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Title:

Credit Agreement

Entities:

Ncop I, Inc.

Date:

2007

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$565,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 15, 2006

Among

COLLECT HOLDINGS, INC.

as Parent

COLLECT ACQUISITION CORP.

which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into

NCO GROUP, INC.

(with NCO Group, Inc. surviving such merger)

and

NCO FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, INC.

as Borrowers

and

THE INITIAL LENDERS, ISSUING BANKS AND

SWING LINE BANK NAMED HEREIN

as Initial Lenders, Issuing Banks and Swing Line Bank

and

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

as Collateral Agent

and

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.

as Administrative Agent

and

CITIZENS? BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA

and

FIFTH THIRD BANK

and

NATIONAL CITY BANK

as Co-Documentation Agents

 


MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.

and

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners


T A B L E  O F  C O N T E N T S

 

Section

       Page
  ARTICLE I   
  DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS   

SECTION 1.01.

  Certain Defined Terms    2

SECTION 1.02.

  Computation of Time Periods; Other Definitional Provisions    37

SECTION 1.03.

  Accounting Terms    37

SECTION 1.04.

  Currency Equivalents Generally    37
  ARTICLE II   
 

AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES

AND THE LETTERS OF CREDIT

  

SECTION 2.01.

  The Advances and the Letters of Credit    38

SECTION 2.02.

  Making the Advances    39

SECTION 2.03.

  Issuance of and Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of Credit    42

SECTION 2.04.

  Repayment of Advances    44

SECTION 2.05.

  Termination or Reduction of the Commitments    46

SECTION 2.06.

  Prepayments    47

SECTION 2.07.

  Interest    48

SECTION 2.08.

  Fees    49

SECTION 2.09.

  Conversion of Advances    50

SECTION 2.10.

  Increased Costs, Etc.    51

SECTION 2.11.

  Payments and Computations    52

SECTION 2.12.

  Taxes    53

SECTION 2.13.

  Sharing of Payments, Etc.    56

SECTION 2.14.

  Use of Proceeds    57

SECTION 2.15.

  Defaulting Lenders    57

SECTION 2.16

  . Evidence of Debt    60

SECTION 2.17.

  Incremental Facilities    60

SECTION 2.18.

  Designation of Additional Borrowers    63
  ARTICLE III   
 

CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND OF LENDING AND

ISSUANCES OF LETTERS OF CREDIT

  

SECTION 3.01.

  Conditions Precedent    63

SECTION 3.02.

  Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing and Issuance    69

SECTION 3.03.

  Determinations Under Section 3.01    70


  ARTICLE IV   
  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   

SECTION 4.01.

  Representations and Warranties of the Borrower    70
  ARTICLE V   
  COVENANTS OF THE PARENT   

SECTION 5.01.

  Affirmative Covenants    77

SECTION 5.02.

  Negative Covenants    83

SECTION 5.03.

  Reporting Requirements    100

SECTION 5.04.

  Financial Covenants    104
  ARTICLE VI   
  EVENTS OF DEFAULT   

SECTION 6.01.

  Events of Default    106

SECTION 6.02.

  Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default    109
  ARTICLE VII   
  THE AGENTS   

SECTION 7.01.

  Authorization and Action    110

SECTION 7.02.

  Agents? Reliance, Etc.    111

SECTION 7.03.

  MSSF, MS&Co and Affiliates    112

SECTION 7.04.

  Lender Party Credit Decision    112

SECTION 7.05.

  Indemnification    112

SECTION 7.06.

  Successor Agents    113
  ARTICLE VIII   
  GUARANTY   

SECTION 8.01.

  Guaranty; Limitation of Liability    114

SECTION 8.02.

  Guaranty Absolute    115

SECTION 8.03.

  Waivers and Acknowledgments    116

SECTION 8.04.

  Subrogation    117

SECTION 8.05.

  Guaranty Supplements    117

SECTION 8.06.

  Subordination    118

SECTION 8.07.

  Continuing Guaranty; Assignments    118

 

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    ARTICLE IX     
  MISCELLANEOUS   

SECTION 9.01.

  Amendments, Etc.    119

SECTION 9.02.

  Notices, Etc.    120

SECTION 9.03.

  No Waiver; Remedies    122

SECTION 9.04.

  Costs and Expenses    122

SECTION 9.05.

  Right of Set-off    124

SECTION 9.06.

  Binding Effect    124

SECTION 9.07.

  Assignments and Participations    124

SECTION 9.08.

  Execution in Counterparts    128

SECTION 9.09.

  No Liability of the Issuing Banks    128

SECTION 9.10.

  Confidentiality    129

SECTION 9.11.

  Release of Collateral    129

SECTION 9.12.

  Replacement of Lenders    129

SECTION 9.13.

  Patriot Act Notice    130

SECTION 9.14.

  Jurisdiction, Etc.    130

SECTION 9.15.

  Governing Law    131

SECTION 9.16.

  Waiver of Jury Trial    132

 

iii


SCHEDULES

     

Schedule I

   -    Commitments and Applicable Lending Offices

Schedule II

   -    Subsidiary Guarantors

Schedule 4.01(a)(ii)

   -    Exceptions to Good Standing

Schedule 4.01(b)

   -    Loan Parties

Schedule 4.01(c)

   -    Subsidiaries

Schedule 4.01(e)

   -    Authorizations, Approvals, Actions, Notices and Filings

Schedule 4.01(g)

   -    Litigation

Schedule 4.01(q)

   -    Plans, Multiemployer Plans and Welfare Plans

Schedule 4.01(r)

   -    Environmental Disclosure

Schedule 4.01(u)

   -    Existing Debt

Schedule 4.01(v)

   -    Surviving Debt

Schedule 4.01(w)

   -    Liens

Schedule 4.01(x)

   -    Owned Real Property

Schedule 4.01(y)(i)

   -    Leased Real Property (Lessee)

Schedule 4.01(y)(ii)

   -    Leased Real Property (Lessor)

Schedule 4.01(z)

   -    Investments

Schedule 4.01(aa)

   -    Material Contracts

Schedule 5.02(t)

   -    Transactions with Affiliates

 

EXHIBITS      

Exhibit A-1

   -    Form of Revolving Credit Note

Exhibit A-2

   -    Form of Term B Note

Exhibit B

   -    Form of Notice of Borrowing

Exhibit C

   -    Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit D

   -    Form of Security Agreement

Exhibit E

   -    Form of Subsidiary Guaranty Supplement

Exhibit F

   -    Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Loan Parties

Exhibit G

   -    Form of Mortgage

Exhibit H

   -    Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit J

   -    Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Loan Parties (Real Properties)

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

CREDIT AGREEMENT (this ?Agreement?) dated as of November 15, 2006 among COLLECT ACQUISITION CORP., a Pennsylvania corporation (to be succeeded upon the Merger as the Surviving Corporation, the ?Initial Borrower?), NCO FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the ?Initial Subsidiary Borrower?), COLLECT HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the ?Parent?), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as hereinafter defined), the Lenders (as hereinafter defined), the Issuing Banks (as hereinafter defined), the Swing Line Bank (as hereinafter defined), MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED (?MS&Co?), as collateral agent (together with any successor collateral agent appointed pursuant to Article VII, the ?Collateral Agent?) for the Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined), and MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. (?MSSF?), as administrative agent (together with any successor administrative agent appointed pursuant to Article VII, the ?Administrative Agent? and, together with the Collateral Agent, the ?Agents?) for the Lender Parties (as hereinafter defined).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

(1) The Initial Borrower was organized by One Equity Partners II, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (the ?Sponsor?), to acquire control of NCO Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the ?Company?).

(2) Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 21, 2006 (as amended (as defined in Section 1.02), to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents (as hereinafter defined), the ?Merger Agreement?) among the Parent, the Initial Borrower and the Company, the Initial Borrower has agreed to consummate a merger (the ?Merger?) with the Company in which the Company will be the surviving corporation (the ?Surviving Corporation?).

(3) The Initial Borrower has requested that, immediately upon the consummation of the Merger, the Lender Parties lend to the Surviving Corporation up to $465 million of Term B Advances (as hereinafter defined) and up to $10 million of Revolving Credit Advances (as hereinafter defined) to pay to the holders (other than the Initial Borrower) of the Company Stock (as hereinafter defined) the cash consideration for their shares in the Merger, pay transaction fees and expenses, refinance certain Existing Debt (as hereinafter defined) of the Company and that, from time to time, the Lender Parties lend to the Borrowers and issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers to provide working capital for the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries and for other general corporate purposes. The Lender Parties have indicated their willingness to agree to lend such amounts on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

?Additional Borrower? has the meaning specified in Section 2.18.

?Administrative Agent? has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

?Administrative Agent?s Account? means the account of the Administrative Agent specified by the Administrative Agent in writing to the Lender Parties from time to time.

?Advance? means a Term B Advance, a Revolving Credit Advance, a Swing Line Advance, a Letter of Credit Advance or an Advance under an Incremental Facility.

?Affiliate? means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or is a director or officer of such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term ?control? (including the terms ?controlling,? ?controlled by? and ?under common control with?) of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 10% or more of the Voting Interests of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Interests, by contract or otherwise.

?Agents? has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

?Agreement Value? means, for each Hedge Agreement, on any date of determination, an amount determined reasonably and in good faith by, (a) if the counterparty to such Hedge Agreement is a Hedge Bank that shall make such determination upon request by the Administrative Agent, such counterparty or (b) otherwise, the Administrative Agent, in each case equal to the amount, if any, that would be payable by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to such counterparty in accordance with its terms as if (i) such Hedge Agreement was being terminated early on such date of determination, and (ii) such Loan Party or Subsidiary was the sole ?Affected Party?.

?Applicable Lending Office? means, with respect to each Lender Party, such Lender Party?s Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender Party?s Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance.

?Applicable Margin? means (a) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, (i) for the first six months following the Effective Date, 2.00% per annum for Base Rate Advances and 3.00% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Advances and (ii) thereafter, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio as set forth below:

 

Leverage Ratio

   Base Rate Advances     Eurodollar Rate Advances  

Level I

less than 3:1

   1.50 %   2.50 %

Level II

3:1 or greater,

but less than 4:1

   1.75 %   2.75 %

Level III

4:1 or greater

   2.00 %   3.00 %

 

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, (b) in respect of the Swing Line Facility, (i) for the first six months following the Effective Date, 2.00% per annum and (ii) thereafter a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio as set forth above for Base Rate Advances, (c) in respect of the Term B Facility, (i) for the first six months following the Effective Date, 2.00% per annum for Base Rate Advances and 3.00% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Advances and (ii) thereafter a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio as set forth below:


 

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