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This excerpt taken from the FL 8-K filed May 21, 2008.
Existing Bank”) hereby further agrees that, on the Effective Date, the shares of Foot Locker Spain S.L. shall be released from the lien of the Pledge Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, without any further action by any Existing Bank or any other

 

 

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Person, and that The Bank of New York shall be authorized, as administrative agent under the Existing Credit Agreement, to execute and deliver to the Company, at the expense of the Company, such documents as the Company shall reasonably request to evidence the termination of such liens.

(b) Each Letter of Credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Effective Date will be deemed to be a Letter of Credit under this Amended Agreement, and the LC Agent that issued such Letter of Credit will be deemed to have granted to each Bank, and each Bank shall be deemed to have acquired from such LC Agent, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Bank’s Pro Rata Share after giving effect to Section 3.02(a). Such participations shall be on all the same terms and conditions as participations granted in Letters of Credit under Section 2.16. The LC Fee rates determined in accordance with this Amended Agreement shall be effective on the Effective Date with respect to Letters of Credit outstanding on the Effective Date.

(c) On and after the Effective Date, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by the provisions hereof. The rights and obligations of the parties to the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to the period before the Effective Date shall continue to be governed by the provisions thereof as in effect before the Effective Date.

Section 3.03. Extensions of Credit. The obligation (i) of any Bank to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than a Loan pursuant to Section 2.17(f)), (ii) of the Swingline Bank to make any Swingline Loan and (iii) of any LC Agent to issue or extend (or allow the extension of) the expiry date of any Letter of Credit are each subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) the fact that the Effective Date shall have occurred;

(b) receipt (i) by the Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing as required by Section 2.02 or 2.03(b), (ii) by the Swingline Bank of a Notice of Swingline Borrowing as required by Section 2.17(b) or (iii) by the LC Agent of a notice of proposed issuance or extension as required by Section 2.16(c) or (e), as the case may be;

(c) the fact that, immediately after such Extension of Credit, the applicable limitations in Section 2.01, 2.03(f), 2.16(a) or 2.17(a), as the case may be, shall not be exceeded;

(d) the fact that, immediately before and after such Extension of Credit, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

 

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(e) the fact that each of the representations and warranties of the Obligors contained in the Loan Documents shall be true on and as of the date of such Extension of Credit.

Each Extension of Credit hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company on the date of such Extension of Credit as to the facts specified in clauses (c), (d) and (e) of this Section.

ARTICLE 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Borrower represents and warrants that:

Section 4.01. Corporate Existence and Power. Such Borrower is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and has all corporate powers and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted, except where failures to possess such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.02. Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by such Borrower of each Loan Document to which it is a party are within such Borrower’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of such Borrower or of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

Section 4.03. Binding Effect. Each Loan Document to which such Borrower is a party (other than its Notes and its Swingline Note) constitutes a valid and binding agreement of such Borrower and each of its Notes and its Swingline Note, when executed and delivered in accordance with this Agreement, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of such Borrower, in each case enforceable in accordance with its terms.

Section 4.04. Financial Statements. (a) The consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of February 2, 2008 and the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and shareholders’ equity for the Fiscal Year then ended, reported on by KPMG LLP and set forth in the

 

 

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Company’s 2007 Form 10-K, a copy of which has been delivered to each of the Banks, fairly present, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for such Fiscal Year.

(b) Since February 2, 2008, there has been no material adverse change in the business, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a whole.

Section 4.05. Litigation. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending against, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened against or affecting, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before any court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.06. Compliance with Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and binding requirements of governmental authorities, except where (i) the necessity of compliance therewith is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or (ii) failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.07. Compliance with ERISA. Each member of the ERISA Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan, and is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan. No member of the ERISA Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or made any amendment to any Plan, which has resulted or will result in the imposition of a Lien under Section 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or in the incurrence of a requirement under Section 401(a)(29) of the Internal Revenue Code to post a bond or other security in order to retain the tax-qualified status of such Plan or (iii) incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA.

Section 4.08. Environmental Matters. To the knowledge of such Borrower, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, (ii) there are no claims, demands or investigations against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any governmental authority or other person or entity that may reasonably be expected to result in material liability for the clean up of materials that have been released into the environment and (iii) there are no conditions that are reasonably likely to

 

 

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result in such claims, demands or investigations against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for failures to comply and liabilities which, in the aggregate, are unlikely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.09. Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all United States Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed by them and have paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any material assessment received by the Company or any Subsidiary, except taxes and assessments which are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of taxes or other governmental charges are, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, adequate.

Section 4.10. Subsidiaries. (a) Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and has all requisite power and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted, except where failures to possess such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Subsidiary Guarantors are all of the Subsidiaries of the Company on the Effective Date, other than Foreign Subsidiaries and Immaterial Subsidiaries.

Section 4.11. Not an Investment Company. Such Borrower is not an “

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