalty.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Lease, there shall be
no rental escalations (as described in paragraph 8 below) in the portion of the
rent that constitutes the Amortized Payments.
7. TERM AND RENEWAL OPTIONS. The Term of the Lease currently ends on
October 31, 2004. The Term of the Lease is hereby extended so that it runs for
an additional period often (10) years through and including October 31, 2014.
Furthermore, Lessee shall have the option to renew the Lease for three (3)
successive periods of five (5) years upon the same terms and conditions of the
Lease with the exception of the base rent, which shall be subject to the
increases described below.
8. BASE RENT INCREASES. The amount of the current monthly base rent of
$39,000 shall remain fixed through October 31, 2004. Effective as of the
following "Adjustment Dates," November 1, 2004, and November 1 of each year
thereafter during the Term and during any renewal Term, the base rent shall be
increased as follows. The base rent for the next twelve (12) months of the Term
or renewal Term, as the case may be, shall be determined by multiplying the base
rent for the lease year ending on October 31 immediately prior to the Adjustment
Date, by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Consumer Price Index,
All Urban Consumers, South Region, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics ("CPI Index"), for the month of August immediately
prior to the Adjustment Date, and the denominator of which will be the CPI Index
for the month of August which is one (1) year prior to the Adjustment Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the base rent on each Adjustment Date shall
increase at a rate no greater than a maximum of five percent (5%) per year.
9. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. If Lessor enters into a written contract to
sell the leased premises, or any part thereof, or to sell any partnership
interest in Lessor, then Lessor shall notify Lessee in writing, enclosing a copy
of the fully executed contract ("Third-Party Contract"), and Lessee shall have a
right of first refusal to match the Third-Party Contract and enter into a
written contract with Lessor containing all of the same terms and conditions of
the Third-Party Contract. If Lessee fails to deliver its written offer
containing all of the same terms and conditions as the Third-Party Contract
within thirty (30) days after Lessee's receipt of Lessor's written notification
of the Third-Party Contract, then this right of first refusal shall expire and
Lessor may proceed to
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sell the leased premises or partnership interest, subject to this Lease,
pursuant to said Third-Party Contract. If Lessor does not consummate the
foregoing sale pursuant to said Third-Party Contract, then the right of first
refusal described above shall again apply to any subsequent contracts entered
into by Lessor concerning same. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is
acknowledged and agreed that transfers of partnership interest in Lessor between
existing partners, or to family members of existing partners, or to trusts,
estates or other entities under which such family members or existing partners
are the sole beneficiaries or owners thereof, shall not trigger the foregoing
right of first refusal, provided, however, that the right of first refusal shall
continue and remain in full force and effect as to any other sales or transfers
of the leased premises or partnership interest.
10. IMPROVEMENTS REMAIN. Upon the termination of this Lease, Lessee
shall not be obligated to remove any of the improvements which comprise the
Project, but Lessee may elect, in Lessee's sole discretion, to remove any of
Lessee's trade fixtures and personal property.
11. TITLE INSURANCE. IAA, at its own cost, may purchase leasehold title
insurance, and Lessor shall cooperate with same, including, but not limited
to, the execution of a Memorandum of Lease for recording.
12. USE RESTRICTION. The use restriction set forth in paragraph 49.1 in
the Addendum to Lease dated November 1, 1994, is hereby deleted and the
following is substituted in place thereof:
Lessee acknowledges that the following deed restriction affects the
use of the Premises, but that said restriction terminates on August
9,2009, being 15 years after the date of such deed:
"Grantor, as a condition and covenant in this conveyance and
by express reservation and exception in this deed, hereby
restricts the Property (subject to the provisions hereafter
set forth) against any use of the Property for the conduct of
any enterprise, business or activity involving, directly or
indirectly, the sale of any automobile, truck, off-road
vehicle, bus, motorcycle, motorbike or any other vehicle
(collectively the "Vehicles") save and except those classified
on the certificate of title as scrap, junk, salvage, theft
recovery or other comparable classification. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Grantee may sell up to, but not in excess
of one hundred (100) Vehicles the certificate of title to
which are not branded as any of the aforesaid classification
during any calendar week. The restriction in this deed shall
be deemed a covenant running with the land and shall continue
for a period of fifteen (15) years from the date hereof at
which time restrictions may be enforced by the Grantor and its
successors and assigns at their election by injunction, suit
for damages or any other remedy at law or in equity and in the
event of such enforcement by the Grantor, its successors or
assigns, the same shall be entitled to recover reasonable
attorney's fees, all court costs and expenses."
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13. LEASE CONTINUES. Except as modified by this Third Amendment, all
terms and conditions set forth in the Lease shall remain and continue in full
force and effect.
14. CONDITION. This Third Amendment is subject to the condition that
Lessee is able to obtain all necessary governmental approvals to proceed with
the Project as desired by Lessee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Third Amendment was executed as of the date
first above written.
LESSOR: LESSEE:
MJB PROPERTIES INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS CORP.
By: /s/ Melvin R. Martin By: /s/ Scott P. Pettit
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Melvin R. Martin, General Partner Scott P. Pettit
Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 10.69
TEMPORARY USE LICENSE AGREEMENT
This TEMPORARY USE LICENSE AGREEMENT ("License") is made this 1st day of March,
2004, by and between MRM INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Arizona limited
liability limited partnership ("Licensor"), and INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.,
an Illinois corporation ("Licensee").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Licensor is the owner/occupant of property located at 2299 W.
Broadway Road, Southernmost 8.9 +/- acres, Phoenix, AZ 85041 (hereinafter, the
"Property"); and
WHEREAS, Licensee wishes to use the Property for storing salvage motor
vehicles ("Use") and Licensor is agreeable to such Use but only upon the terms
and conditions set forth in this License.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms and covenants
herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which the parties hereby acknowledge, Licensor and Licensee agree
as follows;
1. LICENSE. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, Licensor hereby
grants Licensee, and Licensee hereby accepts from Licensor, a temporary license
for use of the Property for the Use. Licensee shall not use the Property for any
other purpose or use except the Use, nor permit the Property to be used for any
other use or purpose other than as set forth herein. Licensee will not permit
the Use of the Property to create a nuisance or disturb Licensor. The Property
is provided to Licensee without any alteration or warranty, "AS IS, WHERE IS."
Licensee shall make no permanent or structural alteration to the Property
without the prior consent of Licensor. Upon the termination of this License,
Licensee shall remove all such alterations and personalty, and return the
Property to Licensor in its previous condition, except for ordinary wear and
tear and damage by casualty.
2. LICENSE FEES. Licensee agrees to pay Licensor in advance for the License
granted herein the sum of Thirty Six Thousand Dollars ($36,000.00) per annum,
payable in equal monthly installments of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).
3. TERM OF LICENSE. The License granted herein shall commence on the date first
written above, and license is not for a specific term or duration. It may be
terminated at any time by either the Licensor or Licensee upon 30 days prior
written notice to either party by the other.
4. LICENSOR'S APPROVAL. Licensee shall not use any furnishing, equipment,
displays,
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stands, decorations or signs in the conduct of its business at the Property
without, in each instance, first obtaining Licensor's prior written consent,
which consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
5. LICENSEE'S COVENANTS. Licensee shall: (i) conduct its business at the
Property at all times in a dignified manner; (ii) keep all furnishings,
merchandise, equipment, displays, stands, decorations and signs used at the
Property in a neat, clean and safe condition, and in good operating order and
repair; (iii) neither solicit business nor distribute advertising matter in any
of the common areas outside of the Property; (iv) conduct its business at the
Property at all times in compliance with all federal, state and local laws,
ordinances, rules, regulations and codes, including the Americans with
Disabilities Act, all environmental laws and any zoning codes; (v) receive or
make all deliveries or shipments of any kind to and from the Property only as
designated by Licensor, and only at such times as designated by Licensor; (vi)
properly store and dispose of all garbage and refuse at the Property and the
area immediately adjoining thereto; (vii) intentionally deleted; (viii) not
place, suffer or permit any obstructions or merchandise in any areas except the
Property, and not in any way interfere with or cause disturbance to the use and
quiet enjoyment of Licensor. Licensee shall procure all necessary licenses or
other governmental approvals or permits, and shall be solely responsible for
paying all governmental charges or taxes relating to its business conducted at
the Property. Licensee shall make all necessary repairs to areas damaged as a
result of its Use of the Property.
6. UTILITIES. REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. Licensee shall be solely responsible for:
(i) making arrangements for any utility services Licensee requires at the
Property; (ii) paying all charges or bills incurred for utility service at the
Property or used in connection with Licensee's business conducted thereon.
Licensee shall be responsible for all repairs and maintenance to the Property
(including alterations to the Property required by governmental action), unless
caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of Licensor, its employees,
contractors or agents, in which case, Licensor shall reimburse Licensee for the
reasonable costs incurred by Licensor in repairing such damage.
7. INDEMNITY. Licensor assumes no liability or responsibility whatsoever with
respect to the Use and operation of Licensee's business in the Property, nor
shall Licensor be liable for any accident, loss, damage, injury, fine, fee,
cost, expense (including attorney fees), or claim therefore, to any persons or
property in or about the Property except those caused directly by the negligence
or willful misconduct of Licensor, its employees, contractors or agents.
Licensee assumes full liability for all such accidents, losses, damages,
injuries, fines, fees, costs, expenses (including attorney fees), or claims
therefore, and shall protect, defend and hold Licensor and Licensor's officers,
directors, partners, trustees, shareholders, agents, affiliates, successors,
assigns, contractors, agents and employees, harmless therefrom which arise from
or in connection with the Use of or the operation of the business at the
Property during the term of the License by Licensee, or by any of Licensee's
officers, directors, agents, contractors, employees, licensees or invitees, or
arising from any condition of the Property resulting from any
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default by Licensee in observing or performing any of the covenants contained in
this License, or from any fault or neglect of Licensee or any of its officers,
directors, agents, contractors, employees, licensees or invitees.
8. LIABILITY INSURANCE. Licensor and Licensee shall each obtain and keep in
effect throughout the term of this License, liability insurance insuring their
respective liabilities hereunder in amounts and under policies that are
commercially reasonable, and from insurers licensed to do business in the State
in which the Building is located. All such insurance policies shall not be
canceled, materially altered or non-renewed except upon thirty (30) days prior
written notice to the other party, and shall waive all of the insurer's rights
of subrogation. A certificate of such insurance shall be delivered by either
party to the other upon the request of such other party. Upon occupancy Licensee
shall provide a certificate of insurance to Licensor indicating that Licensor
and Lessor/Owner are named as additional insureds on the policy with respect to
Licensee's activities on the property.
9. PROPERTY DAMAGE AND INSURANCE. Licensee shall bear all risk of loss, damage,
theft, misappropriation or other casualty to all or any portion of Licensee's
personal property located at or about the Property, and for the interruption of
Licensee's business, irrespective of the cause. Licensee shall, at its own
discretion, procure property/casualty and/or business interruption insurance in
amounts, with deductibles and from insurers as Licensee deems appropriate. In no
event shall Licensor be liable for interruption to Licensee's business, or for
damage to, or replacement or repair of, Licensee's personal property. Licensor
shall procure appropriate property/casualty insurance for the Property, and
shall be liable for all damage thereto except as otherwise set forth herein.
10. CASUALTY/CONDEMNATION. Except as otherwise set forth herein, Licensor shall
have no obligation at any time during the term of this Agreement to make any
changes, repairs or improvements to the Property. If the Property shall be
damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty, or shall be subject to full or
partial condemnation, Licensor shall have no obligation to repair or restore the
same unless it shall so elect in its sole and absolute discretion. If Licensor
shall not elect to repair or restore the Property, this License shall terminate
as of the date of the casualty or date of taking, without further liability of
either party to the other except for obligations previously accrued, but unpaid
or unperformed as provided herein. If no material portion of the Property shall
be damaged or condemned, this License shall continue until its expiration or
earlier termination as provided herein.
11. NO ASSIGNMENT. Licensee shall not assign this License without the prior
written consent of Licensor, which consent Licensor may withhold in its sole and
absolute discretion. The consent by Licensor to any assignment shall not
constitute a waiver of the necessity for such consent to any subsequent
assignment. This prohibition against assigning shall be construed to include a
prohibition against any assignment by operation of law. Notwithstanding any
assignment, Licensee shall remain fully liable and shall not be released from
any obligations under this License. The prohibition
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against assignment herein shall not prevent assignment by Licensee to any
successor in interest or any affiliate.
12. IMMEDIATE TERMINATION. If Licensee should fail to perform any covenant or
obligation arising hereunder, Licensor may, at Licensor's sole discretion and
upon prior 30 days written notice to Licensee, immediately terminate all of
Licensee's rights and privileges granted herein, and thereafter, this License
shall be of no further force or effect.
13. NOT A LEASE. It is hereby declared by and between the parties that it is not
the intention of either Licensor or Licensee to create between them the
relationship of Landlord and Tenant. Rather, this Agreement is intended solely
to create a bare privilege on the part of the Licensee, personal to Licensee, to
operate its business in the Property in the manner described herein.
14. NO BROKERS. Each party hereto warrants to the other that no broker was used
in connection with the negotiation of this License, and that no broker's fee is
owed by any party.
15. NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted herein shall be made in writing,
and shall be sent (i) by registered or certified U.S. mail, return receipt
requested; (ii) by reliable overnight courier service; (iii) or by hand
delivery; to the addresses for the respective party set forth below, or any
other address provided to the other party in writing from time to time:
If to Licensee: Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.
850 E. Algonquin Road, Suite 100
Schaumburg, IL 60173
ATTN: Scott P. Pettit, Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to: Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.
850 E. Algonquin Road, Suite 100
Schaumburg, IL 60173
ATTN: Michael J. Madden, Vice President Real Estate
If to Licensor: Melvin R. Martin
4639 North 14th Drive Phoenix,
AZ 85023-5194
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Written notice to any party shall be deemed to have been given upon being mailed
to the proper address provided above, with proper postage prepaid, or upon
actual delivery if hand delivered or sent by overnight courier.
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16. LICENSE FEE PAYMENT. License fee payments shall be made directly to Licensor
at Melvin R. Martin, 14639 North 14th Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85023-5194.
17. ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS. Licensor recognizes that Licensee in the normal
and ordinary course of their business may use and utilize certain hazardous
materials. "Hazardous Materials" shall mean petroleum, including crude oil, or
any other product thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, any material,
defined as hazardous in the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. ss.9601-9657, the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act of 1975, 49 U.S.C. ss.1801-1812; the Resource
Conservation Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. ss.6901-6987; or any substance
defined as a hazardous substance or hazardous waste in any federal, state or
local statute, law, ordinance, code, regulation, order or decree regulating or
relating to, or imposing liability on standards of conduct concerning hazardous
waste, materials, or substances, now or at any time hereafter in effect.
Licensee agrees, and agrees to require each sublicensee, to comply with all
legal requirements applicable to the use, utilization, handling, storage and
transportation of any Hazardous Materials.
Licensee covenants and agrees to indemnify and defend Licensor from any and all
claims, losses, liabilities, penalties, costs or expenses of any kind or nature
whatsoever, including without limitation, attorney and expert fees which may at
any time during Licensee's occupancy, be asserted or imposed against Licensor
and which arise out of and are caused by the presence or use of hazardous
materials on the Property by Licensee including without limitation: (i) the cost
to remove the hazardous materials, or otherwise remediate the Property because
of the Hazardous Materials; and (ii) costs incurred to comply with any laws,
orders, judgments, or regulations with respect to the presence of hazardous
materials. Licensor shall fully cooperate with Licensee in responding to any
claim, order or other legal action.
Licensee, at its sole cost, expense and option, may cause Phase I and Phase II
environmental assessments to be conducted on the Premises. Licensee will share
the written results of this assessment with Licensor. It is stipulated and
agreed by and between Licensor and Licensee that this environmental assessment
shall provide the "baseline" for Licensee's environmental responsibility and
potential liability. That is, Licensee shall absolutely and without
qualification neither be responsible nor liable for any pre-existing
environmental concerns or issues revealed as a result of its Phase I and Phase
II environmental assessments.
18. MISCELLANEOUS. All provisions herein shall be binding upon and shall inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto, and to their respective legal
representatives, successors and permitted assigns. Each provision to be
performed by Licensee shall be construed to be both a covenant and a condition,
and if there shall be more than one Licensee, they shall all be bound, jointly
and severally. The provisions of this License shall be severable, and shall be
construed pursuant to the laws of the State in which the Building is located.
Time is of the essence. This License, and any exhibits and/or addendum attached
hereto, set forth the entire agreement between the parties hereto
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relating to the subject matter hereof. Any prior conversation or writing are
merged herein and extinguished. No subsequent amendment to this Agreement shall
be binding upon Licensor or Licensee unless reduced to writing and signed by
both parties hereto, except as otherwise provided herein. This License shall
have no binding effect on either party unless and until executed by both
Licensor and Licensee.
18. TRUE LICENSE. Notwithstanding any term or provision herein to the contrary,
this document is merely granting Licensee a bare license to use and occupy the
Licensed Premises; and does not in any way imply any affiliation of Licensor
with Licensee, or establish or memorialize any partnership, joint venture or
other such relationship between Licensor and Licensee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Licensor and Licensee have caused this License to
be executed and delivered, being first fully authorized so to do, on the date
first above written.
LICENSOR:
MRM INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
an Arizona limited liability limited
partnership
By: /s/ Mel Martin
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Name: Mel Martin
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Title: Principal & Owner
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LICENSEE:
INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Scott P. Pettit
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Name: Scott P. Pettit
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 10.127
EXECUTION COPY
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF MARCH 19, 2004
AMONG
INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.,
AS THE BORROWER
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO,
AND
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Exhibit 10.127
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS ........................................................................................... 1
1.1. Certain Defined Terms.......................................................................... 1
1.2. References..................................................................................... 23
1.3. Supplemental Disclosure........................................................................ 23
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS........................................................................................... 23
2.1. Description of Facilities...................................................................... 23
2.1.1. Revolving Loans; Commitment....................................................... 23
2.1.2. Term Loans........................................................................ 24
2.1.3. Departing Lender.................................................................. 24
2.2. Required Payments; Termination Date............................................................ 24
2.2.1. Required Payments................................................................. 24
2.2.2. Termination Date.................................................................. 24
2.3. Ratable Loans.................................................................................. 25
2.4. Types of Advances.............................................................................. 25
2.5. Commitment Fee; Reductions in Aggregate Commitment............................................ 25
2.5.1. Commitment Fee.................................................................... 25
2.5.2. Reductions in Aggregate Commitment. ............................................. 25
2.6. Minimum Amount of Each Advance................................................................. 25
2.7. Optional Principal Payments; Mandatory Principal Prepayments................................... 25
2.7.1. Optional Principal Payments....................................................... 25
2.7.2. Mandatory Principal Prepayments................................................... 26
2.8. Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for New Advances................................ 26
2.9. Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances............................................ 27
2.10. Interest Rates................................................................................. 27
2.11. Rates Applicable After Default................................................................. 28
2.12. Method of Payment.............................................................................. 28
2.13. Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness................................................... 28
2.14. Telephonic Notices............................................................................. 29
2.15. Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis................................................. 29
2.16. Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions;
Availability of Credit Extensions.............................................................. 30
2.17. Lending Offices................................................................................ 30
2.18. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent............................................... 30
2.19. Facility LC's.................................................................................. 31
2.19.1. Issuance.......................................................................... 31
2.19.2. Participations.................................................................... 31
2.19.3. Notice............................................................................ 31
2.19.4. LC Fees........................................................................... 32
2.19.5. Administration; Reimbursement by Lenders.......................................... 32
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2.19.6. Reimbursement by Borrower......................................................... 32
2.19.7. Obligations Absolute.............................................................. 33
2.19.8. Actions of LC Issuer.............................................................. 33
2.19.9. Indemnification................................................................... 34
2.19.10. Lenders' Indemnification.......................................................... 34
2.19.11. Facility LC Collateral Account.................................................... 34
2.19.12. Rights as a Lender................................................................ 35
2.20. Replacement of Lender.......................................................................... 35
ARTICLE III...................................................................................................... 35
YIELD PROTECTION; TAXES.......................................................................................... 36
3.1. Yield Protection............................................................................... 36
3.2. Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations........................................................ 37
3.3. Availability of Types of Advances.............................................................. 37
3.4. Funding Indemnification........................................................................ 37
3.5. Taxes.......................................................................................... 38
3.6. Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity....................................................... 39
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.................................................................................. 40
4.1. Effectiveness of this Agreement................................................................ 40
4.2. Each Credit Extension.......................................................................... 41
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES......................................................................... 41
5.1. Existence and Standing......................................................................... 41
5.2. Authorization and Validity..................................................................... 42
5.3. No Conflict; Government Consent................................................................ 42
5.4. Financial Statements........................................................................... 42
5.5. Material Adverse Change; No Default............................................................ 43
5.6. Taxes.......................................................................................... 43
5.7. Litigation and Contingent Obligations.......................................................... 43
5.8. Subsidiaries................................................................................... 43
5.9. Accuracy of Information........................................................................ 43
5.10. Regulation U................................................................................... 44
5.11. Material Agreements............................................................................ 44
5.12. Compliance With Laws........................................................................... 44
5.13. Ownership of Properties........................................................................ 44
5.14. ERISA; Foreign Pension Matters................................................................. 44
5.15. Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions........................................................... 45
5.16. Environmental Matters.......................................................................... 45
5.17. Investment Company Act: Other Regulation....................................................... 45
5.18. Indebtedness................................................................................... 45
5.19. Insurance...................................................................................... 45
5.20. Solvency....................................................................................... 45
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5.21. Permits; Intellectual Property................................................................. 45
5.22. Labor Matters.................................................................................. 46
5.23. Collateral Documents........................................................................... 46
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS............................................................................................. 46
6.1. Financial Reporting............................................................................ 46
6.2. Use of Proceeds................................................................................ 48
6.3. Notice of Default.............................................................................. 48
6.4. Conduct of Business; Charter Amendments; Accounting Changes.................................... 48
6.4.1. Conduct of Business............................................................... 49
6.4.2. Charter Amendments................................................................ 49
6.4.3. Accounting Changes................................................................ 49
6.5. Taxes; Claims, Judgments, Etc.................................................................. 49
6.6. Insurance...................................................................................... 49
6.7. Compliance with Laws........................................................................... 50
6.8. Maintenance of Properties...................................................................... 50
6.9. Further Assurances............................................................................. 50
6.10. Restricted Payments............................................................................ 50
6.11. Indebtedness................................................................................... 51
6.12. Merger......................................................................................... 52
6.13. Sale of Assets................................................................................. 52
6.14. Investments and Acquisitions................................................................... 52
6.15. Liens.......................................................................................... 53
6.16. Consolidated Rentals. ........................................................................ 54
6.17. Affiliates..................................................................................... 54
6.18. ERISA.......................................................................................... 54
6.19. Financial Covenants............................................................................ 55
6.19.1. Minimum Consolidated EBITDA....................................................... 55
6.19.2. Leverage Ratio.................................................................... 55
6.19.3. Minimum Net Worth................................................................. 56
6.19.4. Capital Expenditures, Acquisitions and Stock Repurchases.......................... 56
6.19.5. Liquidity......................................................................... 56
6.20. Addition of Guaranty; Guarantors............................................................... 56
6.21. Sale and Leaseback Transactions and other Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities........................ 56
6.22. Reduction of Revolving Loans................................................................... 57
6.23. Collateral Documents........................................................................... 57
ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS............................................................................................. 58
7.1. Breach of Representations or Warranties........................................................ 58
7.2. Failure to Make Payments When Due.............................................................. 58
7.3. Breach of Covenants............................................................................ 58
7.4. Other Breaches................................................................................. 58
7.5. Default as to Other Indebtedness............................................................... 58
7.6. Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver; Etc............................................. 59
7.7. Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver; Etc........................................... 59
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7.8. Custody or Control of Property................................................................. 59
7.9. Judgments...................................................................................... 60
7.10. Unfunded Liabilities........................................................................... 60
7.11. Other ERISA Liabilities........................................................................ 60
7.12. Environmental Matters.......................................................................... 60
7.13. Change in Control.............................................................................. 60
7.14. Other Default.................................................................................. 60
7.15. Rate Management Obligation..................................................................... 61
7.16. Loss of Licenses............................................................................... 61
7.17. Material Adverse Change........................................................................ 61
7.18. Guaranty....................................................................................... 61
ARTICLE VIII ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES...................................................... 61
8.1. Acceleration; Facility LC Collateral Account................................................... 61
8.2. Amendments..................................................................................... 62
8.3. Preservation of Rights......................................................................... 63
ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS.................................................................................... 63
9.1. Survival of Representations.................................................................... 63
9.2. Governmental Regulation........................................................................ 63
9.3. Headings....................................................................................... 63
9.4. Entire Agreement............................................................................... 63
9.5. Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement................................................ 63
9.6. Expenses; Indemnification...................................................................... 64
9.7. Numbers of Documents........................................................................... 64
9.8. Accounting..................................................................................... 65
9.9. Severability of Provisions..................................................................... 65
9.10. Nonliability of Lenders........................................................................ 65
9.11. Confidentiality................................................................................ 65
9.12. Lenders Not Utilizing Plan Assets.............................................................. 66
9.13. Nonreliance.................................................................................... 66
9.14. Disclosure..................................................................................... 66
9.15. Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness..................................................... 66
ARTICLE X THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT............................................................................... 67
10.1. Appointment; Nature of Relationship............................................................ 67
10.2. Powers......................................................................................... 67
10.3. General Immunity............................................................................... 68
10.4. No Responsibility for Credit Extensions, Recitals, etc......................................... 68
10.5. Action on Instructions of Lenders.............................................................. 68
10.6. Employment of the Administrative Agent and Counsel............................................. 68
10.7. Reliance on Documents; Counsel................................................................. 69
10.8. Administrative Agent's Reimbursement and Indemnification....................................... 69
10.9. Notice of Default.............................................................................. 69
10.10. Rights as a Lender............................................................................. 69
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10.11. Lender Credit Decision......................................................................... 70
10.12. Successor Administrative Agent................................................................. 70
10.13. Agent and Arranger Fees........................................................................ 71
10.14. Delegation to Affiliates....................................................................... 71
10.15. Collateral Documents........................................................................... 71
ARTICLE XI SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS.............................................................................. 72
11.1. Setoff......................................................................................... 72
11.2. Ratable Payments............................................................................... 72
ARTICLE XII BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS.................................................... 72
12.1. Successors and Assigns......................................................................... 73
12.1.1. Successors and Assigns............................................................ 73
12.2. Participations................................................................................. 73
12.2.1. Permitted Participants; Effect.................................................... 73
12.2.2. Voting Rights..................................................................... 73
12.2.3. Benefit of Setoff................................................................. 74
12.3. Assignments.................................................................................... 74
12.3.1. Permitted Assignments............................................................. 74
12.3.2. Effect; Effective Date............................................................ 74
12.3.3. The Register...................................................................... 75
12.4. Dissemination of Information................................................................... 75
12.5. Tax Treatment.................................................................................. 75
ARTICLE XIII NOTICES............................................................................................. 76
13.1. Notices........................................................................................ 76
13.2. Change of Address.............................................................................. 76
ARTICLE XIV COUNTERPARTS......................................................................................... 76
ARTICLE XV CHOICE OF LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.......................................... 76
15.1. CHOICE OF LAW.................................................................................. 76
15.2. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION........................................................................ 77
15.3. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL........................................................................... 77
ARTICLE XVI NO NOVATION; REFERENCES TO THIS AGREEMENT IN LOAN DOCUMENTS.......................................... 77
16.1. No Novation.................................................................................... 77
16.2. References to This Agreement In Loan Documents................................................. 77
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit B - Form of Assignment Agreement
Exhibit C - Form of Promissory Note (if requested)
Exhibit D - Form of Guaranty
Exhibit E - List of Closing Documents Delivered Under the
Existing Credit Agreement
Exhibit F - Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
SCHEDULES
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Pricing Schedule
Commitment Schedule
Schedule 1- Investments
Schedule 2- Indebtedness
Schedule 3- Liens
Schedule 4- Subsidiaries
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - Reaffirmation
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March
19, 2004, is entered into by and among INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC., an
Illinois corporation, the institutions from time to time parties hereto as
Lenders (whether by execution of this Agreement or an assignment pursuant to
Section 12.3), the institutions from time to time parties hereto as LC Issuers,
and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as
Administrative Agent, to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement (as
defined below), and from and after the Effective Date the Existing Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety. The Borrower, the
Lenders, and the Agent have agreed that, following the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the Departing Lender shall cease to be a party to the Existing
Credit Agreement, as evidenced by its execution and delivery of its Departing
Lender Signature Page. The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement:
"ACCOUNT DEBTOR" means the account debtor or obligor with respect to
any of the Receivables.
"ACCOUNTING CHANGES" is defined in Section 9.8 hereof.
"ACQUISITION" means any transaction, or any series of related
transactions, consummated on or after the Closing Date, by which the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or substantially
all of the assets of any firm, corporation or limited liability company, or
division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or
(ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent
transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of
votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for
the election of directors (other than securities having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage of voting
power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited
liability company.
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT" means LaSalle Bank in its capacity as
contractual representative of the Lenders pursuant to Article X, and not in its
individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent
appointed pursuant to Article X.
"ADVANCE" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the aggregate
amount of several Loans (i) made by the Lenders on the same Borrowing Date, or
(ii) converted or continued by the Lenders on the same date of conversion or
continuation, consisting, in either case, of the aggregate amount of the several
Loans of the same Type and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, for the same Interest
Period.
"AFFECTED LENDER" is defined in Section 2.20.
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"AFFILIATE" of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person
shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person is the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) of ten percent (10%) or more of any class of voting securities (or
other voting interests) of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
"AGGREGATE COMMITMENT" means the aggregate of the Commitments of all
the Lenders, as may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
The initial Aggregate Commitment is Twenty Million and 00/100 Dollars
($20,000,000).
"AGGREGATE OUTSTANDING CREDIT EXPOSURE" means, at any time, the
aggregate of the Outstanding Credit Exposure of all the Lenders.
"AGREEMENT" means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as it may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and as in effect from
time to time.
"AGREEMENT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES" means generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect in the United States from time to time, applied in a
manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements of the
Borrower referred to in Section 5.4; provided, however, that except as provided
in Section 9.8, with respect to the calculation of financial ratios and other
financial tests required by this Agreement, "Agreement Accounting Principles"
means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States
as of the Closing Date, applied in a manner consistent with that used in
preparing the financial statements of the Borrower referred to in Section 5.4
hereof.
"ALTERNATE BASE RATE" means, for any day, a fluctuating rate of
interest per annum equal to the higher of (i) the Prime Rate for such day and
(ii) the sum of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day and (b)
one-half of one percent (0.5%) per annum.
"APPLICABLE COMMITMENT FEE RATE" means, at any time, the percentage
rate per annum at which Commitment Fees are accruing on the unused portion of
the Aggregate Commitment at such time as set forth in the Pricing Schedule.
"APPLICABLE LC FEE RATE" means, at any time, the percentage rate per
annum at which Commitment Fees are accruing on the unused portion of the
Aggregate Commitment at such time as set forth in the Pricing Schedule.
"APPLICABLE MARGIN" means, with respect to Advances of any Type at any
time, the percentage rate per annum which is applicable at such time with
respect to Advances of such Type consisting of Revolving Loans or Term Loans, as
applicable, as set forth in the Pricing Schedule.
"ARRANGER" means LaSalle Bank.
"ARTICLE" means an article of this Agreement unless another document is
specifically referenced.
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"ASSET SALE" is defined in Section 6.13.
"ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT" is defined in Section 12.3.1.
"AUTHORIZED OFFICER" means any of the chief executive officer,
president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, chief accounting
officer or treasurer of the Borrower, acting singly.
"AVAILABLE AGGREGATE COMMITMENT" means, at any time, the Aggregate
Commitment then in effect minus the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure
(exclusive of the portion thereof constituting Term Loans) at such time.
"BORROWER" means Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., an Illinois
corporation, and its permitted successors and assigns (including, without
limitation, a debtor-in-possession on its behalf).
"BORROWING BASE" means, as of any date of calculation, an amount, as
set forth on the most current Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the
Administrative Agent, equal to (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Gross Amount
of Eligible Receivables, minus (ii) such reserves as the Administrative Agent
deems appropriate in the exercise of its reasonable credit judgment, as adjusted
by Borrowing Base Adjustments.
"BORROWING BASE ADJUSTMENTS" means, (i) the reduction of the advance
rates and/or the establishment of reserves in respect of the Borrowing Base, as
determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable business discretion
after consultation with the Borrower, and/or (ii) the revision of the standards
of eligibility in respect of Eligible Receivables by the Administrative Agent in
its reasonable credit judgment after consultation with the Borrower; provided
that, no Borrowing Base Adjustments shall be made except (a) when a Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, (b) a Material Adverse
Change has occurred, (c) by mutual agreement between the Agent and the Borrower
or (d) upon recommendation from the auditors performing a field exam on the
books, records and assets of the Borrower on behalf of the Administrative Agent.
"BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE" means a certificate, in substantially the
form of Exhibit F attached hereto and made a part hereof, setting forth the
Borrowing Base and the component calculations thereof.
"BORROWING DATE" means a date on which a Credit Extension is made
hereunder.
"BORROWING NOTICE" is defined in Section 2.8.
"BUSINESS ACTIVITY REPORT" means (i) a Notice of Business Activities
Report from the State of Minnesota, Department of Revenue or (ii) any similar
report required by any other State relating to the ability of the Borrower or
any Guarantor to enforce their accounts receivable claims against Account
Debtors located in any such state.
"BUSINESS DAY" means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate
selection of LIBOR Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which
banks generally are open in
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Chicago, Illinois for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial
lending activities, interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire system
and dealings in Dollars are carried on in the London interbank market and (ii)
for all other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks
generally are open in Chicago, Illinois for the conduct of substantially all of
their commercial lending activities and interbank wire transfers can be made on
the Fedwire system.
"CAPITAL EXPENDITURES" means, for any period, the aggregate of all
expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including
Capitalized Leases and purchase money Indebtedness) by the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries during that period that, in conformity with Agreement
Accounting Principles, are required to be included in or reflected by the
property, plant, equipment or similar fixed asset accounts reflected in the
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"CAPITALIZED LEASE" of a Person means any lease of Property by such
Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
"CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATIONS" of a Person means the amount of the
obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a
liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
Agreement Accounting Principles.
"CASH EQUIVALENT INVESTMENTS" means, as to any Person, (i) securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of
the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more
than one year from the date of acquisition, (ii) time deposits and certificates
of deposit of any investment grade commercial bank having, or which is the
principal banking subsidiary of an investment grade bank holding company
organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof, the District
of Columbia or any foreign jurisdiction having capital, surplus and undivided
profits aggregating in excess of $500,000,000, with maturities of not more than
one year from the date of acquisition by such Person, (iii) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than ninety (90) days for underlying
securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with any bank
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (ii) above, provided that such
repurchase obligations are secured by a first priority security interest in such
underlying securities which have, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market
value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations, (iv)
commercial paper issued by any Person incorporated in the United States rated at
least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody's and in each case maturing not more than one
year after the date of acquisition by such Person, (v) investments in money
market funds substantially all of the assets of which are comprised of
securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (iv) above, (vi)
investment in variable rate demand obligations rated at least A by S&P or A2 by
Moody's and (vii) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of
business.
"CHANGE" is defined in Section 3.2.
"CHANGE IN CONTROL" means (i) the acquisition by any Person, or two or
more Persons acting in concert, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 of the Securities
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and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or
indirectly, of thirty percent (30%) or more (provided, however, that ValueAct
Capital Partners, L.P., shall be permitted to, directly or indirectly, acquire a
beneficial ownership of not more than thirty-nine percent (39%) in the
aggregate) of the outstanding shares of voting stock of the Borrower; or (ii)
the majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower fails to consist of
Continuing Directors; or (iii) except as expressly permitted under the terms of
this Agreement, the Borrower consolidates with or merges into another Person or
conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its property to any
Person, or any Person consolidates with or merges into the Borrower, in either
event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding capital stock of the
Borrower is reclassified or changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or
other property; or (iv) except as otherwise expressly permitted under the terms
of this Agreement, the Borrower shall cease to own and control, directly or
indirectly, free and clear of all Liens and other encumbrances all of the
economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding capital stock
of each of the Borrower's Subsidiaries or shall cease to have the power,
directly or indirectly, to elect all of the members of the board of directors of
each of the Borrower's Subsidiaries.
"CLOSING DATE" means February 15, 2002, which date was the date of the
initial extensions of credit under the Existing Credit Agreement.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or
otherwise modified from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued
thereunder.
"COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS" means all agreements, instruments and documents
executed in connection with this Agreement that are intended to create or
evidence Liens to secure the Obligations and the Rate Management Obligations,
including, without limitation, all security agreements, mortgages, deeds of
trust, loan agreements, notes, guarantees, subordination agreements, pledges,
powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, fee letters, notices,
leases, financing statements and all other written matter whether heretofore,
now, or hereafter executed by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders,
together with all agreements and documents referred to therein or contemplated
thereby.
"COLLATERALIZATION DATE" is defined in Section 6.23.
"COLLATERAL SHORTFALL AMOUNT" is defined in Section 8.1.
"COMMITMENT" means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to
make Revolving Loans to, and participate in Facility LC's issued upon the
application of, the Borrower not exceeding the amount set forth on the
Commitment Schedule or in an Assignment Agreement executed pursuant to Section
12.3, as it may be modified as a result of any assignment that has become
effective pursuant to Section 12.3.2 or as otherwise modified from time to time
pursuant to the terms hereof.
"COMMITMENT FEE" is defined in Section 2.5.1.
"COMMITMENT SCHEDULE" means the Schedule identifying each Lender's
Commitment as of the Effective Date and the principal amount of Term Loans held
by each Lender, if any, as of the Effective Date, as attached hereto and
identified as such.
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"CONSOLIDATED" refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles.
"CONSOLIDATED EBITDA" means Consolidated Net Income plus, to the extent
deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated
Interest Expense, (ii) expense for taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depreciation,
(iv) amortization and (v) extraordinary non-cash losses incurred other than in
the ordinary course of business, minus, to the extent included in Consolidated
Net Income, extraordinary gains realized other than in the ordinary course of
business, all calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis.
"CONSOLIDATED INDEBTEDNESS" means, at any time, the Indebtedness of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (exclusive of Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities)
calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time.
"CONSOLIDATED INTEREST EXPENSE" means, with reference to any period,
the interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a
consolidated basis for such period.
"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, with reference to any period, the net
after-tax income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a
consolidated basis for such period.
"CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" means at any time the consolidated
stockholders' equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a
consolidated basis as of such time in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles.
"CONSOLIDATED RENTALS" means, with reference to any period, the Rentals
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such
period.
"CONSTITUENT DOCUMENTS" means, as applied to any Person, the
certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation or certificate of
formation, by-laws or operating agreement and any other applicable
organizational document of such Person.
"CONTINGENT OBLIGATIONS" of a Person means any agreement, undertaking
or arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently
agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or
is contingently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any other Person, or
agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition
of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person
against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating
agreement, take-or-pay contract or the obligations of any such Person as general
partner of a partnership with respect to the liabilities of the partnership.
"CONTINUING DIRECTOR" means, with respect to any Person as of any date
of determination, any member of the board of directors of such Person who (a)
was a member of such board of directors on the Closing Date, or (b) was
nominated for election or elected to such board of directors with the approval
of the required majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such
board at the time of such nomination or election; provided that any individual
who is so elected or nominated in connection with a merger, consolidation,
acquisition
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or similar transaction shall not be a Continuing Director unless such individual
was a Continuing Director prior thereto.
"CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION", as applied to any Person, means any provision
of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, document or
other agreement, instrument or securities to which that Person is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound, or to which it or any of its
properties is subject.
"CONTROLLED GROUP" means all members of a controlled group of
corporations or other business entities and all trades or businesses (whether or
not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
"CONVERSION/CONTINUATION NOTICE" is defined in Section 2.9.
"CREDIT EXTENSION" means the making of an Advance or the issuance of a
Facility LC hereunder.
"DEFAULT" means an event described in Article VII.
"DEPARTING LENDER" means Fleet National Bank.
"DEPARTING LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE" means each signature page to this
Agreement on which it indicated that the Departing Lender executing the same
shall cease to be a party to the Existing Credit Agreement upon this Agreement
becoming effective.
"DOLLAR" and "$" means the lawful currency of the United States of
America.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" means March 19, 2004.
"ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLES" means Receivables created by the Borrower or any
Guarantor in the ordinary course of its business arising out of the sale of
goods or rendition of services by such Person, which Receivables are and at all
times shall continue to meet standards of eligibility hereunder as adjusted from
time to time by Borrowing Base Adjustments (it being understood that any
Receivable (or portion thereof) that fails to meet the standards of eligibility
below shall qualify as an Eligible Receivable if it later satisfies all such
standards of eligibility). The following Receivables shall not qualify as
Eligible Receivables:
(i) any Receivable which remains unpaid ninety (90) days after the
date of the original applicable invoice;
(ii) Receivables owing by any Account Debtor who, individually or
collectively with a group of other Account Debtors of which it
is an Affiliate, is obligated in respect of then-existing
Receivables owing to the Borrower and the Guarantors which
exceed in face amount twenty-five percent (25%) of the total
Eligible Receivables; provided, that this requirement shall
only exclude the amount of Receivables in excess of such
concentration limit;
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(iii) any Receivable which is due more than thirty (30) days after
the date of the original applicable invoice;
(iv) any Receivable with respect to which the Account Debtor is a
director, officer, employee, Subsidiary or Affiliate of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(v) any Receivable with respect to which the Account Debtor is any
federal Governmental Authority, the United States of America,
or, in each case, any department, agency or instrumentality
thereof, unless with respect to any such Receivable, the
Borrower has complied to the Administrative Agent's
satisfaction with the provisions of the Federal Assignment of
Claims Act or other applicable statutes, including executing
and delivering to the Administrative Agent all statements of
assignment and/or notification which are in form and substance
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and which are deemed
necessary by the Administrative Agent to effectuate the
assignment of such Receivables to the Administrative Agent;
(vi) any Receivable not denominated in Dollars;
(vii) any Receivable with respect to which the Account Debtor either
(a) does not maintain its residence or chief executive office
in the United States (which shall not be deemed to include any
territories of the United States) or (b) is not organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any state or
political subdivision thereof;
(viii) any Receivable that is subject to any dispute, contra-account,
defense, offset or counterclaim, volume rebate or advertising
or other allowance provided that if any portion of any such
Receivable is not subject to any dispute, contra-account,
defense, offset, counterclaim, volume rebate or advertising or
other allowance and the payment of such portion is not being
withheld or delayed or otherwise affected in any manner due to
the portion that is subject to such dispute, contra-account,
defense, offset, counterclaim, volume rebate or advertising or
other allowance, then such portion which is not subject to any
dispute, contra-account, defense, offset, counterclaim, volume
rebate or advertising or other allowance shall not be excluded
from Eligible Receivables because of this clause (viii);
(ix) from and after the Collateralization Date, any Receivable with
respect to which the Administrative Agent does not have a
first and valid fully perfected and enforceable security
interest;
(x) any Receivable with respect to which the Account Debtor is the
subject of a bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding or
has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors or whose
assets have been conveyed to a receiver, trustee or assignee
for the benefit of creditors;
(xi) any Receivable with respect to which the Account Debtor is
located in Minnesota or New Jersey (or any other jurisdiction
which adopts a statute or other
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requirement with respect to which any Person that obtains
business from within such jurisdiction is required to file a
Business Activity Report or make any other required filings in
a timely manner in order to enforce its claims in such
jurisdiction's courts or arising under such jurisdiction's
laws); provided, however, such Receivables shall nonetheless
be eligible if (i) the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor
has filed a Business Activity Report (or other applicable
report) with the applicable state office or is qualified to do
business in such jurisdiction and, at the time the Receivable
was created, was qualified to do business in such jurisdiction
or had on file with the applicable state office a current
Business Activity Report (or other applicable report) or (ii)
the Borrower has reasonably determined that the filing of a
Business Activity Report or qualifying in the applicable state
is not necessary for the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor
to enforce its claims with respect thereto in such
jurisdiction's courts or arising under such jurisdiction's
laws, and the related jurisdiction has not, pursuant to a
final, non-appealable order, ruled otherwise;
(xii) any Receivable with respect to which the Account Debtor's
obligation does not constitute its legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms;
(xiii) any Receivable with respect to which the Borrower or the
applicable Guarantor has not yet performed the applicable
service; provided only that portion of the Receivable not due
and payable because of such non-performance shall be deemed
ineligible;
(xiv) any Receivable which is not in conformity with the
representations and warranties made by the Borrower or the
applicable Guarantor to the Administrative Agent with respect
thereto whether contained in this Agreement or any Collateral
Document, as applicable;
(xv) any Receivable in connection with which Borrower or the
applicable Guarantor has not complied with all material
requirements contained in the Constituent Documents of the
Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, and any law, rule
or regulation, or determination of an arbitrator or a court or
other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or
binding upon the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, or
any of its property or to which the Borrower or such Guarantor
or any of its property is subject, including all laws, rules,
regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority or
judicial authority relating to truth in lending, billing
practices, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity,
debt collection practices and consumer debtor protection,
applicable to such Receivable (or any related contracts)
directly affecting the collectibility of such Receivable;
(xvi) any Receivable in connection with which the Borrower or the
applicable Guarantor (or any other party to such Receivable)
is in default in the performance or observance of any of the
terms thereof (other than payment of such Receivable) in any
material respect; provided that if any portion of any such
Receivable is not
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subject to any dispute, contra-account, defense, offset,
counterclaim, volume rebate or advertising or other allowance
and the payment of such portion is not being withheld or
delayed or otherwise affected in any manner due to the portion
that is subject to such dispute, contra-account, defense,
offset, counterclaim, volume rebate or advertising or other
allowance, then such portion which is not subject to any
dispute, contra-account, defense, offset, counterclaim, volume
rebate or advertising or other allowance shall not be excluded
from Eligible Receivables because of this clause (xvi);
(xvii) any Receivable that is not the bona fide existing obligation
created by the rendition of services or the sale of goods to a
customer of the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor in the
ordinary course of business;
(xviii) any Receivables subject to any Lien (except a Lien in favor of
the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or any Lien
described in Section 6.15(a), (f), or (h));
(xix) any Receivable that has been classified by the applicable
Guarantor or the Borrower as doubtful or that have otherwise
failed to meet established or customary credit standards of
the Borrower, to the extent of such write-down;
(xx) any Receivable evidenced by a promissory note or other similar
instrument; and
(xxi) any Receivable that is consigned or otherwise assigned to any
Person for collection or otherwise.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means any and all federal, state, local and
foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules,
judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements and other governmental restrictions relating to
(i) the protection of the environment, (ii) the effect of the environment on
human health, (iii) emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants,
contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes into surface water, ground water or
land, or (iv) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous
substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time including (unless the context otherwise requires) any
rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
"EXCLUDED TAXES" means, in the case of each Lender or applicable
Lending Office and the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net
income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by (i) the jurisdiction under the
laws of which such Lender or Agent is incorporated or organized or any political
combination or subdivision or taxing authority thereof or (ii) the jurisdiction
in which the Administrative Agent's or Lender's principal executive office or
such Lender's applicable Lending Office is located or in which, other than as a
result of the transaction evidenced by this Agreement, the Administrative Agent
or Lender otherwise is, or at any time was, engaged in business.
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"EXHIBIT" refers to an exhibit to this Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.
"EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2003, by and among the Borrower, the
Lenders from time to time parties thereto, and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as Administrative Agent, as amended or modified from time to time
prior to the effective date.
"FACILITY LC" is defined in Section 2.19.1.
"FACILITY LC APPLICATION" is defined in Section 2.19.3.
"FACILITY LC COLLATERAL ACCOUNT" is defined in Section 2.19.11.
"FEDERAL FUNDS EFFECTIVE RATE" means, for any day, an interest rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a
Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Chicago
time) on such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from
three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
"FISCAL QUARTER" means any quarter of a Fiscal Year of the Borrower.
"FISCAL YEAR" means the annual fiscal reporting period of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries consisting of a period of 12 consecutive months ending on
the last Sunday in December in any calendar year.
"FLOATING RATE" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the
Alternate Base Rate for such day, changing when and as the Alternate Base Rate
changes.
"FLOATING RATE ADVANCE" means an Advance which, except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the Floating Rate.
"FLOATING RATE LOAN" means a Loan, or portion thereof, which, except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the Floating Rate.
"FOREIGN PENSION PLAN" means any employee benefit plan as described in
Section 3(3) of ERISA for which the Borrower or any member of its Controlled
Group is a sponsor or administrator and which (i) is maintained or contributed
to for the benefit of employees of the Borrower, any of its respective
Subsidiaries or any member of its Controlled Group, (ii) is not covered by ERISA
pursuant to Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA, and (iii) under applicable local law, is
required to be funded through a trust or other funding vehicle.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means any nation or government, any federal,
state, local or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial,
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regulatory or administrative authority or functions of or pertaining to
government, including any authority or other quasi-governmental entity
established to perform any of such functions.
"GROSS AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLES" means the outstanding face
amount of Eligible Receivables of the Borrower and the Guarantors, determined in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, consistently applied, less (i)
all finance charges, late fees and other fees that are unearned and (ii) the
value of any accrual which has been recorded by the applicable Guarantor or the
Borrower with respect to downward price adjustments.
"GUARANTOR" means each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower.
"GUARANTY" means each Guaranty Agreement (and any and all supplements
thereto) executed from time to time by each Guarantor, in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the Lenders, in substantially
the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"INDEBTEDNESS" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services, including
without limitation, earn-outs and other similar forms of contingent purchase
prices (except accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business but
only if and so long as the same are payable on customary terms in trade and in
any event no later than one year after the incurrence thereof), (c) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other
similar instruments, (d) all obligations of such Person created or arising under
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property
acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or
lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to possession or
sale of such property), (e) all obligations of such Person constituting
Capitalized Lease Obligations, (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of
such Person under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, (g) all
obligations of such Person to purchase or redeem Redeemable Preferred Stock
valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference
plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (h) all obligations of such Person in respect
of Rate Management Agreements (valued in an amount equal to the highest
termination payment, if any, that would be payable upon termination for any
reason on the date of determination), (i) all Contingent Obligations of such
Person, (j) all Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities of such Person and (k) all
Indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without
limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such
Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness;
but in each case excluding obligations under operating leases and obligations
under employment contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of Indebtedness with respect to earn-outs and other similar forms of
contingent purchase prices shall be equal to the present value of the
obligation, in the case of known recurring obligations, and, in all other cases,
the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect of the obligation
assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder.
"INTEREST PERIOD" means, with respect to a LIBOR Advance, a period of
one, two, three or six months or such other period agreed to by the Lenders and
the Borrower, commencing on a Business Day selected by the Borrower pursuant to
this Agreement. Such Interest Period shall
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end on but exclude the day which corresponds numerically to such date one, two,
three or six months or such other agreed upon period thereafter, provided,
however, that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such next,
second, third or sixth succeeding month or such other succeeding period, such
Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such next, second, third
or sixth succeeding month or such other succeeding period. If an Interest Period
would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period
shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that if said
next succeeding Business Day falls in a new calendar month, such Interest Period
shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day.
"INVESTMENT" of a Person means any loan, advance (other than
commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the
ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts
receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the
trade, or stock, securities, membership interests or other similar property
received from an account obligor in full or partial settlement of a delinquent
account receivable, only so long as such stock, securities, membership interests
or other similar property shall be held for a period of one (1) year or less) or
contribution of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership
interests, notes, debentures or other securities owned by such Person; any
deposit accounts and certificate of deposit owned by such Person; and structured
notes, derivative financial instruments and other similar instruments or
contracts owned by such Person, any other direct or indirect purchase or
acquisition by such Person of any assets other than assets used in the ordinary
course of business; and any non-arms length transaction by such Person with
another Person or any other transfer of assets by such Person in another Person,
with the amount of such Investment being an amount equal to the net benefit
derived by such other Person resulting from any such transactions.
"LASALLE BANK" means LaSalle Bank National Association, a national
banking association, in its individual capacity, and its successors.
"LC FEE" is defined in Section 2.19.4.
"LC ISSUER" means LaSalle Bank (or any subsidiary or affiliate of
LaSalle Bank designated by LaSalle Bank) or any of the other Lenders, as
applicable, in its respective capacity as issuer of Facility LC's hereunder.
"LC OBLIGATIONS" means, at any time, the sum, without duplication, of
(i) the aggregate undrawn stated amount under all Facility LC's outstanding at
such time plus (ii) the aggregate unpaid amount at such time of all
Reimbursement Obligations.
"LC PAYMENT DATE" is defined in Section 2.19.5.
"LENDERS" means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages
of this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.
"LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to a Lender or the Administrative
Agent, the office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender or Agent
listed on the signature pages hereof, or on the administrative information
sheets provided to the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, or otherwise
selected by such Lender or Agent pursuant to Section 2.17.
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"LEVERAGE RATIO" is defined in Section 6.19.2.
"LIBOR ADVANCE" means an Advance which, except as otherwise provided in
Section 2.11, bears interest at the applicable LIBOR Rate.
"LIBOR BASE RATE" means, with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan for the
relevant Interest Period, the applicable London interbank offered rate for
deposits in Dollars appearing on as displayed in the Bloomberg Financial Markets
System as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first
day of such Interest Period, and having a maturity equal to such Interest
Period, provided that, if the Bloomberg Financial Markets System rate is not
available for any reason, the applicable LIBOR Base Rate for the relevant
Interest Period shall instead be the applicable British Bankers' Association
Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars appearing on Reuters Screen
FRBD as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day
of such Interest Period, and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period.
Any LIBOR Base Rate determined on the basis of the rate displayed on Bloomberg
Financial Markets System in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this
subparagraph shall be subject to corrections, if any, made in such rate and
displayed by the Bloomberg Financial Markets System within one hour of the time
when such rate is first displayed by such service.
"LIBOR LOAN" means a Loan which, except as otherwise provided in
Section 2.11, bears interest at the applicable LIBOR Rate requested by the
Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.8 and 2.9.
"LIBOR RATE" means, with respect to a LIBOR Advance for the relevant
Interest Period, the sum of (i) the quotient of (a) the LIBOR Base Rate
applicable to such Interest Period, divided by (b) one minus the Reserve
Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such Interest Period, plus
(ii) the then Applicable Margin, changing as and when the Applicable Margin
changes. The LIBOR Rate shall be rounded to the next higher multiple of 1/16th
of 1% if the rate is not such a multiple.
"LIEN" means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or
lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention
agreement, and, in the case of stock, stockholders agreements, voting trust
agreements and all similar agreements).
"LOAN" means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender's loan made
pursuant to Article II (or any conversion or continuation thereof), including,
without limitation, Revolving Loans and Term Loans.
"LOAN DOCUMENTS" means this Agreement, the Facility LC Applications
(including the LBNA Master Letter of Credit Agreement entered into with LaSalle
Bank in its capacity as LC Issuer), the Collateral Documents, if any, the
Guaranty and all other documents (including any other guaranties (or supplements
thereto) executed pursuant to Section 6.20), instruments, notes (including any
Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.13 (if requested)) and agreements executed in
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connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, as the same
may be amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE" means a material adverse change in the
business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), performance, results
of operations or prospects of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or any event or
circumstance or series of events or circumstances, which has had a Material
Adverse Effect.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance,
results of operations or prospects of the Borrower, or the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower to perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of
any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent,
the LC Issuers or the Lenders thereunder.
"MATERIAL INDEBTEDNESS" is defined in Section 7.5(i).
"MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY" means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
Borrower that at any time has (i) assets with a total book value equal to or
greater than one percent (1%) of the aggregate book value of the Consolidated
total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (ii) Consolidated Net Worth
that is equal to or greater than one percent (1%) of the Consolidated Net Worth
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or (iii) assets that contributed one
percent (1%) or more of the Borrower's Consolidated Net Income, in each case as
reported in the most recent financial statements delivered to the Lenders
pursuant to Section 6.1.
"MODIFY" and "MODIFICATION" are defined in Section 2.19.1.
"MOODY'S" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and any successor
thereto.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a Plan maintained pursuant to a collective
bargaining agreement or any other arrangement to which the Borrower or any
member of the Controlled Group is a party to which more than one employer is
obligated to make contributions.
"NET CASH PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Asset Sale by any
Person, (a) cash or Cash Equivalent Investments (freely convertible into
Dollars) received by such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person from such
Asset Sale (including cash received as consideration for the assumption or
incurrence of liabilities incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such
Asset Sale), after (i) provision for all income or other taxes measured by or
resulting from such Asset Sale, (ii) payment of all brokerage commissions and
other fees and expenses and commissions related to such Asset Sale, and (iii)
all amounts used to repay Indebtedness (and any premium or penalty thereon)
secured by a Lien on any asset disposed of in such Asset Sale or which is or may
be required (by the express terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness
or by applicable law) to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale (including
payments made to obtain or avoid the need for the consent of any holder of such
Indebtedness); and (b) cash or Cash Equivalent Investments payments in respect
of any other consideration received by such Person or any Subsidiary of such
Person from such Asset Sale upon receipt of such cash payments by such Person or
such Subsidiary.
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"NON-U.S. LENDER" is defined in Section 3.5(iv).
"NOTE" is defined in Section 2.13.
"OBLIGATIONS" means all Revolving Loans, all Term Loans, advances,
debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Borrower to
any of the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Arranger, any affiliate of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, any LC Issuer, the Arranger, or any
indemnitee under the provisions of Section 9.6 or any other provisions of the
Loan Documents, in each case of any kind or nature, present or future, arising
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether or not evidenced by any
note, guaranty or other instrument, whether or not for the payment of money,
whether arising by reason of an extension of credit, loan, foreign exchange
risk, guaranty, indemnification, or in any other manner, whether direct or
indirect (including those acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due
or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired. The
term includes, without limitation, all interest, charges, expenses, fees,
attorneys' fees and disbursements, paralegals' fees, and any other sum
chargeable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document.
"OFF-BALANCE SHEET LIABILITY" of a Person means (i) any repurchase
obligation or liability of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries with respect
to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
(calculated to include the unrecovered investment of purchasers or transferees
of accounts or any other obligation of the Borrower or such transferor to
purchasers/transferees of interests in accounts or notes receivable or the agent
for such purchasers/transferees), (ii) any liability under any sale and
leaseback transaction which is not a Capitalized Lease, (iii) any liability
under any financing lease or so-called "synthetic lease" or "tax ownership
operating lease" transaction entered into by such Person, or (iv) any obligation
arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent
of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on
the consolidated balance sheets of such Person, but excluding from this clause
(iv) Operating Leases.
"OPERATING LEASE" of a Person means any lease of Property (other than a
Capitalized Lease) by such Person as lessee which has an original term
(including any required renewals and any renewals effective at the option of the
lessor) of one year or more.
"OPERATING LEASE OBLIGATIONS" means, as at any date of determination,
the amount obtained by aggregating the present values, determined in the case of
each particular Operating Lease by applying a discount rate (which discount rate
shall equal the discount rate which would be applied under Agreement Accounting
Principles if such Operating Lease were a Capitalized Lease) from the date on
which each fixed lease payment is due under such Operating Lease to such date of
determination, of all fixed lease payments due under all Operating Leases of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"OTHER TAXES" is defined in Section 3.5(ii).
"OUTSTANDING CREDIT EXPOSURE" means, as to any Lender at any time, (i)
the aggregate principal amount of its Loans outstanding at such time, plus (ii)
an amount equal to its Revolving Loan Pro Rata Share of the LC Obligations at
such time.
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"PARTICIPANTS" is defined in Section 12.2.1.
"PAYMENT DATE" means the last day of each March, June, September and
December, the Revolving Facility Termination Date and the Term Loan Maturity
Date.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
"PERMITTED ACQUISITION" means any Acquisition that satisfies the
following requirements:
(i) no Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would result from such Acquisition or the incurrence of any
Indebtedness in connection therewith;
(ii) in the case of an Acquisition of the capital stock of an
entity, the Acquisition shall be of at least eighty percent (80%) of such
capital stock of such entity, and such acquired entity shall be (x) merged with
and into the Borrower or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower immediately
following such Acquisition, with the Borrower or such wholly-owned Subsidiary
being the surviving corporation following such merger or (y) the results of
operations of such entity shall be reported on a consolidated basis with the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries;
(iii) the purchase is consummated pursuant to a negotiated
acquisition agreement on a non-hostile basis and approved by the target
company's board of directors (and shareholders, if necessary) prior to the
consummation of the Acquisition, and, from and after the Collateralization Date,
the Borrower shall have delivered all such Collateral Documents necessary or
required under Section 6.23 for the perfection of a first priority security
interest (subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.15) in substantially all of
the assets to be acquired or all of the equity interests and substantially all
of the assets of the entity to be acquired, together with opinions of counsel,
if requested by the Administrative Agent, in each case in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that, as set forth
in Section 6.23, if any pledge of capital stock of any foreign subsidiary shall
result in materially adverse tax consequences to the Borrower, 65% of such
foreign subsidiary's capital stock and not 100% shall be pledged;
(iv) the businesses being acquired shall be substantially similar,
related or incidental to the businesses or activities engaged in by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date;
(v) effective as of the date of each such Acquisition (taking into
account the effect of such purchase and any Indebtedness incurred in connection
therewith), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate
executed by an Authorized Officer, which certificate shall demonstrate that sum
of (a) all cash and Cash Equivalent Investments as of such date plus (b) the
Available Aggregate Commitment as of such date shall not be less than
$10,000,000;
(vi) prior to such Acquisition, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders a certificate from one of the Authorized
Officers, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent that
after giving effect to such Acquisition and the
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incurrence of any Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.12 in connection
therewith, on a pro forma basis using historical audited (if any) or reviewed
unaudited financial statements obtained from the seller(s) in respect of each
such Acquisition as if the Acquisition and such incurrence of Indebtedness had
occurred on the first day of the twelve-month period ending on the last day of
the Borrower's most recently completed Fiscal Quarter, the Borrower would have
been in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 6.19 and not
otherwise in Default, provided, however, no such certificate demonstrating the
foregoing shall be required for Permitted Acquisitions for which the purchase
price paid (taking into account any Indebtedness incurred in connection
therewith) is equal to or less than $3,000,000; and
(vii) after giving effect to all Indebtedness consisting of seller
financing incurred in connection with such Acquisition, the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with Section 6.11.
"PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means Investments existing on the Closing Date
and described on Schedule 1 hereto and other Investments consisting of: (i)
loans or advances in the ordinary course of business to suppliers, officers,
directors and employees incidental to carrying on the business of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary (including employee relocation loans); (ii) receivables
arising from the sale of goods and services in the ordinary course of business
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (iii) loans to Subsidiaries and loans by a
Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Subsidiary to the extent permitted under
Section 6.11, in each case in the ordinary course of business and (iv) Permitted
Acquisitions.
"PERMITTED PURCHASE MONEY INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any
Person, any Indebtedness, whether secured or unsecured, including Capitalized
Leases, incurred by such Person to finance the acquisition of fixed assets, so
long as (1) at the time of such incurrence, no Default or Unmatured Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result from such incurrence, (2) such
Indebtedness has a scheduled maturity and is not due on demand and (3) such
Indebtedness does not exceed the lower of the fair market value or the cost of
the applicable fixed assets on the date acquired.
"PERSON" means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture,
partnership, limited liability company, association, enterprise, trust or other
entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision or any
agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
"PLAN" means an employee benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of
ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code
as to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group may have
liability.
"PRICING SCHEDULE" means the Schedule identifying the Applicable
Margin, the Applicable LC Fee Rate and Applicable Commitment Fee Rate attached
hereto and identified as such.
"PRIME RATE" means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest
announced from time to time by LaSalle Bank or its parent (which is not
necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when and as said
prime rate changes.
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"PROPERTY" of a Person means any and all property, whether real,
personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned,
leased or operated by such Person.
"PRO RATA SHARE" means, with respect to a Lender, a portion equal to a
fraction the numerator of which is the sum of such Lender's Commitment and the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Term Loans at such time
(in each case, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Aggregate
Commitment at such time and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all of
the Term Loans at such time, or, if the Aggregate Commitment has been
terminated, a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender's Outstanding
Credit Exposure at such time and the denominator of which is the sum of the
Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure at such time.
"PURCHASERS" is defined in Section 12.3.1.
"PREFERRED STOCK" means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock
issued by such corporation that is entitled to a preference or priority over any
other capital stock issued by such corporation upon any distribution of such
corporation's assets, whether by dividend or upon liquidation.
"RATE MANAGEMENT OBLIGATIONS" of a Person means any and all obligations
of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever
created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and
modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (i) any and all Rate
Management Transactions, and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs,
reversals, terminations or assignments of any Rate Management Transactions.
"RATE MANAGEMENT TRANSACTION" means any transaction (including an
agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into between
the Borrower and any Lender or Affiliate thereof which is a rate swap, basis
swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or
equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate
option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar
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.
"RECEIVABLE(S)" means and includes, with respect to any Person, all of
such Person's presently existing and hereafter arising or acquired accounts,
accounts receivable, and all present and future rights of such Person to payment
for goods sold or leased or for services rendered (except those evidenced by
instruments or chattel paper), whether or not they have been earned by
performance, and all rights in any merchandise or goods which any of the same
may represent, and all rights, title, security and guaranties with respect to
each of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any right of stoppage in
transit.
"REDEEMABLE" means, with respect to any capital stock, Indebtedness or
other right or obligation, any such capital stock, Indebtedness or other right
or obligation that (a) the issuer has undertaken to redeem at a fixed or
determinable date or dates, whether by operation of a sinking
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fund or otherwise, or upon the occurrence of a condition not solely within the
control of the issuer, or (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder.
"REGULATION U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the
extension of credit by banks, non-banks and non-broker lenders for the purpose
of purchasing or carrying margin stocks applicable to member banks of the
Federal Reserve System.
"REGULATION X" means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the
extension of credit by foreign lenders for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock (as defined therein).
"REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATIONS" means, at any time, the aggregate of all
obligations of the Borrower then outstanding under Section 2.19 to reimburse any
LC Issuer for amounts paid by such LC Issuer in respect of any one or more
drawings under Facility LC's.
"RENTALS" of a Person means the aggregate fixed amounts payable by such
Person under any Operating Lease.
"REPORTABLE EVENT" means a reportable event, as defined in Section 4043
of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan,
excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC has by regulation or
otherwise waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified
within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of such event, provided, however, that
a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of
Section 302 of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of
any such waiver of the notice requirement in accordance with either Section
4043(a) of ERISA or Section 412(d) of the Code.
"RESERVE REQUIREMENT" means the maximum aggregate reserve requirement
(including all basic supplemental, marginal and other reserves), stated as a
decimal, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(or any successor) with respect to "Eurocurrency liabilities" or in respect of
any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which
the interest rate on LIBOR Rate Loans is determined or category of extensions of
credit or other assets which includes loans by a non-United States office of any
Lender to United States residents.
"RESTRICTED PAYMENTS" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10.
"REVOLVING CREDIT OBLIGATIONS" means, at any particular time, the sum
of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans at such time,
plus (ii) the outstanding LC Obligations at such time.
"REVOLVING FACILITY TERMINATION DATE" means the earlier of (a) December
31, 2006 and (b) the date the Aggregate Commitments are reduced to zero or
otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms hereof, including, without
limitation, pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 2.5 and Article VIII hereof.
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"REVOLVING LOAN" means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender's loan
made pursuant to its commitment to lend set forth in Section 2.1 (and any
conversion or continuation thereof).
"REVOLVING LOAN PRO RATA SHARE" means, with respect to a Lender, a
portion equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender's Commitment
at such time and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Commitment at such
time; provided, however, that if the Commitments have been terminated pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement, "Revolving Loan Pro Rata Share" means a portion
equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender's Outstanding Credit
Exposure (exclusive of Term Loans) at such time and the denominator of which is
the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure (exclusive of Term Loans) outstanding
at such time.
"RISK BASED CAPITAL GUIDELINES" is defined in Section 3.2.
"SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTION" means any sale or other transfer of
Property by any Person with the intent to lease such Property as lessee.
"S&P" means Standard and Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
"SCHEDULE" refers to a specific schedule to this Agreement, unless
another document is specifically referenced.
"SECTION" means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.
"SENIOR NOTES" means the 8.60% Senior Notes due February 15, 2002
issued by the Borrower pursuant to the Senior Note Agreement, including any
notes issued in substitution thereof or exchange therefor pursuant to the Senior
Note Agreement, as such notes may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"SENIOR NOTE DOCUMENTS" means the Senior Note Agreement and the Senior
Notes.
"SENIOR NOTE AGREEMENT" means the Note Agreement dated as of December
1, 1994 among the Borrower and the Purchasers named in Schedule I thereto, as
such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"SINGLE EMPLOYER PLAN" means a Plan maintained by the Borrower or any
member of the Controlled Group for employees of the Borrower or any member of
the Controlled Group.
"SOLVENT" means, when used with respect to any Person, that at the time
of determination:
(i) the fair value of its assets (both at fair valuation and at
present fair saleable value) is equal to or in excess of the total amount of its
liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities;
(ii) it is then able and expects to be able to pay its debts as
they mature; and
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(iii) it has capital sufficient to carry on its business as
conducted or as proposed to be conducted.
With respect to contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guarantees
and pension plan liabilities), such liabilities shall be computed at the amount
which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time,
represent the amount which can be reasonably be expected to become an actual or
matured liability.
"SUBSIDIARY" of a Person means (i) any corporation more than fifty
percent (50%) of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of
which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such
Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more
of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture or similar business organization more than fifty
percent (50%) of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which
shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless otherwise expressly
provided, all references herein to a "Subsidiary" shall mean a Subsidiary of the
Borrower.
"SUBSTANTIAL PORTION" means, with respect to the Property of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Property which (i) represents more than ten
percent (10%) of the consolidated tangible assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as would be shown in the consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of the four Fiscal Quarter periods
ending with the Fiscal Quarter immediately prior to the Fiscal Quarter in which
such determination is made, or (ii) is responsible for more than ten percent
(10%) of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
reflected in the financial statements referred to in clause (i) above.
"TAXES" means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies,
imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities with
respect to the foregoing, but excluding Excluded Taxes.
"TERM LOAN" means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender's term loan
made under the Existing Credit Agreement and re-evidenced hereunder pursuant to
Section 2.1.2.
"TERM LOAN MATURITY DATE" means the earlier of (a) December 31, 2006
and (b) the date on which all of the Obligations shall become due and payable
pursuant to the terms hereof, including, without limitation, pursuant to Article
VIII hereof.
"TRANSFEREE" is defined in Section 12.4.
"TYPE" means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as a Floating
Rate Advance or a LIBOR Advance.
"UNFUNDED LIABILITIES" means the amount (if any) by which the present
value of all vested and unvested accrued benefits under all Single Employer
Plans exceeds the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such
benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such
Plans using PBGC actuarial assumptions for single employer plan terminations.
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"UNMATURED DEFAULT" means an event which but for the lapse of time or
the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default.
"WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY" of a Person means (i) any Subsidiary all of
the outstanding voting securities of which shall at the time be owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person, or (ii) any partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture or similar business organization 100% of the
ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be
so owned or controlled.
The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
Any accounting terms used in this Agreement which are not specifically
defined herein shall have the meanings customarily given them in accordance with
Agreement Accounting Principles.
1.2. References. Any references to the Borrower's Subsidiaries
shall not in any way be construed as consent by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to the establishment, maintenance or acquisition of and Subsidiary,
except as may otherwise be permitted hereunder.
1.3. Supplemental Disclosure. At any time at the request of the
Administrative Agent and at such additional times as the Borrower determines,
the Borrower shall supplement each schedule or representation herein or in the
other Loan Documents with respect to any matter hereafter arising which, if
existing or occurring at the Closing Date, would have been required to be set
forth as an exception to such representation or which is necessary to correct
any information in such representation which has been rendered inaccurate
thereby. Notwithstanding that any such supplement to such representation may
disclose the existence or occurrence of events, facts or circumstances which are
either prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or
which result in the breach of any representation or warranty, such supplement to
such representation shall not be deemed either an amendment thereof or a waiver
of such breach unless expressly consented to in writing by Administrative Agent
and the requisite number of Lenders under Section 8.2, and no such amendments,
except as the same may be consented to in a writing which expressly includes a
waiver, shall be or be deemed a waiver by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
of any Default disclosed therein. Any items disclosed in any such supplemental
disclosures shall be included in the calculation of any limits, baskets or
similar restrictions contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
2.1. Description of Facilities.
2.1.1. Revolving Loans; Commitment. From and including the Effective
Date and prior to the Revolving Facility Termination Date, upon the satisfaction
of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.1 and 4.2, as applicable,
each Lender severally and not jointly agrees, on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, (i) to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower
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from time to time in Dollars in amounts not to exceed in the aggregate at any
one time outstanding of its Revolving Loan Pro Rata Share of the Available
Aggregate Commitment and (ii) participate in Facility LC's issued upon the
request of the Borrower; provided that at no time shall the Aggregate
Outstanding Credit Exposure (exclusive of the portion thereof constituting Term
Loans) hereunder exceed the Aggregate Commitment, provided, further that at no
time shall the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure hereunder exceed the
Borrowing Base. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow,
repay and reborrow Revolving Loans at any time prior to the Revolving Facility
Termination Date. The Commitments to lend hereunder shall expire automatically
on the Revolving Facility Termination Date. The LC Issuers will issue Facility
LC's hereunder on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2.19.
2.1.2. Term Loans. The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent agree that term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $22,500,000.00
were outstanding to the Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately
prior to the Effective Date. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the
Lenders agree that such term loans shall be re-evidenced as and shall constitute
Term Loans under this Agreement. Each Lender holding a Term Loan on the
Effective Date is identified, together with the principal amount of its Term
Loan, on the Commitment Schedule to this Agreement. In accordance with Section
2.1.3 below, on the Effective Date, Bank of America, N.A. shall make Term Loans
hereunder in the amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Departing Lender's "Term Loans" under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit
Agreement.
2.1.3. Departing Lender. The "Commitments", outstanding "Revolving
Loans" and outstanding "Term Loans" of the Departing Lender under the Existing
Credit Agreement shall be repaid in full and terminated and the Departing Lender
shall not be a Lender under this Agreement. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans
and Term Loans made by Bank of America, N.A. on the Effective Date hereof shall
be applied first to repay in full all of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Departing Lender's "Revolving Loans" and "Term Loans" under and as
defined in the Existing Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Departing Lender shall continue to retain the protections due to Lenders and LC
Issuers under Section 2.19.9, Section 3.6 and Section 9.6 hereof.
2.2. Required Payments; Termination Date.
2.2.1. Required Payments. Any outstanding Revolving Loans and all
other unpaid Obligations (other than the Term Loans and amounts owing under or
in connection with Term Loans) shall be paid in full by the Borrower on the
Revolving Facility Termination Date, and outstanding Term Loans and amounts
owing under or in connection with Term Loans shall be paid in full by the
Borrower on the Term Loan Maturity Date. The aggregate unpaid principal balance
of all Term Loans hereunder shall be repaid in twelve (12) consecutive equal
installments, payable on each Payment Date (other than the Revolving Facility
Termination Date) commencing on March 31, 2004, and continuing thereafter until
the Term Loan Maturity Date, in an amount equal to $1,875,000.
2.2.2. Termination Date. Notwithstanding the termination of the
Commitments under this Agreement on the Revolving Facility Termination Date,
until all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations) shall
have been fully paid and satisfied and all financing
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arrangements among the Borrower and the Lenders hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents shall have been terminated, all of the rights and remedies under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall survive.
2.3. Ratable Loans. Each Advance (other than the Term Loans
outstanding on the Effective Date) hereunder shall consist of Revolving Loans
made from the several Lenders ratably in proportion to the ratio that their
respective Commitments bear to the Aggregate Commitment.
2.4. Types of Advances. The Advances may be Loans consisting of
Floating Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans, or a combination thereof, selected by the
Borrower in accordance with Sections 2.8 and 2.9.
2.5. Commitment Fee; Reductions in Aggregate Commitment.
2.5.1. Commitment Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender with a Commitment a
commitment fee (the "COMMITMENT FEE") at a per annum rate equal to the
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the daily unused portion of such Lender's
Commitment from and including the Effective Date to and including the Revolving
Facility Termination Date, payable quarterly in arrears on each Payment Date
(other than the Term Loan Maturity Date) hereafter and until all Obligations
hereunder (other than amounts owing under or in connection with Term Loans) have
been paid in full; provided, that such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the LC
Obligations shall be deemed to constitute usage of such Lender's Commitment for
purposes of calculating the Commitment Fee due hereunder.
2.5.2. Reductions in Aggregate Commitment. The Borrower may
permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitment in whole, or in part ratably among
the Lenders in a minimum amount of $500,000 (and in multiples of $500,000 if in
excess thereof), upon at least three (3) Business Days' prior written notice to
the Administrative Agent of such reduction, which notice shall specify the
amount of any such reduction; provided, however, that the amount of the
Aggregate Commitment may not be reduced below the Aggregate Outstanding Credit
Exposure (other than amounts owing under or in connection with Term Loans). All
accrued Commitment Fees shall be payable on the effective date of any
termination of all or any part of the obligations of the Lenders to make
Revolving Loans hereunder.
2.6. Minimum Amount of Each Advance. Each LIBOR Advance shall be in
the minimum amount of $500,000 (and in multiples of $500,000 if in excess
thereof), and each Floating Rate Advance shall be in the minimum amount of
$500,000 (and in multiples of $500,000 if in excess thereof), provided, however,
that any Floating Rate Advance may be in the amount of the Available Aggregate
Commitment. The Borrower shall not request a LIBOR Advance if, after giving
effect to the requested LIBOR Advance, more than three (3) Interest Periods
would be in effect (unless such limit has been waived by the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion).
2.7. Optional Principal Payments; Mandatory Principal Prepayments.
2.7.1. Optional Principal Payments. The Borrower may from time to
time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding Floating Rate Advances,
or, in a minimum aggregate amount
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of $500,000 or any integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, any portion
of the outstanding Floating Rate Advances, upon not less than two Business Days'
prior notice to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower may from time to time
pay, subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by
Section 3.4 but without penalty or premium, all outstanding LIBOR Advances, or,
in a minimum aggregate amount of $500,000 or any integral multiple of $500,000
in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding LIBOR Advances upon three
Business Days' prior notice to the Administrative Agent. Principal payments made
with respect to the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.7.1 shall be applied
to the principal installments payable under Section 2.2 in the inverse order of
maturity.
2.7.2. Mandatory Principal Prepayments. If, at any time, (i) the
Borrower shall, or it shall permit any Subsidiary to, consummate any Asset Sale
or Sale and Leaseback Transaction (other than Asset Sales permitted under
Section 6.13(a)), (ii) the Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries, shall incur any
Indebtedness under Section 6.11(f), or (iii) the Aggregate Outstanding Credit
Exposure shall exceed the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall immediately make a
mandatory prepayment of the Obligations (to be applied (a) in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii) above, first to outstanding principal amount of Term Loans
and, thereafter, to outstanding Revolving Loans (without any reduction to the
Commitment), and (b) in the case of clause (iii) above, first to outstanding
principal amount of Revolving Loans (without any reduction to the Commitment)
and, thereafter, to outstanding Term Loans, in each case with Term Loan payments
to be made in inverse order of maturity)(1) in an amount equal to the Net Cash
Proceeds, provided, that the Borrower shall be permitted to retain (i) the first
$1,000,000 of Net Cash Proceeds it receives in the aggregate for any Asset Sales
made under Sections 6.13 (b) and (c), and (ii) the first $3,000,000 of Net Cash
Proceeds it receives in the aggregate for any Asset Sales made under Section
6.13(d), Sale and Leaseback Transactions or Indebtedness under Section 6.11(f).
2.8. Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for New
Advances. The Borrower shall select the Type of Advance and, in the case of each
LIBOR Advance, the Interest Period applicable thereto from time to time. The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a "BORROWING
NOTICE") not later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least one (1) Business Day
before the Borrowing Date of each Floating Rate Advance and two (2) Business
Days before the Borrowing Date for each LIBOR Advance. A Borrowing Notice shall
specify:
(a) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of
such Advance,
(b) the aggregate amount of such Advance,
(c) the Type of Advance selected, and
(d) in the case of each LIBOR Advance, the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
(1) LaSalle to confirm.
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2.9. Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances. Floating
Rate Advances shall continue as Floating Rate Advances unless and until such
Floating Rate Advances are converted into LIBOR Advances pursuant to this
Section 2.9 or are repaid in accordance with Section 2.7. Each LIBOR Advance
shall continue as a LIBOR Advance until the end of the then applicable Interest
Period therefor, at which time such LIBOR Advance shall be automatically
converted into a Floating Rate Advance unless (x) such LIBOR Advance is or was
repaid in accordance with Section 2.7, (y) the Borrower shall have given the
Administrative Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice (as defined below)
requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period, such LIBOR Advance continue
as a LIBOR Advance for the same or another Interest Period or (z) upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Default, each LIBOR Advance, may,
at the Required Lender's direction, on the last day of the then existing
Interest Period therefor, convert into a Floating Rate Advance and the
obligations of the Lenders to make, or to convert Floating Rate Advances into
LIBOR Advances shall be suspended. Subject to the terms of Section 2.6, the
Borrower may elect from time to time to convert all or any part of a Floating
Rate Advance into a LIBOR Advance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 2.9, no Advance may be converted or continued as a
LIBOR Advance (except with the consent of all of the Lenders) when any Default
or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing. The Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a "CONVERSION/CONTINUATION NOTICE") of
each conversion of a Floating Rate Advance into a LIBOR Advance or continuation
of a LIBOR Advance not later than 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least three (3)
Business Days prior to the date of the requested conversion or continuation,
specifying:
(a) the requested date, which shall be a Business Day, of
such conversion or continuation,
(b) the aggregate amount and Type of the Advance which is
to be converted or continued, and
(c) the amount of such Advance which is to be converted
into or continued as a LIBOR Advance and the duration
of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
2.10. Interest Rates. Each Floating Rate Advance shall bear interest
on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and including the
date such Advance is made or is automatically converted from a LIBOR Advance
into a Floating Rate Advance pursuant to Section 2.9, to but excluding the date
it is paid or is converted into a LIBOR Advance pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof,
at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate for such day. Changes in the rate
of interest on that portion of any Advance maintained as a Floating Rate Advance
will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate Base Rate.
Each LIBOR Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof from and including the first day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto to (but not including) the last day of such Interest Period at the LIBOR
Rate for such Interest Period. No Interest Period may end after the Revolving
Facility Termination Date with respect to Revolving Loans, or the Term Loan
Maturity Date with respect to Term Loans.
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2.11. Rates Applicable After Default. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in Section 2.8 or 2.9, during the continuance of a
Default or Unmatured Default the Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the
Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Lenders
notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the
Lenders to changes in interest rates), declare that no Advance may be made as,
converted into or continued as a LIBOR Advance. During the continuance of a
Default the Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which
notice may be revoked at the option of the Lenders notwithstanding any provision
of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest
rates), declare that (i) each LIBOR Advance shall bear interest for the
remainder of the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to
such Interest Period plus 2% per annum, (ii) each Floating Rate Advance and all
fees and other Obligations hereunder shall bear interest at a rate per annum
equal to the Floating Rate in effect from time to time plus 2% per annum, and
(iii) the LC Fee shall be increased by 2% per annum, provided that, during the
continuance of a Default under Section 7.6 or 7.7, the interest rates set forth
in clauses (i) and (ii) above and the increase in the LC Fee set forth in clause
(iii) above shall be applicable to all Credit Extensions and on any accrued but
unpaid fees and other Obligations without any election or action on the part of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
2.12. Method of Payment. All payments of the Obligations hereunder
shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately
available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent's
address specified pursuant to Article XIII, or at any other Lending Office of
the Administrative Agent specified in writing by the Administrative Agent to the
Borrower, by 12:00 noon (Chicago time) on the date when due and shall (except in
the case of Reimbursement Obligations for which the LC Issuers have not been
fully indemnified by the Lenders, or as otherwise specifically required
hereunder) be applied ratably by the Administrative Agent among the Lenders
entitled thereto. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the
account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Administrative Agent to
such Lender in the same type of funds that the Administrative Agent received at
such Lender's address specified pursuant to Article XIII or at any Lending
Office specified in a notice received by the Administrative Agent from such
Lender. The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to charge the account of
the Borrower maintained with LaSalle Bank or any of its Affiliates for each
payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder. Each
reference to the Administrative Agent in this Section 2.12 shall also be deemed
to refer, and shall apply equally, to the LC Issuers, in the case of payments
required to be made to by the Borrower to the LC Issuers pursuant to Section
2.19.6.
2.13. Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness.
(i) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to
such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time,
including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender
from time to time hereunder.
(ii) The Administrative Agent shall also maintain accounts in which
it will record (a) the date and the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type
thereof and the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (b) the amount of
any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Lender hereunder, (c) the original stated
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amount of each Facility LC and the amount of LC Obligations outstanding at any
time, (d) the effective date and amount of each Assignment Agreement delivered
to and accepted by it and the parties thereto pursuant to Section 12.3, (e) the
amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the
Borrower and each Lender's share thereof, and (f) all other appropriate debits
and credits as provided in this Agreement, including, without limitation, all
fees, charges, expenses and interest.
(iii) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to
clauses (i) and (ii) above shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the Obligations therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure
of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such accounts or any error
therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay
the Obligations in accordance with their terms.
(iv) Any Lender may request that the Loans made or to be made by it
be evidenced by a promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit C (each,
a "Note"). In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to
such Lender such Note or Notes payable to the order of such Lender. Thereafter,
the Loans evidenced by each such Note and interest thereon shall at all times
(including after any assignment pursuant to Section 12.3) be represented by one
or more Notes payable to the order of the payee named therein or any assignee
pursuant to Section 12.3, except to the extent that any such Lender or assignee
subsequently returns any such Note for cancellation and requests that such Loans
once again be evidenced as described in clauses (i) and (ii) above.
2.14. Telephonic Notices. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lenders
and the Administrative Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect
selections of Types of Advances and transfer funds based on telephonic notices
made by any person or persons the Administrative Agent or any Lender in good
faith believes to be acting on behalf of the Borrower, it being understood that
the foregoing authorization is specifically intended to allow Borrowing Notices
and Conversion/Continuation Notices to be given telephonically. The Borrower
agrees to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent a written confirmation,
signed by an Authorized Officer, of each telephonic notice signed by an
Authorized Officer. If the written confirmation differs in any material respect
from the action taken by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the records
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall govern absent manifest error.
2.15. Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis. Interest
accrued on each Floating Rate Advance shall be payable in arrears on each
Payment Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Effective
Date, on any date on which the Floating Rate Advance is prepaid, whether due to
acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued on that portion of
the outstanding principal amount of any Floating Rate Advance converted into a
LIBOR Advance on a day other than a Payment Date shall be payable on the next
succeeding Payment Date. Interest accrued on each LIBOR Advance shall be payable
on the last day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which the
LIBOR Advance is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity.
Interest accrued on each LIBOR Advance having an Interest Period longer than
three (3) months shall also be payable on the last day of each three-month
interval during such Interest Period. Interest on all Advances and fees
(including LC Fees) shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of
a 360-day year. Interest shall be
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payable for the day an Advance is made but not for the day of any payment on the
amount paid if payment is received prior to 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) at the
place of payment. If any payment of principal of or interest on an Advance, any
fees or any other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a
principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing
interest, fees and commissions in connection with such payment.
2.16. Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and
Commitment Reductions; Availability of Credit Extensions. Promptly after receipt
thereof, the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of
each Aggregate Commitment reduction notice, Borrowing Notice,
Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice received by it hereunder.
Promptly after notice from any LC Issuer, the Administrative Agent will notify
each Lender of the contents of each request for issuance of a Facility LC
hereunder. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the interest rate
applicable to each LIBOR Advance promptly upon determination of such interest
rate and will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate
Base Rate. Not later than 12:00 noon (Chicago time) on each Borrowing Date, each
Lender shall make available its Credit Extensions in funds immediately available
in Chicago to the Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant to
Article XIII. Unless the Administrative Agent determines that any applicable
condition specified in Article IV has not been satisfied, the Administrative
Agent will make the funds so received from the Lenders available to the Borrower
at the Administrative Agent's aforesaid address.
2.17. Lending Offices. Each Lender may book its Loans and its
participation in any LC Obligations and any LC Issuer may book the Facility LC's
at any Lending Office selected by such Lender or such LC Issuer, as the case may
be, and may change its Lending Office from time to time. All terms of this
Agreement shall apply to any such Lending Office and the Loans, Facility LC's
and any Notes issued hereunder shall be deemed held by each Lender or each LC
Issuer, as the case may be, for the benefit of any such Lending Office. Each
Lender and each LC Issuer may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower in accordance with Article XIII, designate replacement or
additional Lending Offices through which Loans will be made by it or Facility
LC's will be issued by it and for whose account Loan payments or payments with
respect to Facility LC's are to be made.
2.18. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent. Unless the
Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent
prior to the time on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative
Agent of (i) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (ii) in the case
of the Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been made.
The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of
such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such
assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact
made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment
shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent
the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each
day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available
by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers
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annum equal to (x) in the case of payment by a Lender, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate for such day for the first three (3) days and, thereafter, the
interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan or (y) in the case of payment by
the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan, including the
interest rate applicable pursuant to Section 2.11.
2.19. Facility LC's.
2.19.1. Issuance. The LC Issuers hereby agree, on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, to issue standby letters of credit
(each, a "FACILITY LC") and to renew, extend, increase, decrease or otherwise
modify each Facility LC ("MODIFY," and each such action a "MODIFICATION"), from
time to time from and including the date of this Agreement and prior to the
Revolving Facility Termination Date upon the request of the Borrower; provided
that immediately after each such Facility LC is issued or Modified, (i) the
aggregate amount of the outstanding LC Obligations shall not exceed $5,000,000
and (ii) the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure (excluding Term Loans) shall
not exceed the Aggregate Commitment, provided, further, that at no time shall
the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure exceed the Borrowing Base. No Facility
LC shall have an expiry date later than the earlier of (x) the fifth Business
Day prior to the Revolving Facility Termination Date and (y) eighteen months
after its issuance; provided that any Facility LC with an eighteen-month tenor
may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which,
subject to the next succeeding proviso, may extend beyond the date referred to
in clause (x) above); provided, however, that, subject to the terms of Section
2.19.11, on or before the 10th day prior to the Revolving Facility Termination
Date the Borrower may request and the LC Issuers hereby agree to issue Facility
LC's with (or to Modify Facility LC's to have) an expiry date on or after the
Revolving Facility Termination Date but not later than the twelve-month
anniversary of the Revolving Facility Termination Date.
2.19.2. Participations. Upon the issuance or Modification by any LC
Issuer of a Facility LC in accordance with this Section 2.19, such LC Issuer
shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have
unconditionally and irrevocably sold to each Lender, and each Lender shall be
deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and
irrevocably purchased from such LC Issuer, a participation in such Facility LC
(and each Modification thereof) and the related LC Obligations in proportion to
its Revolving Loan Pro Rata Share.
2.19.3. Notice. Subject to Section 2.19.1, the Borrower shall give the
applicable LC Issuer notice prior to 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least three
Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance or Modification of each
Facility LC, specifying the beneficiary, the proposed date of issuance (or
Modification) and the expiry date of such Facility LC, and describing the
proposed terms of such Facility LC and the nature of the transactions proposed
to be supported thereby. Upon receipt of such notice, the applicable LC Issuer
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender, of the contents thereof and of the amount of
such Lender's participation in such proposed Facility LC. The issuance or
Modification by the applicable LC Issuer of any Facility LC shall, in addition
to the conditions precedent set forth in Article IV (the satisfaction of which
the applicable LC Issuer shall have no duty to ascertain), be subject to the
conditions precedent that such Facility LC shall be satisfactory to the
applicable LC Issuer and that the Borrower shall have executed and delivered
such application agreement and/or such other instruments and
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agreements relating to such Facility LC as the applicable LC Issuer shall have
reasonably requested (including, with respect to any Facility LC issued by
LaSalle Bank, in its capacity as LC Issuer, the LBNA Master Letter of Credit
Agreement) (each, a "FACILITY LC APPLICATION"). In the event of any conflict
between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Facility LC
Application, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
2.19.4. LC Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective
Revolving Loan Pro Rata Shares, with respect to each standby Facility LC, a
letter of credit fee at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable LC Fee Rate in
effect from time to time on the average daily undrawn stated amount under such
standby Facility LC, such fee to be payable in arrears on each Payment Date (the
"LC FEE"). The Borrower shall also pay to each LC Issuer for its own account (x)
at the time of issuance of each Facility LC, a fronting fee in an amount to be
agreed upon between such LC Issuer and the Borrower, and (y) documentary and
processing charges in connection with the issuance or Modification of and draws
under Facility LC's in accordance with such LC Issuer's standard schedule for
such charges as in effect from time to time.
2.19.5. Administration; Reimbursement by Lenders. Upon receipt from
the beneficiary of any Facility LC of any demand for payment under such Facility
LC, each LC Issuer shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and each other Lender as to the amount
to be paid by such LC Issuer as a result of such demand and the proposed payment
date (the "LC PAYMENT DATE"). The responsibility of such LC Issuer to the
Borrower and each Lender shall be only to determine that the documents
(including each demand for payment) delivered under each Facility LC in
connection with such presentment shall be in conformity in all material respects
with such Facility LC. The LC Issuer shall endeavor to exercise the same care in
the issuance and administration of the Facility LC's as it does with respect to
letters of credit in which no participations are granted, it being understood
that in the absence of any gross negligence or willful misconduct by such LC
Issuer, each Lender shall be unconditionally and irrevocably liable without
regard to the occurrence of any Default or any condition precedent whatsoever,
to reimburse such LC Issuer on demand for (i) such Lender's Revolving Loan Pro
Rata Share of the amount of each payment made by such LC Issuer under each
Facility LC to the extent such amount is not reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.19.6 below, plus (ii) interest on the foregoing amount to be
reimbursed by such Lender, for each day from the date of such LC Issuer's demand
for such reimbursement (or, if such demand is made after 11:00 a.m. (Chicago
time) on such date, from the next succeeding Business Day) to the date on which
such Lender pays the amount to be reimbursed by it, at a rate of interest per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the first three days and,
thereafter, at a rate of interest equal to the rate applicable to Floating Rate
Advances.
2.19.6. Reimbursement by Borrower. The Borrower shall be irrevocably
and unconditionally obligated to reimburse each LC Issuer on or before the
applicable LC Payment Date for any amounts to be paid by such LC Issuer upon any
drawing under any Facility LC, without presentment, demand, protest or other
formalities of any kind; provided that neither the Borrower nor any Lender shall
hereby be precluded from asserting any claim for direct (but not consequential)
damages suffered by the Borrower or such Lender to the extent, but only to the
extent, caused by (i) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such LC
Issuer in determining whether a request presented under any Facility LC issued
by it complied with the terms of such
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Facility LC or (ii) such LC Issuer's failure to pay under any Facility LC issued
by it after the presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the
terms and conditions of such Facility LC. All such amounts paid by such LC
Issuer and remaining unpaid by the Borrower shall bear interest, payable on
demand, for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal to (x) the rate
applicable to Floating Rate Advances for such day if such day falls on or before
the applicable LC Payment Date and (y) the sum of 2% plus the rate applicable to
Floating Rate Advances for such day if such day falls after such LC Payment
Date. The LC Issuer will pay to each Lender ratably in accordance with its
Revolving Loan Pro Rata Share all amounts received by it from the Borrower for
application in payment, in whole or in part, of the Reimbursement Obligation in
respect of any Facility LC issued by such LC Issuer, but only to the extent such
Lender has made payment to such LC Issuer in respect of such Facility LC
pursuant to Section 2.19.5. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement (including without limitation the submission of a Borrowing Notice in
compliance with Section 2.8 and the satisfaction of the applicable conditions
precedent set forth in Article IV), the Borrower may request an Advance
hereunder for the purpose of satisfying any Reimbursement Obligation.
2.19.7. Obligations Absolute. The Borrower's obligations under this
Section 2.19 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances
and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment which the
Borrower may have or have had against any LC Issuer, any Lender or any
beneficiary of a Facility LC. The Borrower further agrees with the LC Issuers
and the Lenders that the LC Issuers and the Lenders shall not be responsible
for, and the Borrower's Reimbursement Obligation in respect of any Facility LC
shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of
documents or of any endorsements thereon, even if such documents should in fact
prove to be in any or all respects invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute
between or among the Borrower, any of its Affiliates, the beneficiary of any
Facility LC or any financing institution or other party to whom any Facility LC
may be transferred or any claims or defenses whatsoever of the Borrower or of
any of its Affiliates against the beneficiary of any Facility LC or any such
transferee. The LC Issuer shall not be liable for any error, omission,
interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or
advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Facility LC. The Borrower
agrees that any action taken or omitted by the LC Issuers or any Lender under or
in connection with each Facility LC and the related drafts and documents, if
done without gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall be binding upon the
Borrower and shall not put the LC Issuers or any Lender under any liability to
the Borrower. Nothing in this Section 2.19.7 is intended to limit the right of
the Borrower to make a claim against the LC Issuers for damages as contemplated
by the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.19.6.
2.19.8. Actions of LC Issuer. The LC Issuer shall be entitled to rely,
and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any Facility LC, draft, writing,
resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram,
telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other
document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent
or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal
counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by the LC Issuers.
The LC Issuer shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action
under this Agreement unless it shall first have received such advice or
concurrence of the Lenders as it reasonably deems appropriate or it shall first
be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all
liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.19, the LC Issuers shall
in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under
this Agreement in accordance with a request of the Lenders, and such request and
any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the
Lenders and any future holders of a participation in any Facility LC.
2.19.9. Indemnification. The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each Lender, the LC Issuers and the Administrative Agent, and
their respective directors, officers, agents and employees from and against any
and all claims and damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses which such
Lender, the LC Issuers or the Administrative Agent may incur (or which may be
claimed against such Lender, the LC Issuers or the Administrative Agent by any
Person whatsoever) by reason of or in connection with the issuance, execution
and delivery or transfer of or payment or failure to pay under any Facility LC
or any actual or proposed use of any Facility LC, including, without limitation,
any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses which the LC Issuers
may incur by reason of or in connection with (i) the failure of any other Lender
to fulfill or comply with its obligations to the LC Issuers hereunder (but
nothing herein contained shall affect any rights the Borrower may have against
any defaulting Lender) or (ii) by reason of or on account of any LC Issuer
issuing any Facility LC which specifies that the term "Beneficiary" included
therein includes any successor by operation of law of the named Beneficiary, but
which Facility LC does not require that any drawing by any such successor
Beneficiary be accompanied by a copy of a legal document, satisfactory to such
LC Issuer, evidencing the appointment of such successor Beneficiary; provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Lender, such LC Issuer
or the Administrative Agent for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs
or expenses to the extent, but only to the extent, caused by (x) the willful
misconduct or gross negligence of such LC Issuer in determining whether a
request presented under any Facility LC complied with the terms of such Facility
LC or (y) such LC Issuer's failure to pay under any Facility LC after the
presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the terms and conditions
of such Facility LC. Nothing in this Section 2.19.9 is intended to limit the
obligations of the Borrower under any other provision of this Agreement.
2.19.10. Lenders' Indemnification. Each Lender shall, ratably in
accordance with its Revolving Loan Pro Rata Share, indemnify each LC Issuer, its
affiliates and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees (to
the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower) against any cost, expense (including
reasonable counsel fees and disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or
liability (except such as result from such indemnitees' gross negligence or
willful misconduct or any LC Issuer's failure to pay under any Facility LC after
the presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the terms and
conditions of the Facility LC) that such indemnitees may suffer or incur in
connection with this Section 2.19 or any action taken or omitted by such
indemnitees hereunder.
2.19.11. Facility LC Collateral Account. The Borrower agrees that it
will, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and until the
final expiration date of any Facility LC and thereafter as long as any amount is
payable to any LC Issuer or the Lenders in respect of any Facility LC, maintain
a special collateral account pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (the "FACILITY LC COLLATERAL ACCOUNT") at the
Administrative Agent's office at the address specified pursuant to Article XIII,
in the name of such Borrower but under the sole dominion and control of the
Administrative Agent, for the
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benefit of the Lenders and in which such Borrower shall have no interest other
than as set forth in Section 8.1. The Borrower hereby pledges, assigns and
grants to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders and the LC Issuers, a security interest in all of the Borrower's
right, title and interest in and to all funds which may from time to time be on
deposit in the Facility LC Collateral Account to secure the prompt and complete
payment and performance of the Obligations. The Administrative Agent will invest
any funds on deposit from time to time in the Facility LC Collateral Account in
certificates of deposit of LaSalle Bank having a maturity not exceeding 30 days.
Nothing in this Section 2.19.11 shall either obligate the Administrative Agent
to require the Borrower to deposit any funds in the Facility LC Collateral
Account or limit the right of the Administrative Agent to release any funds held
in the Facility LC Collateral Account in each case other than as required by
Section 8.1.
2.19.12. Rights as a Lender. In its capacity as a Lender, each LC
Issuer shall have the same rights and obligations as any other Lender.
2.20. Replacement of Lender. The Borrower shall have the right, in
its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time to terminate or replace
the Commitment of any Lender (an "AFFECTED LENDER"), in whole, upon at least
thirty (30) days' prior notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, (a)
if such Lender has failed or refused to make available the full amount of any
Credit Extension as required by its Commitment hereunder, (b) if such Lender has
been merged or consolidated with, or transferred all or substantially all of its
assets to, or otherwise been acquired by any other Person, or (c) if such Lender
has demanded that the Borrower make any additional payment to any Lender
pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.5, or if such Lender's obligation to make or
continue, or convert Floating Rate Advances into, LIBOR Advances has been
suspended pursuant to Section 3.3, provided, however that no such Commitment
reduction shall reduce the Aggregate Commitment by more than fifteen percent
(15%) thereof; provided further, that no Default or Unmatured Default shall have
occurred and be continuing at the time of such termination or replacement, and
that, concurrently with such termination or replacement, (i) if the Affected
Lender is being replaced, another bank or other entity which is reasonably
satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of
such date, to purchase for cash the Advances and other Obligations due to the
Affected Lender pursuant to an Assignment Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit B and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to
assume all obligations of the Affected Lender to be terminated as of such date
and to comply with the requirements of Section 12.3 applicable to assignments,
and (ii) the Borrower shall pay to such Affected Lender in immediately available
funds on the day of such replacement (A) all interest, fees and other amounts
then accrued but unpaid to such Affected Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and
including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to
such Affected Lender under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5, to the extent applicable,
and (B) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to
such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 3.4 had the LIBOR
Advance of such Affected Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to
the replacement Lender and (iii) if the Affected Lender is being terminated, the
Borrower shall pay to such Affected Lender all of the Obligations due to such
Affected Lender (including amounts described in the immediately preceding
clauses (i) and (ii) plus the outstanding principal balance of such Lender's
Credit Extensions).
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YIELD PROTECTION; TAXES
3.1. Yield Protection. If, on or after the Closing Date, the
adoption of any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation,
policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law), or any
change in any such law, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive or in
the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental or
quasi-governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender or
applicable Lending Office or any LC Issuer with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or
comparable agency:
(i) subjects any Lender or any applicable Lending Office or any LC
Issuer to any Taxes, or changes the basis of taxation of
payments (other than with respect to Excluded Taxes) to any
Lender or any LC Issuer in respect of its LIBOR Loans,
Facility LC's or participations therein, or
(ii) imposes or increases or deems applicable any reserve,
assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the
account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any
applicable Lending Office or any LC Issuer (other than
reserves and assessments taken into account in determining the
interest rate applicable to LIBOR Advances), or
(iii) imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase
the cost to any Lender or any applicable Lending Office or any
LC Issuer of making, funding or maintaining its Commitment or
LIBOR Loans, or of issuing or participating in Facility LC's,
or reduces any amount receivable by any Lender or any
applicable Lending Office or any LC Issuer in connection with
its Commitment or LIBOR Loans, Facility LC's or participations
therein, or requires any Lender or any applicable Lending
Office or any LC Issuer to make any payment calculated by
reference to the amount of Commitment or LIBOR Loans, Facility
LC's or participations therein held or interest received by
it, by an amount deemed material by such Lender or any LC
Issuer, as the case may be,
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender or
applicable Lending Office or such LC Issuer of making or maintaining its LIBOR
Loans or Commitment or issuing or participating in Facility LC's or to reduce
the return received by such Lender or applicable Lending Office or such LC
Issuer, as the case may be, in connection with such LIBOR Loans or Commitment,
then, within fifteen (15) days of demand by such Lender or such LC Issuer, the
Borrower shall pay such Lender or such LC Issuer, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or LC Issuer, as the
case may be, for such increased cost or reduction in amount received, provided
however, such Lender or LC Issuer shall only be entitled to receive compensation
from the Borrower for such increased costs for a period of 90 days prior to the
date such Lender or LC Issuer made a demand for payment of such increased costs
plus such increased costs that accrue after the date of such demand by such
Lender or LC Issuer, except that with respect to any retroactive change in any
law, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive giving rise to increased
costs to any such Lender or LC Issuer, the Borrower shall pay such Lender or LC
Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or
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amounts as will compensate such Lender or LC Issuer for such increased cost or
reduction in amount received for the period from and including the effective
date of such retroactive change.
3.2. Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations. If a Lender or an LC
Issuer determines the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by
such Lender or such LC Issuer, any Lending Office of such Lender or such LC
Issuer or any corporation controlling such Lender or such LC Issuer is increased
as a result of a Change, then, within fifteen (15) days of demand by such Lender
or such LC Issuer, the Borrower shall pay such Lender or such LC Issuer the
amount necessary to compensate for any shortfall in the rate of return on the
portion of such increased capital which such Lender or such LC Issuer determines
is attributable to this Agreement, its Outstanding Credit Exposure or its
Commitment to make Loans and issue or participate in Facility LC's, as the case
may be, hereunder (after taking into account such Lender's or such LC Issuer's
policies as to capital adequacy) provided however, such Lender or LC Issuer
shall only be entitled to receive compensation from the Borrower for such
shortfall for a period of 90 days prior to the date such Lender or LC Issuer
made a demand for payment of such shortfall plus such additional shortfalls that
accrue after the date of such demand by such Lender or LC Issuer, provided that
if such Change has a retroactive effect, then the Lender or the LC Issuer shall
be entitled to receive compensation from the Borrower for such shortfall for the
period from and including the effective date of such retroactive Change.
"CHANGE" means (i) any change after the Closing Date in the Risk-Based Capital
Guidelines or (ii) any adoption of, change in, or change in the interpretation
or administration of any other law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule,
regulation, policy, guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) after the Closing Date which affects the amount of
capital required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or any LC Issuer or
any Lending Office or any corporation controlling any Lender or any LC Issuer.
"RISK-BASED CAPITAL GUIDELINES" means (i) the risk-based capital guidelines in
effect in the United States on the Closing Date, including transition rules, and
(ii) the corresponding capital regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities
outside the United States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle
Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices Entitled
"International Convergence of Capital Measurements and Capital Standards,"
including transition rules, and any amendments to such regulations adopted prior
to the Closing Date.
3.3. Availability of Types of Advances. If (x) any Lender
determines that maintenance of its LIBOR Loans at a suitable Lending Office
would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or directive, whether or not
having the force of law, or if (y) the Lenders determine that (i) deposits of a
type and maturity appropriate to match fund LIBOR Advances are not available or
(ii) the interest rate applicable to LIBOR Advances does not accurately reflect
the cost of making or maintaining LIBOR Advances, then the Administrative Agent
shall suspend the availability of LIBOR Advances and require any affected LIBOR
Advances to be repaid or converted to Floating Rate Advances, subject to the
payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4.
3.4. Funding Indemnification. If any payment of a LIBOR Advance
occurs on a date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period,
whether because of acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, or a LIBOR Advance is
not made on the date specified by the Borrower for any reason other than default
by the Lenders, or a LIBOR Advance is not prepaid on the date specified by the
Borrower for any reason, the Borrower will indemnify each Lender
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for any actual and verifiable loss or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom,
including, without limitation, any actual and verifiable loss or cost in
liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or maintain such LIBOR
Advance.
3.5. Taxes.
(i) All payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any
Lender, any LC Issuer or Administrative Agent hereunder or under any Note shall
be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all Taxes. If the
Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any
sum payable hereunder to any Lender, any LC Issuer or Administrative Agent, (a)
the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all
required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section 3.5) such Lender, such LC Issuer or Administrative Agent (as
the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had
no such deductions been made, (b) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (c)
the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant authority in
accordance with applicable law and (d) the Borrower shall furnish to the
Administrative Agent the original copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof
within thirty (30) days after such payment is made.
(ii) In addition, the Borrower hereby agrees to pay any present or
future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes,
charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under
any Note or Facility LC Application or from the execution or delivery of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Note or Facility LC Application
other than any of the foregoing which constitute Excluded Taxes ("OTHER TAXES").
(iii) The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Administrative
Agent, each LC Issuer and each Lender for the full amount of Taxes or Other
Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed on
amounts payable under this Section 3.5) paid by the Administrative Agent, such
LC Issuer or such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and
expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. Payments due under this
indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days of the date the
Administrative Agent, such LC Issuer or such Lender makes demand therefor
pursuant to Section 3.6.
(iv) Each Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or a state thereof (each a "NON-U.S. LENDER") agrees
that it will, not more than ten (10) Business Days after the date on which it
becomes a party to this Agreement, (i) deliver to each of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent two (2) duly completed copies of United States Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, certifying in either case that such
Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or
withholding of any United States federal income taxes, and (ii) deliver to each
of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a United States Internal Revenue
Form W-8 or W-9, as the case may be, and certify that it is entitled to an
exemption from United States backup withholding tax. Each Non-U.S. Lender
further undertakes to deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent (x) renewals or additional copies of such form (or any successor form) on
or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete, and (y) after the
occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent forms so delivered
by it, such additional forms or amendments thereto as may be reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative
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Agent. All forms or amendments described in the preceding sentence shall certify
that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without
deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless an
event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation) has
occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be
required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such
Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form or amendment with
respect to it and such Lender advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or
withholding of United States federal income tax.
(v) For any period during which a Non-U.S. Lender has failed to
provide the Borrower with an appropriate form pursuant to clause (iv), above
(unless such failure is due to a change in treaty, law or regulation, or any
change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental
authority, occurring subsequent to the date on which a form originally was
required to be provided), such Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to
indemnification under this Section 3.5 with respect to Taxes imposed by the
United States; provided that, should a Non-U.S. Lender which is otherwise exempt
from or subject to a reduced rate of withholding tax become subject to Taxes
because of its failure to deliver a form required under clause (iv), above, the
Borrower shall take such steps as such Non-U.S. Lender shall reasonably request
to assist such Non-U.S. Lender to recover such Taxes.
(vi) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction
of withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement or any Note
pursuant to the law of any relevant jurisdiction or any treaty 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 as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate.
(vii) If the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental
authority of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold
tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the
appropriate form was not delivered or properly completed, because such Lender
failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances which
rendered its exemption from withholding ineffective, or for any other reason),
such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid,
directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax, withholding
therefor, or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including taxes
imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under
this subsection, together with all costs and expenses related thereto (including
attorneys' fees and time charges of attorneys for the Administrative Agent,
which attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent). The obligations
of the Lenders under this Section 3.5(vii) shall survive the payment of the
Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
3.6. Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity. To the extent
reasonably possible, each Lender and each LC Issuer shall designate an alternate
Lending Office with respect to its Credit Extensions to reduce any liability of
the Borrower to such Lender or LC Issuer under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5 or to
avoid the unavailability of LIBOR Advances under Section 3.3, so long as such
designation is not, in the judgment of such Lender or LC Issuer, materially
disadvantageous to such Lender or LC Issuer. Each Lender and each LC Issuer
shall deliver a
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written statement of such Lender or LC Issuer to the Borrower (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent) as to the amount due, if any, under Section 3.1, 3.2,
3.4 or 3.5. Such written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the
calculations upon which such Lender determined the actual amount of its loss or
additional cost, and such calculation shall be final, conclusive and binding on
the Borrower in the absence of manifest error. Unless otherwise provided herein,
the amount specified in the written statement of any Lender or LC Issuer shall
be payable on demand after receipt by the Borrower of such written statement.
The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5 shall
survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1. Effectiveness of this Agreement. The Lenders' Commitments
shall not be effective hereunder and the terms loans extended under the Existing
Credit Agreement described in Article XVI hereof shall not constitute Term Loans
hereunder unless (a) the representations and warranties contained in Article V
are true and correct as of such date and (b) the following conditions precedent
have been satisfied:
(x) the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor has furnished to the
Administrative Agent with sufficient copies for the Lenders:
(i) Copies of a certificate of good standing of the Borrower and
each of the initial Guarantors, certified by the appropriate
governmental officer in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
(ii) Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
the Borrower and each of the initial Guarantors, of their
respective Board of Directors' resolutions and of resolutions
or actions of any other body authorizing the execution of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party.
(iii) Incumbency certificates, executed by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and each of the initial
Guarantors, which shall identify by name and title and bear
the signatures of the Authorized Officers and any other
officers or employees of the Borrower and each of the initial
Guarantors, respectively, authorized to sign the Loan
Documents to which it is a party and, with respect to the
Borrower, to request Credit Extensions hereunder, upon which
certificates the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be
entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by
the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor.
(iv) A certificate signed by the chief financial officer or
treasurer of the Borrower, stating that on the Effective Date
(a) no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is
continuing, (b) all of the representations and warranties in
Article V shall be true and correct as of such date, and (c)
no material adverse change in the business, financial
condition, operations or prospects of the Borrower has
occurred since December 31, 2002.
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(v) Any Notes requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.13
payable to the order of each such requesting Lender.
(vi) Duly executed originals of (a) this Agreement from each of the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lender and (b) a
Reaffirmation in the form of Attachment A hereto.
(vii) If the initial Credit Extension will be the issuance of a
Facility LC, a properly completed Facility LC Application.
(viii) An initial executed Borrowing Base Certificate dated as of the
Effective Date, reflecting the calculation of the Borrowing
Base as of January 31, 2004.
(ix) Such other documents as any Lender or its counsel may have
reasonably requested.
and (y) the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
each Lender, an up-front fee equal to 0.20% multiplied by each Lender's
Outstanding Credit Exposure as of the Effective Date (after giving effect to all
payments made by Borrower thereunder on such date).
4.2. Each Credit Extension. The Lenders shall not be required to
make any Credit Extension unless on the applicable Borrowing Date:
(i) There exists no Default or Unmatured Default.
(ii) The representations and warranties contained in Article V are
true and correct as of such Borrowing Date except to the
extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate
solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation
or warranty shall have been true and correct on and as of such
earlier date.
(iii) All legal matters incident to the making of such Credit
Extension shall be satisfactory to the Lenders and their
counsel.
Each Borrowing Notice with respect to each such Credit Extension shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions
contained in Section 4.2(i) and (ii) have been satisfied. Any Lender may require
a duly completed compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit A
as a condition to making an Credit Extension.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants as follows to each Lender and the
Administrative Agent as of the Effective Date, on the date of the initial
Revolving Loans hereunder (if different from the Effective Date) and thereafter
on each date as required by Section 4.2:
5.1. Existence and Standing. The Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly and
properly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of its
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jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and is properly qualified and has
all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which
its business is conducted, except to the extent that the failure to have such
authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.2. Authorization and Validity. The Borrower has the power and
authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan Documents and to
perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Borrower
of the Loan Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly
authorized by the Board of Directors or similar corporate proceedings and no
other corporate proceedings are necessary to consummate such transactions, and
the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in
accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally.
5.3. No Conflict; Government Consent. Neither the execution,
delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents, nor the
consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the
provisions thereof will violate (i) any law, rule, regulation, order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or (ii) the Borrower's or any Subsidiary's articles or certificate
of incorporation, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership, articles or
certificate of organization, by-laws, or operating agreement or other management
agreement, as the case may be, or (iii) the provisions of any material
Contractual Obligations, to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict
with, or constitute a default under, or result in, or require, the creation or
imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Borrower or a Subsidiary
pursuant to the terms of, any material Contractual Obligation. The execution,
delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not require any approval of
shareholders or any approval or consent of any Person under Contractual
Obligations. No order, consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization,
or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or
other action in respect of any governmental or public body or authority, or any
subdivision thereof, which has not been obtained by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, is required to be obtained by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan
Documents, the borrowings under this Agreement, the payment and performance by
the Borrower of the Obligations or the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.
5.4. Financial Statements. The December 31, 2000 consolidated
financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, copies of which are included in the
Borrower's 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, were prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the date
such statements were prepared and fairly present, the consolidated financial
condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date and
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