-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Bfq0bYAmpgULcrA9rOFArkUdeeRoZbPHQAWf5JvXPAADzchA+v6HvuyLzZ2tF5uj BLn/mssHigZBBZeGSadt4Q== 0001193125-07-058355.txt : 20070319 0001193125-07-058355.hdr.sgml : 20070319 20070319172454 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-058355 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070313 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070319 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070319 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EDUCATE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001286862 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200] IRS NUMBER: 371465722 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50952 FILM NUMBER: 07704303 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1001 FLEET STREET CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21022 BUSINESS PHONE: 410-843-6848 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 8-K

 


CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 13, 2007

 


EDUCATE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


Delaware   000-50952   37-1465722

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1001 Fleet Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202

(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (410) 843-8000

 

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 


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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 


 


Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Item 2.03 is incorporated herein by reference

Section 2 – Financial Information

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

On March 15, 2007, Educate Operating Company, LLC (“EOC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the registrant, Educate, Inc. (the “Company”) executed the Fourth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 28, 2005 (the Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders that are also parties to the Agreement. The Agreement consists of a term loan facility in the amount of $160 million and a revolving credit facility of $30 million. The Amendment waives violations of the Agreement’s financial covenants, including the required leverage ratio, interest coverage ratio, and fixed charge coverage ratio, for the period from January 1, 2007 through May 31, 2007 for the December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007 quarterly reporting periods. Without the Amendment, the Company would not have been in compliance with these covenants at December 31, 2006. The Amendment also amends the Agreement to, among other things, (i) permit the sale of certain Sylvan Learning Centers owned by the Company, (ii) revise the mandatory prepayment requirements in connection with assets sales, including the sale of Sylvan Learning Centers owned by the Company, and (iii) put additional restrictions on the Company’s ability to make certain expenditures.

Section 4—Matters Related to Accountants and Financial Statements

Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Review.

(a) On March 16, 2007, in the notes to its consolidated financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the “Form 10-K”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Educate, Inc. (the “Company”) restated its previously issued financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006. During the fourth quarter of 2006, as a result of the Company’s identification of a revenue recognition material weakness related to cut-off, the Company performed a review of the timing of revenue recognition for product shipments by the Educate Products segment for each of the quarters during 2006. As a result of this review, management concluded that an error was made in the quarter ended June 30, 2006 through the recordation of revenue and cost of goods sold on certain shipments of product prior to the time that title was transferred to the customer as specified by customer terms. As a result of this error, revenue and cost of goods sold originally recorded in the quarter ended June 30, 2006, should have been recorded in the quarter ended September 30, 2006. The error was quantified and evaluated under FAS 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections”, and SAB 99, “Materiality”, for materiality and it was determined that the effect of the change is immaterial for restatement of the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30 and September 30, 2006.

At a meeting on March 13, 2007, the Company concluded, after discussion with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP and the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, that the Company’s financial statements for the three and six-months ended June 30, 2006 and the three months ended September 30, 2006 as presented in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for such periods previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission should no longer be relied upon as a result of the restatement described above. The quarterly amounts in the Form 10-K reflect the proper restated results.

 


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

10.27    Fourth Amendment, dated as of March 15, 2007, to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2005, among Educate Operating Company, LLC, the several banks and other financial institutions party thereto, Merrill Lynch Capital, as documentation agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.

Additional Information and Where to Find it

In connection with the proposed merger, Educate has filed a proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement and other documents filed by Educate at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s web site at http://www.sec.gov.

Educate and its directors, executive officers and other members of its management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from its stockholders in connection with the proposed merger. Information concerning the interests of Educate’s participants in the solicitation is set forth in Educate’s proxy statements and Annual Reports on Form 10-K, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in the proxy statement relating to the merger.

 


SIGNATURES

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

 

EDUCATE, INC.

/s/ Kevin Shaffer

Name:   Kevin Shaffer
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 19, 2007


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   

Description

Exhibit 10.27    Fourth Amendment, dated as of March 15, 2007, to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2005, among Educate Operating Company, LLC, the several banks and other financial institutions party thereto, Merrill Lynch Capital, as documentation agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
EX-10.27 2 dex1027.htm EXHIBIT 10.27 EXHIBIT 10.27

Exhibit 10.27

EXECUTION VERSION

FOURTH AMENDMENT

FOURTH AMENDMENT, dated as of March 15, 2007 (this “Fourth Amendment”), to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”), among EDUCATE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc., as documentation agent (the “Documentation Agent”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Documentation Agent and the Administrative Agent are parties to the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested certain amendments to the Credit Agreement as set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, the Required Lenders have consented to the requested amendments as set forth herein;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

2. Amendments to Section 1. Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a) by deleting “or” immediately before “Ivy West Asset Sale” and inserting in lieu thereof “,” in the definition of “Asset Sale”;

(b) by inserting “or Company Center Asset Sale” immediately following “Ivy West Asset Sale” in the definition of “Asset Sale”;

(c) by inserting the following definition in appropriate alphabetical order:

Company Center: any center owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any and all assets relating thereto, including without limitation, any and all of the following with respect to each such center: tangible personal property (such as machinery, customer lists, inventory, office equipment and furniture), leasehold or subleasehold interests, permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, variances and similar rights from government and governmental authorities, books, records, ledgers, files, documents, correspondence, lists, creative materials, advertising and promotional materials, studies, reports and other printed materials, telephone and facsimile numbers, but excluding any intellectual property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than licenses and franchises thereof to the extent permitted in the Loan Documents).”;

(d) by inserting the following definition in appropriate alphabetical order:

Company Center Asset Sale: any Disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of one or more Company Centers.”;


(e) by inserting the following definition in appropriate alphabetical order:

Fourth Amendment: the Fourth Amendment, dated as of March 15, 2007, to this Agreement.”;

(f) by inserting the following definition in appropriate alphabetical order:

Fourth Amendment Effective Date: as defined in the Fourth Amendment.”; and

(g) by inserting “, Company Center Asset Sale” immediately after every appearance of “Ivy West Asset Sale” in the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”.

3. Amendments to Section 2.9. Section 2.9(c) is hereby amended by deleting paragraph (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraph (c):

“(c) If on any date any Group Member shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale, German Subsidiaries Asset Sale, Ivy West Asset Sale, Company Center Asset Sale or Recovery Event then, an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Company Center Asset Sale after January 1, 2007, 50% of such Net Cash Proceeds to the extent the aggregate amount of the Net Cash Proceeds of all Company Center Asset Sales received as of such date does not exceed $5,000,000) shall be applied on such date toward the prepayment of the Amended Term Loans and the reduction of the Revolving Commitments as set forth in Section 2.9(e).”

4. Amendments to Section 7.5. Section 7.5 is hereby amended as follows:

(a) by deleting from paragraph (j) “having a fair market value not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the Borrower.” and inserting in lieu thereof, “, provided that, at the time of such Disposition and after giving effect thereto, the aggregate fair market value of all such other property (such other property, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include Company Centers) Disposed of in such fiscal year does not exceed an amount equal to $2,000,000 minus the aggregate fair market value of all Company Centers Disposed of in such fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (k) of this Section 7.5 (which amount in no event shall be less than $0); and”; and

(b) by inserting the following as paragraph (k) of Section 7.5:

“(k) in addition to paragraphs (a) through (j) in this Section 7.5, the Disposition of one or more Company Centers.”

5. Amendments to Section 7.8. Section 7.8 is hereby amended as follows:

(a) deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (p) of Section 7.8;

(b) deleting the period at the end of paragraph (q) of Section 7.8 and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”; and

(c) inserting the following as paragraph (r) of Section 7.8:

“(r) Investments representing non-cash consideration received in connection with Company Center Asset Sales, including without limitation seller financing evidenced by a promissory note delivered by the purchaser of one or more Company Centers to the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, as part of the consideration for the purchase of such Company Center or Company Centers.”


6. Agreements by the Borrower. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Franchise Acquisition Expenditure, New Center Expenditure or Permitted Acquisition from the date hereof, except to the extent that it has committed to make, or materially commenced its planning for or consummation of, such Franchise Acquisition Expenditure, New Center Expenditure or Permitted Acquisition prior to November 13, 2006 and except for any Franchise Acquisition Expenditure made for the sole purpose of purchasing franchises to sell to new franchisees.

7. Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Fourth Amendment shall become effective on and as of the date (such date the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”) of the execution and delivery of this Fourth Amendment by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received payment, for distribution to each Lender that has signed and delivered this Fourth Amendment to the Administrative Agent by not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on March 15, 2007 (or such later time or date as agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent), of an amendment fee equal to 0.125% of the Aggregate Exposure of such Lender then in effect immediately prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.

(b) The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all other fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), in connection with the Fourth Amendment.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of the Borrower, dated the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower (or its managing member) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Fourth Amendment, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, (B) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing this Fourth Amendment or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of the Borrower and (C) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer executing such certificate; and (ii) a good standing certificate for the Borrower from its jurisdiction of organization.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received an Acknowledgement and Consent in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Acknowledgement and Consent”), executed and delivered by each Loan Party other than the Borrower.

8. Miscellaneous.

(a) Representation and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents that as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects as if made on and as of such date (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty that by its terms is made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date), and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to the amendments contemplated herein.


(b) Effect. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Loan Documents shall remain unamended and not waived and shall continue to be in full force and effect.

(c) Counterparts. This Fourth Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Fourth Amendment on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Fourth Amendment signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(d) Severability. Any provision of this Fourth Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(e) Integration. This Fourth Amendment and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

(f) GOVERNING LAW. THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(g) Waiver. The Lenders hereby waive solely for the period from January 1, 2007 and until May 31, 2007 (the “Waiver Period”) (A) compliance by the Borrower with the covenants contained in Sections 7.1(a), (b) and (c) of the Credit Agreement for the last day of, and for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending with, the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended December 31, 2006 and ending March 31, 2007, respectively and (B) any Default or Event of Default arising out of any non-compliance by the Borrower therewith or any breach by the Borrower of any representation or warranty made by it to the extent such breach would not have occurred but for such non-compliance.

(h) Acknowledgement and Consent. To effectuate the amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement provided in Section 3 of the Acknowledgement and Consent, the Lenders authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver the Acknowledgement and Consent.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

EDUCATE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By:  

/s/ Kevin E. Shaffer

Name:   Kevin E. Shaffer
Title:   Vice President, Treasurer & Assistant Secretary


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Kathryn A. Duncan

Name:   Kathryn A. Duncan
Title:   Managing Director


MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc., as Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Kelli J. O’Connell

Name:   Kelli J. O’Connell
Title:   Vice President


Atlas Loan Funding 1, LLC
By:   Atlas Capital Funding, Ltd.
By:   Structured Asset Investors, LLC
Its Investment Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Diana M. Himes

Name:   Diana M. Himes
Title:   Vice President
Atlas Loan Funding 2, LLC
By:   Atlas Capital Funding, Ltd.
By:   Structured Asset Investors, LLC
Its Investment Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Diana M. Himes

Name:   Diana M. Himes
Title:   Vice President
WB Loan Funding 4, LLC, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Diana M. Himes

Name:   Diana M. Himes
Title:   Vice President


GSC PARTNERS GEMINI FUND LIMITED
By:   GSCP (NJ), L.P., as Collateral Monitor
By:   GSCP (NJ), INC., its General Partner, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Seth M. Katzenstein

Name:   Seth M. Katzenstein
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Whitehorse I, LTD.
By:   Whitehorse Capital Partners, L.P. as Collateral Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Ethan Underwood

Name:   Ethan Underwood
Title:   Manager

 

Whitehorse II, LTD.
By:   Whitehorse Capital Partners, L.P. as Collateral Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Ethan Underwood

Name:   Ethan Underwood
Title:   Manager

 

Toronto Dominion (New York), LLC, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Masood Fikree

Name:   Masood Fikree
Title:   Authorized Signatory
Bank of America, NA., as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Mary K. Giermek

Name:   Mary K. Giermek
Title:   Senior Vice President
ING Capital LLC, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Khursheed Sorabjee

Name   : Khursheed Sorabjee
Title:   Vice President
General Electric Capital Corporation, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Martin Mahoney

Name:   Martin Mahoney
Title:   Duly Authorized Signatory


Antares Capital Corporation, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Martin Mahoney

Name:   Martin Mahoney
Title:   Duly Authorized Signatory
General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrator for, Merritt CLO Holding LLC, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Amanda Van Heyst

Name:   Amanda Van Heyst
Title:   Duly Authorized Signatory
LightPoint CLO 2004-1, Ltd., Marquette US/European CLO, P.L.C. as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Martin J. Mulroe

Name:   Martin J. Mulroe
Title:   Managing Director
Stanfield Arbitrage CDO, Ltd.
By:   Stanfield Capital Partners LLC as its Collateral Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ David Frey

Name:   David Frey
Title:   Managing Director
EAGLE LOAN TRUST
By:   Stanfield Capital Partners, LLC as its Collateral Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ David Frey

Name:   David Frey
Title:   Managing Director
Stanfield AZURE CLO, Ltd.
By:   Stanfield Capital Partners, LLC as its Collateral Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ David Frey

Name:   David Frey
Title:   Managing Director
Stanfield Vantage CLO, Ltd
By:   Stanfield Capital Partners, LLC as its Asset Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ David Frey

Name:   David Frey
Title:   Managing Director


Stanfield Modena CLO, Ltd
By:   Stanfield Capital Partners, LLC as its Asset Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ David Frey

Name:   David Frey
Title:   Managing Director
Stanfield Quattro CLO, Ltd.
By:   Stanfield Capital Partners, LLC as its Collateral Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ David Frey

Name:   David Frey
Title:   Managing Director
M&T Bank, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ John H. Lewin

Name:   John H. Lewin
Title:   Vice President
BABSON CLO LTD 2005-I
BABSON CREDIT STRATEGIES CLO, LTD.
SUFFIELD CLO, LIMITED, as Lenders
By:   Babson Capital Management LLC as Collateral Manager
By:  

/s/ Dongbing Hu

Name:   Dongbing Hu
Title:   Associate Director
BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, as a Lender
By:   Babson Capital Management LLC as Investment Adviser
By:  

/s/ Dongbing Hu

Name:   Dongbing Hu
Title:   Associate Director
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY, as a Lender
By:   Babson Capital Management LLC as Investment Adviser
By:  

/s/ Dongbing Hu

Name:   Dongbing Hu
Title:   Associate Director


HAKONE FUND LLC, as a Lender
By:   Babson Capital Management LLC as Investment Manager
By:  

/s/ Dongbing Hu

Name:   Dongbing Hu
Title:   Associate Director
Navigator CDO 2004, LTD., as a Lender
By:   Antares Asset Management, Inc., as Collateral Manager
By:  

/s/ Kathleen Brooks

Name:   Kathleen Brooks
Title:   Authorized Signatory
CIT Lending Services Corporation, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ David Manheim

Name:   David Manheim
Title:   Vice President
Denali Capital LLC, managing member of DC Funding Partners LLC, portfolio manager for DENALI CAPITAL CLO I, LTD., or an affiliate, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ John P. Thacker

Name:   John P. Thacker
Title:   Chief Credit Officer
Denali Capital LLC, managing member of DC Funding Partners LLC, portfolio manager for DENALI CAPITAL CLO III, LTD., or an affiliate, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ John P. Thacker

Name:   John P. Thacker
Title:   Chief Credit Officer
Denali Capital LLC, managing member of DC Funding Partners LLC, portfolio manager for DENALI CAPITAL CLO VI, LTD., or an affiliate, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ John P. Thacker

Name:   John P. Thacker
Title:   Chief Credit Officer


MSIM Peconic Bay Ltd., as a Lender
By:   Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. as Interim Collateral Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Jinny K. Kim

Name:   Jinny Kim
Title:   Executive Director
Zodiac Fund – Morgan Stanley Senior Loan Fund
By:   Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. as Investment Adviser, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Jinny K. Kim

Name:   Jinny Kim
Title:   Executive Director
Confluent 3 Limited
By:   Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. as Investment Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Jinny K. Kim

Name:   Jinny Kim
Title:   Executive Director
MSIM Croton, Ltd.
By:   Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. as Collateral Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Jinny K. Kim

Name:   Jinny Kim
Title:   Executive Director
Qualcomm Global Trading, Inc.
By:   Morgan Stanley Investment Management as Investment Manager, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Jinny K. Kim

Name:   Jinny Kim
Title:   Executive Director
Morgan Stanley Prime Income Trust, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Jinny K. Kim

Name:   Jinny Kim
Title:   Executive Director


Van Kampen Senior Income Trust
By:   Van Kampen Asset Management, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Robert P. Drobny

Name:   Robert P. Drobny
Title:   Vice President
Van Kampen Senior Loan Fund
By:   Van Kampen Asset Management, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Robert P. Drobny

Name:   Robert P. Drobny
Title:   Vice President
SIERRA CLO II, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ John M. Casparian

Name:   John M. Casparian
Title:   Senior Managing Director, Churchill Pacific, Manager
OLYMPIC CLO I, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ John M. Casparian

Name:   John M. Casparian
Title:   Senior Managing Director, Churchill Pacific, Manager
WHITNEY CLO I, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ John M. Casparian

Name:   John M. Casparian
Title:   Senior Managing Director, Churchill Pacific, Manager
SHASTA CLO I, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ John M. Casparian

Name:   John M. Casparian
Title:   Senior Managing Director, Churchill Pacific, Manager
SIERRA CLO I, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ John M. Casparian

Name:   John M. Casparian
Title:   Senior Managing Director, Churchill Pacific, Manager


The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Louise O’Connor

Name:   Louise O’Connor
Title:   Vice President
By:  

/s/ Ross Catlin

Name:   Ross Catlin
Title:   Managing Director
Allied Irish Banks Ltd, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Joanne Gibson

Name:   Joanne Gibson
Title:   Assistant Vice President
By:  

/s/ Margaret Brennan

Name:   Margaret Brennan
Title:   Senior Vice President
AIB Debt Management Ltd, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Joanne Gibson

Name:   Joanne Gibson
Title:   Assistant Vice President
Investment Advisor to AIB Debt Management, Limited
By:  

/s/ Margaret Brennan

Name:   Margaret Brennan
Title:   Senior Vice President
Investment Advisor to AIB Debt Management, Limited
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